Clemson at Tennessee
Saturday, October 28, 1944 Share
No. 19 Tennessee beat Clemson 26–7. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 9–5–1.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 34°FAttendance 11,000
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., October 29, 1944, page 8
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TENNESSEE BEATS CLEMSON, 26–7 KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Oct. %. - R-Coming back strong in wild third quarter, Tennessee’s Volunteers passed and ran their way to 26–7 victory over Clemson S Tigers here today. The Vols struck once before halftime, added two tallies in the third period and another in the fourth, after finally finding their way through a strong Clemson line. The lone touchdown of the visit ors came on a 38-yard march with Watt Stewart, Sid Tinsley and Bill Rogers going through the Vol delenses. Rogers made the score. Tennessee’s Buster Stephens &C counted for two of the Vol markers with Charles Wildman and Jack Redding getting the other two. Neither team threatened in the first oua-er. Late in the second period Claude Holsclaw passed to Wildman from the Clemson SO. The Vol end took the ball on the IS and went over standing up.

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 29, 1944, page 19
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Vols Last-Ha|f Drive .0vercomes Clemson KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 2S.- Coming back strong in a wild third quarter, Tennessee today passed and ran its way to a 26–7 victory over Clemson. The Vols struck once before half time. added two tallies in the third after finally finding their way period and another in the fourth, through a strong Clemson line. The lone touchdown OF the visitors came on 38-yard march with Watt Stewart. Sid Tinsley and Bill Rogers going through the Vol defenses Rogers made the score Tennessee’s Buster Stephens accounted for two of the Vol markers with Charles Wildman and Jack Redding getting the other two.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Tennessee 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Clemson–Tennessee gameTennessee leads 12–6–1 in 19 meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 2022 | Tennessee 31, Clemson 14 | Orange Bowl |
| 2003 | Clemson 27, Tennessee 14 | Peach Bowl |
| 1976 | Tennessee 21, Clemson 19 | |
| 1974 | Tennessee 29, Clemson 28 | |
| 1944 | Tennessee 26, Clemson 7 | |
| 1938 | Tennessee 20, Clemson 7 |
Around this game
Clemson
- Next gameat Wake ForestNov. 4, 1944
- SeasonClemson in 1944
- ProgramClemson history and records
Tennessee
- Next gameat LSUNov. 4, 1944
- SeasonTennessee in 1944
- ProgramTennessee history and records

