Clemson at Tennessee

Saturday, October 28, 1944

No. 19 Tennessee beat Clemson 26–⁠7. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Tennessee led the series 9–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayClemson4–⁠5 in 1944
7
Home19Tennessee7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1944
26

FinalHigh 62°F, low 34°FAttendance 11,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: TENNESSEE BEATS CLEMSON, 26-7

    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.

  • The Evening star's story: Vols Last-Ha|f Drive .0vercomes Clemson

    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.

Tennessee leads 12–⁠6–⁠1 in 19 meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
2022Tennessee 31, Clemson 14Orange Bowl
2003Clemson 27, Tennessee 14Peach Bowl
1976Tennessee 21, Clemson 19
1974Tennessee 29, Clemson 28
1944Tennessee 26, Clemson 7
1938Tennessee 20, Clemson 7

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