Clemson at Tulane

Saturday, November 18, 1944

Tulane beat Clemson 36–⁠20. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Tulane led the series 4–⁠1.

AwayClemson4–⁠5 in 1944
20
HomeTulane4–⁠3 in 1944
36

FinalHigh 63°F, low 58°F, 0.17 in. of rainAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: TULANE DEFEATS CLEMSON, $500

    The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 19, 1944, page 9

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    TULANE DEFEATS CLEMSON, $500 NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 18.|RC Tulane’s Greenies discarded their power plays to outscore an inspired team of Clemson Tigers SO to 20 in wide open offensive game here today. The Tulane touchdowns ranged from Reserve Tailback Harry Robinson’s 85-yard trip in the third period to Robinson’s 20-yard pass play to End Alvin DeWs in the second. Clemson failed to take advantsge of scoring opportunity in the first minute of play when Mavis eagle, Tiger tackle, blocked Joe Renfroe’s punt and end Bill Smart recovered on the Tulane 26 The Greenies held and on their next play from scrimmage d u b Jones whipped around right end and streaked 70 (cq) yards for the first of three touchdowns scored ir the opening quarter.

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)

Tulane 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tulane leads 6–⁠4 in 10 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1981Clemson 13, Tulane 5
1975Tulane 17, Clemson 13
1961Clemson 21, Tulane 6
1946Tulane 54, Clemson 13
1945Clemson 47, Tulane 20
1944Tulane 36, Clemson 20

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