Clemson at Furman

Saturday, November 8, 1947

Clemson beat Furman 35–⁠7. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Clemson led the series 18–⁠10–⁠4.

AwayClemson4–⁠5 in 1947
35
HomeFurman2–⁠7 in 1947
7

FinalHigh 58°F, low 39°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story

    The Wilmington morning star, November 10, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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    Other weekend results included Davidson’s 1877 triumph over the University of Richmond; Wake Forests 14–⁠13 conquest of Boston College; Clemson routed Furman, 35–⁠7; South Carolina blanked The Citadel, 12-O, and Maryland chalked up it’s sixth victory of the campaign, blast ing Duquesne, 32-O. Schedule for the week: Saturday afternoon-South Car olina at Duke; Maryland VS.. North Carolina at Washington, D. c.; Virginia Military Institute lat The Citadel; Wake Forest at North Carolina State; William and Mary VS.. Washington and Lee at Roanoke, Va; Clemson at Duquesne; University of Richmond at Virginia Tech; George Washington at Wayne University. RICHMOND, Va, Nov e-(P)-Records OF Southern Conference football teams:

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)

Clemson 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Clemson leads 44–⁠10–⁠4 in 58 meetings, counting the 26 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Clemson 45, Furman 10
2022Clemson 35, Furman 12
2018Clemson 48, Furman 7
2012Clemson 41, Furman 7
2007Clemson 38, Furman 10
2003Clemson 28, Furman 17

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