Clemson at Furman
Saturday, November 8, 1947 Share
Clemson beat Furman 35–7. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Clemson led the series 18–10–4.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 39°F
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, November 10, 1947, page 3 (results column)
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Clemson–Furman gameClemson leads 44–10–4 in 58 meetings, counting the 26 since this game.
| 2025 | Clemson 45, Furman 10 | |
| 2022 | Clemson 35, Furman 12 | |
| 2018 | Clemson 48, Furman 7 | |
| 2012 | Clemson 41, Furman 7 | |
| 2007 | Clemson 38, Furman 10 | |
| 2003 | Clemson 28, Furman 17 |
Around this game
Clemson
- Next gameat DuquesneNov. 15, 1947
- SeasonClemson in 1947
- ProgramClemson history and records
Furman
- Next gameat Georgia TechNov. 22, 1947
- SeasonFurman in 1947
- ProgramFurman history and records

