Clemson at Duquesne
Saturday, November 15, 1947 Share
Clemson beat Duquesne 34–13. It was their first meeting; after it, Clemson led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 49°F, low 36°F, 0.43 in. of rain
In the newspapers
Evening star, November 16, 1947, page 42
Read the text
Statistics. Clemson Trime Duquesne PITTSBURGH, Nov. Is R.- Bobby Gage, speedy 165-pound halfback, returned kickoff 80 yards for q touchdown and rambled rs yards for another to spark Clemson to q 34–13 victory over Duquesns before about 5000 FAM here tonight.
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)
Duquesne 55% to win. Clemson won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Clemson–Duquesne gameClemson leads 4–0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1950 | Clemson 53, Duquesne 20 | |
| 1949 | Clemson 33, Duquesne 20 | |
| 1948 | Clemson 42, Duquesne 0 | |
| 1947 | Clemson 34, Duquesne 13 |
Around this game
Clemson
- Next gamevs. AuburnNov. 22, 1947
- SeasonClemson in 1947
- ProgramClemson history and records
Duquesne
- Next gameat Wake ForestNov. 21, 1947
- SeasonDuquesne in 1947
- ProgramDuquesne history and records