Clemson at Auburn

Saturday, November 25, 1950

No. 11 Clemson beat Auburn 41–⁠0. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 19–⁠10–⁠2.

Away11Clemson9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1950
41
HomeAuburn0–⁠10 in 1950
0

FinalHigh 40°F, low 9°FAttendance 11,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 27, 1950, page 18

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    RICHMOND. Va. Nov. 81 Washington and Lee not only held the Southern Conference football championship today. but Walt Michaels, its star fullback. appeared certain to take the leagues individual scoring honors. Michaels led the point-producers with SO markers. He climbed into the lead last Thursday by making Is points In Washington and Lees S 67–⁠7 rout Of the University of Richmond. Second place was held by Fred Cone, Clemson fullback, who contributed “a points Saturday to his teams 41–⁠0 triumph over Auburn. Cones point total is SO. Both Michaels and Cone have completed their regular seasons.

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 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Auburn leads 33–⁠15–⁠2 in 50 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.

Recent meetings
2017Clemson 14, Auburn 6
2016Clemson 19, Auburn 13
2012Clemson 26, Auburn 19
2011Clemson 38, Auburn 24
2010Auburn 27, Clemson 24
2007Auburn 23, Clemson 20Chick-fil-A Bowl

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