Clemson vs. Miami

Monday, January 1, 1951, Orange Bowl

No. 11 Clemson beat No. 14 Miami 15–⁠14. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

Neutral site11Clemson9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1950
15
Neutral site14Miami9–⁠1–⁠1 in 1950
14

FinalAttendance 65,181Referee: John J. Lynch (SEC; split crew: SEC, Southern)The game on Wikipedia

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: |SIowest Man on Team Is Hero In Clemson Defeat of Miami

    Evening star, District of Columbia, January 2, 1951, page 10

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    |SIowest Man on Team Is Hero In Clemson Defeat of Miami sons first touchdown. Elmer fremont punted to Clemson’s Ray Mathews on the 20 and he returned to the “a to start the second quarter. Cone smashed to the 38 and Hair took over there. He picked up a first down on the Miami 40 and then tossed a 45-yard pass to Bob Hudson, who took it on the Miami 4. Cone took it over on the third try and Charlie Radcliff converted to make the score: Clemson, z; Miami. 0. Drive from Clemson rs. ClemSon’s second touchdown drive started from the Tigers Is. Hair passed to Glenn Smith, right end from Washington, D. c., on the 81 and Hair picked up 4 yards Hair then passed to Ray Mathews on the Miami % and Cone picked up six more. Cone gained an other yard and Hair passed to Smith for the score. Radcliff’s S try for conversion was blocked. Miami suddenly came to life. Jack Del Bello intercepted Hairs pass over the goal line and ran it to the Miami 30 Clemson drew a 15-yard penalty on a personal foul and Frank Smith, on a pitch out from Bob Schneidenbach. ran to the Clemson five. Harry NAL lios scored and Gordon Watson converted to make the score !: Clemson 13, Miami 7. | Miami came back with another when Jim Dooley intercepted Hairs pass on the Miami five Schneidenbach passed to Ed Lutes on the mid-field stripe and he raced to the Clemson II. Hack Hackett passed to Smith, who caught the ball on the five and galloped over. Watson again converted to put Miami in front, E14–⁠13. That was all the scoring until Sterling Smith charged through to make the safety with six minutes left to play.

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.

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Miami 52% to win. Clemson won as Elo’s underdog.

Miami leads 8–⁠7 in 15 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.

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