Clemson vs. Miami
Monday, January 1, 1951, Orange Bowl Share
No. 11 Clemson beat No. 14 Miami 15–14. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–1.
FinalAttendance 65,181Referee: John J. Lynch (SEC; split crew: SEC, Southern)The game on Wikipedia
In the newspapers

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.
On the newsreel
- ORANGE BOWLIn Miami, Clemson College comes from behind with a last-minute "safety" to top Miami U., 15-14
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Miami 52% to win. Clemson won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Clemson–Miami gameMiami leads 8–7 in 15 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.
| 2026 | Miami 41, Clemson 13 | |
| 2023 | Miami 28, Clemson 20 | |
| 2022 | Clemson 40, Miami 10 | |
| 2020 | Clemson 42, Miami 17 | |
| 2017 | Clemson 38, Miami 3 | ACC Championship Game |
| 2015 | Clemson 58, Miami 0 |
Around this game
Clemson
- Next gamevs. PresbyterianSept. 22, 1951
- SeasonClemson in 1950
- ProgramClemson history and records
Miami
- Next gameat TulaneSept. 29, 1951
- SeasonMiami in 1950
- ProgramMiami history and records

