Clemson at Pacific
Saturday, October 13, 1951 Share
No. 20 Pacific beat No. 16 Clemson 21–7. It was their only meeting on record.
Final
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 14, 1951, page 46
Read the text
College Of Pacific Ends Clemson S Streak, 21–7 STOCKTON, Calf, Oct. 49, Unbeaten College of Pacific scored three last-half touchdowns tonight to beat Clemson. 21–7, and end Tigers 16-game undefeated streak. The Orange Bowl champions had been unbeaten since 1949. Clemson scored its only touch down in the final 81 seconds. The West Coast eleven scored first in the third quarter, taking the kickoff and going 65 yards for a touchdown in II plays. Tom Nice Cormick, who contributed a 20-yard run to the drive. went over from three yards out. College Of Pacific scored again near the end of the period when Halfback Eddie Macon skirted his right end for 18 yards.
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 51% to win. Pacific pulled the upset.
The series
Every Clemson–Pacific gamePacific leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Clemson
- Next gameat South CarolinaOct. 25, 1951
- SeasonClemson in 1951
- ProgramClemson history and records
Pacific
- Next gameat Boston UniversityOct. 19, 1951
- SeasonPacific in 1951
- ProgramPacific history and records