Auburn at Clemson

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 25, 1951, page 53

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  Clemson Wins May Get Bowl Bid Georgia Tech Coasts In 347 Billy Hair Leads Way Against Auburn, $40, In Last Quarter Attack CLEMSON. S. c., Nov. “a Clemson, with All-America Candidate Billy Hair showing the way battered Auburn for a 34-to-0 football victory here today before a homecoming crowd of 1880. The smashing victory meant a possible Gator Bowl bid for Glenn son against Miami. Representatives of the January game in Jacksonville, Fla, were in the stands. Sam Wolfson, chairman of the Gator Bowl AS Sociation said an announcement would be made Wednesday. Clemson defeated Miami, 1914, last Jan. l in the Orange Bowl at Miami. It was a close game until the final quarter when Clemson unlimbered a slam-bang four-touchdown barrage. Tailback Hair began the fireworks with a spectacular 19yard scoring sprint through the entire Auburn team after a march from the Clemson At. From there on it seemed to be just question of how much Clemson could score in the remaining time. Hair Spearheads Drives. Hardly had the cheers for Hairs run died down when Clemson was on the march again, this time from its two. Hair. who leads the Southern Conference in individual offense spearheaded the drive with runs of % and II yards and a 23-yard pass to End Glenn Smith. Fullback Larry Gressette plunged the last five yards in two plays. From its So, Clemson scored again in II plays, on Hairs r. yard pass to Smith. Hair set up the pass with a 34-yard heave to End Otis Kempson. Desperate passes by Auburn Quarterback Allan Parks BOOM eranged when Clemson Defensive Halfback Archie Baker intercepted one and raced 56 yards for the final score. Radcliff Sets Kicking Mark. Charley Radcliff, Clemson extra point specialist, converted after all four last quarter touchdowns for a season mark of % out of 81. Clemson’s first touchdown, in the second quarter, was on an eight-yard pass from Hair to Smith that capped a 45-yard advance. Radcliff’s conversion at tempt was blocked. Hairs brilliant RUNNING was consistently on a naked reverse play which Auburn never solved. Time after time the Auburn detense seemed to have Clemson in deep holes. but Hair or Right Halfback Buck George would break loose for sizable gains. Auburn’s offense never was consistent and it could advance the ball into Clemson territory only / as far as the 33-yard line. on the final play of the first half. That advance was made possible by a 17-yard pass from Parks to Left Halfback Dwight Hit. Hair Completes Is Passes. Parks and Vince Dooley, his replacement, both slingshot passers, attempted II aerials. but COM pleted only three for “A yards. In contrast, Hair threw 26 times for Is competitions and 184 yards. His passes scored two touchdowns and set up a third. Clemson’s record, with the reg ular season over, is seven wins and two losses, inflicted by Col lege of the Pacific and South |, Carolina. Auburn ----0 Q 9 60 Clemson --0 8 0 26–⁠34 Clemson scoring: Touchdowns-smith t2l. Hair. L. Gresette, Baker. Conversions s-Radcliff “a, |,

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Auburn leads 33–⁠15–⁠2 in 50 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.