Clemson vs. Miami

Tuesday, January 1, 1952, Gator Bowl

Miami beat Clemson 14–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Miami led the series 2–⁠1.

Neutral siteClemson7–⁠3 in 1951
0
Neutral siteMiami8–⁠3 in 1951
14

FinalAttendance 37,208

MVP Jim Dooley (Miami)Wikipedia

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Winning Coach Buys 40 Tickets to Game PLAYED Christmas

    Evening star, District of Columbia, January 6, 1952, page 37

    Read the text

    Winning Coach Buys 40 Tickets to Game PLAYED Christmas MIAMI. Fla, Jan. 5.-The Mahi Shrine Temple today sold 40 tickets for its North-South char Iity football game played Christ mas night. Henry Wiener, ticket director received this letter: II note that attendance at the All-Star game was $1,000. Please accept this check for 40 tickets to make it an even 10000” The letter-and check-were signed by Andy Gustafson, who coached the South college team to a 35–⁠7 victory over the North in the Shrine’s Christmas game. A week later. Gustafson took his University of Miami team to the Gator Bowl and whipped Clemson 14–⁠0.

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.

Photos from the game

  • Miami's offense nears the end zone in the 1952 Gator Bowl
    Miami’s offense nears the end zone in the 1952 Gator BowlPhoto: Taps staff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  • Clemson's Lawrence Grissette is tackled by the Miami defense in the 1952 Gator Bowl
    Clemson’s Lawrence Grissette is tackled by the Miami defense in the 1952 Gator BowlPhoto: Taps staff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  • Clemson's defense stops a Miami runner in the 1952 Gator Bowl
    Clemson’s defense stops a Miami runner in the 1952 Gator BowlPhoto: Taps staff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  • Clemson's Billy Hair runs the ball in the 1952 Gator Bowl
    Clemson’s Billy Hair runs the ball in the 1952 Gator BowlPhoto: Taps staff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Clemson 56% to win. Miami won as Elo’s underdog.

Miami leads 8–⁠7 in 15 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Miami 41, Clemson 13
2023Miami 28, Clemson 20
2022Clemson 40, Miami 10
2020Clemson 42, Miami 17
2017Clemson 38, Miami 3ACC Championship Game
2015Clemson 58, Miami 0

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