Clemson at Boston College

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  Evening star, October 2, 1953, page 59

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  sands can sit on the grassy banks in the oval, where permanent stands have not been built. This type admission will 60 at the last minute, and so not until game time will there be more than a guess as to the crowd. Clemson players refer to their stadium as Death Valley, because they seldom lose there, and have knocked off some favored and pretty good football teams. Clemson has not been held Scoreless here since the George Washington game of 1912. Terps Favored. But regardless of the optimism of Coach Frank Howard and the South Carolina rooterS, Maryland ruled a two-touchdown favorite. The Terps were ranked third in the Nation in the As Sociated Press poll last week and will have to win handily to hold that spot. Clemson is respected by Mary land, but throughout the Nation the reputation of the Tigers has dimmed since their unbeaten team of 1850 (9-0-1) and good team of 1851 (7–⁠3. Last year Clemson beat only Presbyterian and Boston College and tied Fordham. This season the Tigers beat Presbyterian, 51–⁠7, and pulled out of a 14–⁠0 deficit last week to tie what is supposed to be the best Boston College team in 10 years. The final score was 14–⁠14. Maryland will be meeting its third split-T opponent in as many weeks. The Terps played Missouri, whose coach. Don Faurot, taught the formation to Jim Tatum. In washington and Lee, they met a head coach of two years in Carl Wise, who picked it up from George Bar clay, a former Tatum assistant. Clemson Using Split. Clemson is using the split-T as taught by Oklahoma’s Bud wilkinson, a close friend of Tatum’s. Howard, one Of the last single-wing holdouts, decided after last years losing season to install the formation. Clemson’s quarterback is Don King, a sophomore from nearby Anderson. He is a brilliant run ner, fair passer and can be dam gerous. Clemson’s statistics are deceiving because of the Pres byterian rout but they have five backs averaging better than five yards a crack, led by Bill O’Dell at right half with a 10.7 average in nine tries.

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Clemson leads 22–⁠9–⁠2 in 33 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.