Auburn at Clemson
Saturday, November 21, 1953 Share
No. 14 Auburn beat Clemson 45–19. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 21–11–2.
FinalHigh 75°F, low 60°F, 0.72 in. of rainAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 22, 1953, page 72
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Auburn OverwheIns Clemson To Bolster Bowl HOPES State and loss to Georgia Tech mar the teams record through. nine games. Using its two-team system. Auburn sent six players over the goal for its seven touchdowns. Quarterback Bobby Freeman scored twice and threw one touchdown pass while directing the so-called “Y” unit. Capt. Vince Dooley, quarterback of the *” team, scored once and threw a touchdown pass. Quarterback Don King and End Dreher Gaskin accounted for Clemson’s three touchdowns on pass plays of 5, SO and 80 yards, Gaskin making spectacular catches on the latter two. Auburn 10 Ia IL 6–45 Clemson u Il IL do Auburn scoring: Touchdowns-Freeo man CD, James, Atkins, Dooley, Pybura. Middleton. Conversions – Davis t2). Clemson scoring: Touchdowns-Gas- kin go. Conversion-L. Gressette.
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)
Auburn 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Auburn–Clemson gameAuburn leads 33–15–2 in 50 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.
| 2017 | Clemson 14, Auburn 6 | |
| 2016 | Clemson 19, Auburn 13 | |
| 2012 | Clemson 26, Auburn 19 | |
| 2011 | Clemson 38, Auburn 24 | |
| 2010 | Auburn 27, Clemson 24 | |
| 2007 | Auburn 23, Clemson 20 | Chick-fil-A Bowl |
Around this game
Auburn
- Next gamevs. AlabamaNov. 28, 1953
- SeasonAuburn in 1953
- ProgramAuburn history and records
Clemson
- Next gamevs. PresbyterianSept. 18, 1954
- SeasonClemson in 1953
- ProgramClemson history and records

