Auburn at Clemson

Saturday, November 21, 1953

No. 14 Auburn beat Clemson 45–⁠19. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 21–⁠11–⁠2.

Away14Auburn7–⁠3–⁠1 in 1953
45
HomeClemson3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1953
19

FinalHigh 75°F, low 60°F, 0.72 in. of rainAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Auburn OverwheIns Clemson To Bolster Bowl HOPES

    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.

Auburn leads 33–⁠15–⁠2 in 50 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.

Recent meetings
2017Clemson 14, Auburn 6
2016Clemson 19, Auburn 13
2012Clemson 26, Auburn 19
2011Clemson 38, Auburn 24
2010Auburn 27, Clemson 24
2007Auburn 23, Clemson 20Chick-fil-A Bowl

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