Wake Forest at Clemson

Saturday, October 30, 1954

Clemson beat Wake Forest 32–⁠20. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Clemson led the series 12–⁠8.

AwayWake Forest2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1954
20
HomeClemson5–⁠5 in 1954
32

FinalHigh 70°F, low 36°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: indiana Upets Michigan 139 Iowa Kills Badgers Bowl Hopes Clemson Defeats Wake Forest On Three Ldst-Period Scores

    Evening star, October 31, 1954, page 64

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    indiana Upets Michigan 139 Iowa Kills Badgers Bowl Hopes Clemson Defeats Wake Forest On Three Ldst-Period Scores 14–⁠7 at the half. The Deacons held on at 20–⁠14 going into the fourth quarter but were swept off their feet by the aroused Tigers. Battling back, Wake For est was a yard from Clemson’s goal when the game ended. Clemson 0 Z z 1872 Wake Forest 0 IA q 0–⁠20 Clemson scoring Touchdowns-Coleman. George. Ankuta, Laraway, Moore. onversions-Paredes t2). Wake Forest scoring; Touchdowns-- Frederick 2, Showers. Conversions--Parnam 2.

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)

Clemson 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Clemson leads 72–⁠17–⁠1 in 90 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Clemson 49, Wake Forest 14
2023Clemson 17, Wake Forest 12
2022Clemson 51, Wake Forest 45
2021Clemson 48, Wake Forest 27
2020Clemson 37, Wake Forest 13
2019Clemson 52, Wake Forest 3

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