Wake Forest at Clemson
Saturday, October 30, 1954 Share
Clemson beat Wake Forest 32–20. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Clemson led the series 12–8.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 36°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Wake Forest–Clemson gameClemson leads 72–17–1 in 90 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.
| 2024 | Clemson 49, Wake Forest 14 | |
| 2023 | Clemson 17, Wake Forest 12 | |
| 2022 | Clemson 51, Wake Forest 45 | |
| 2021 | Clemson 48, Wake Forest 27 | |
| 2020 | Clemson 37, Wake Forest 13 | |
| 2019 | Clemson 52, Wake Forest 3 |
Around this game
Wake Forest
- Next gameat RichmondNov. 6, 1954
- SeasonWake Forest in 1954
- ProgramWake Forest history and records
Clemson
- Next gamevs. FurmanNov. 6, 1954
- SeasonClemson in 1954
- ProgramClemson history and records

