Georgia at Clemson
Saturday, October 1, 1955 Share
Clemson beat Georgia 26–7. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 17–8–2.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 67°F, 0.55 in. of rainAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 2, 1955, page 70
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Beats Georgia, l6–7 Players FiQhi CLEMSON, 3. C., Oct. / R1. |Clemson’s unbeaten football team. sparked By Quarterback Don Kings splendid passing and Igeneraiship and the power plung-l ing Of Fuilhack Billy ODell. Ismothered Georgia. 26–7. todayI for the Tigers first victory over the Georgians since 1914. The rugged action. In which Clemson scored In every quarter. exploded into two short Lived player lights In the waning molments. Sideiine spectators among 1.-THE crowd of 10000 Joined In the second outbreak. but the Clenilson band quickly struck up the Star Spangled Banner and . dozen policemen hurriedly re-. stored order. Two Players Fight Two players were involved In / . brief hst fight about q minute before the game was over. On the next play. there was another eruption Of fisticutIs, with at least two separate fights under way o. In the making. One ct the sideline. involved |a Georgia spectator who apparemily wanted to flght q Clemson player. ThG other involved play |ers on the field. Suddenly, the benches of both teams emptied onto the field.| Coaches went onto the field toI help q squad Of policemen In lrestoring order. One spectator was reported ! forcibly removed from the sta ldiun. Twenty seconds remained In 1.-THE game. and after order was restored. the final play was run. Players on both sides shook hands when the game was over. The first firlnt apnarentiy was touched an when Ciensoa mar ilterhack CharlIe H,,ssey rea,rneti AN intercepted pass Hussey was \ tackled ciean. but 4 Clemson lplayer threw . late block into Ila Georgia player. A Red marker was drouned and c.iemson was penaIized for 4 uersonal fo,,l. “a PIayerr 1890 M nlaver frnr, eitl,er teayn | WAS elected frorn ~ t,,e & came lin weaver Atlantic coa Il conference “Reminiscences Wit 4 inneead t,,e ,,,aiee f,.o,,, ft,a sto ,,s,r Ciemson1 nard-cnarglng line iimiteo oeoIsia g q yaras Tilsning after holding the bfteless \ Fa,,iidoos IN rn;t,,,e ona An tha HI f-T--G77S.S - 80 = - ----
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 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Georgia–Clemson gameGeorgia leads 41–16–4 in 61 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.
| 2024 | Georgia 34, Clemson 3 | |
| 2021 | Georgia 10, Clemson 3 | |
| 2014 | Georgia 45, Clemson 21 | |
| 2013 | Clemson 38, Georgia 35 | |
| 2003 | Georgia 30, Clemson 0 | |
| 2002 | Georgia 31, Clemson 28 |
Around this game
Georgia
- Next gamevs. North CarolinaOct. 8, 1955
- SeasonGeorgia in 1955
- ProgramGeorgia history and records
Clemson
- Next gameat RiceOct. 8, 1955
- SeasonClemson in 1955
- ProgramClemson history and records

