Clemson at Miami

Friday, November 16, 1956

No. 8 Miami beat No. 13 Clemson 21–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Miami led the series 4–⁠1.

Away13Clemson7–⁠2–⁠2 in 1956
0
Home8Miami8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1956
21

FinalHigh 83°F, low 62°FAttendance 47,603

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Orange Bowl Committee Unhappy as Tigers Lose

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 17, 1956, page 12

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    Orange Bowl Committee Unhappy as Tigers Lose MIAMI, Fla, Nov. II (P) r Miami’s angry Hurricanes stomped Clemson 21–⁠0 last night and the most miserable of the 47,6O3 football fans who saw the game were the men, bers Of the Orange Bowl Com mittee. The Orange Bowl game next New Years Day is expected to match Clemson of the Atlantic Coast Conference against Colo ‘rado of the Big Seven. @Clemson. which suffered its first defeat after five victories and a tie, was and probably still is the choice to represent the ACC in the Orange Bowl, “A victory over Miami, or even good showing. would have added much to the prestige OF this post-season game. But Clemson was completely

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)

Miami 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Miami leads 8–⁠7 in 15 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Miami 41, Clemson 13
2023Miami 28, Clemson 20
2022Clemson 40, Miami 10
2020Clemson 42, Miami 17
2017Clemson 38, Miami 3ACC Championship Game
2015Clemson 58, Miami 0

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