Clemson at Miami
Friday, November 16, 1956 Share
No. 8 Miami beat No. 13 Clemson 21–0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Miami led the series 4–1.
FinalHigh 83°F, low 62°FAttendance 47,603
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Clemson–Miami gameMiami leads 8–7 in 15 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.
| 2026 | Miami 41, Clemson 13 | |
| 2023 | Miami 28, Clemson 20 | |
| 2022 | Clemson 40, Miami 10 | |
| 2020 | Clemson 42, Miami 17 | |
| 2017 | Clemson 38, Miami 3 | ACC Championship Game |
| 2015 | Clemson 58, Miami 0 |
Around this game
Clemson
- Next gamevs. VirginiaNov. 24, 1956
- SeasonClemson in 1956
- ProgramClemson history and records
Miami
- Next gamevs. West VirginiaNov. 23, 1956
- SeasonMiami in 1956
- ProgramMiami history and records

