Clemson vs. Colorado
Tuesday, January 1, 1957, Orange Bowl Share
No. 19 Colorado beat Clemson 27–21. It was their first meeting; after it, Colorado led the series 1–0.
FinalTV: CBSAttendance 72,552Referee: Cliff Ogden (Big Seven; split crew: Big Seven, ACC)The game on Wikipedia
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., January 2, 1957, page 46
Read the text
Clemson Makes Flop a Thriller, Then Misfires MIAMI, Jan. 2 tPl. - I’D rather win one like this. than win by 500” Coach Dallas Ward chortled after his Colorado Buffaloes snuffed out Clemson’s last-gasp threat and wrapped up a 27–21 Orange Bowl football victory. Ward referred to the seesaw battle that developed in the Sec
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.
On the newsreel
- ORANGE BOWLMiami, Colorado's Buffaloes stampede to a 20-0 lead, fall behind a roaring Clemson comeback and score again to win
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Colorado 50% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Clemson–Colorado gameTied 1–1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 2005 | Clemson 19, Colorado 10 | Champs Sports Bowl |
| 1956 | Colorado 27, Clemson 21 | Orange Bowl |
Around this game
Clemson
- Next gamevs. PresbyterianSept. 21, 1957
- SeasonClemson in 1956
- ProgramClemson history and records
Colorado
- Next gameat WashingtonSept. 21, 1957
- SeasonColorado in 1956
- ProgramColorado history and records