Clemson at Virginia

Saturday, October 12, 1957

Clemson beat Virginia 20–⁠6. It was their third meeting; after it, Clemson led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayClemson7–⁠3 in 1957
20
HomeVirginia3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1957
6

FinalHigh 62°F, low 36°FAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 13, 1957, page 1 (results column)

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    coaching career. The last time the two teams met was in l947, and on that occasion. Brennan ran back the opening kickoff 81 yards to start the Irish toward a 27–⁠7 victory. The Cadets twice took the lead yesterday. first on the 81 yard dash by Bob Anderson. a 200-pound back from Cocoa Fla. Notre Dame came back to score on an 80-yard march, but in the second half Army scored two more touchdowns TO take a commanding 2l-7 lead The Irish fought back with two touchdowns. but failed to convert on the, second one and Army still had a one-point lead with less than 10 minutes renaming. After the kickoff, however, the Irish intercepted an Army pass and the winning field goal by End Monty Sickles provided the victory. In other games. Clemson defeated Virginia. 20–⁠6: Ohio State took Illinois. 2l-7: Pitt walloped Nebraska. $40, Wis consin beat Purdue. 23-l4, and Penn State defeated William & Mary, GLIB, after trailing. 1877, at the end OF the third quarter “Details in Sports SectIOn)

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 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Clemson leads 41–⁠8–⁠1 in 50 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Clemson 48, Virginia 31
2020Clemson 41, Virginia 23
2019Clemson 62, Virginia 17ACC Championship Game
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2009Clemson 34, Virginia 21
2008Clemson 13, Virginia 3

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