Maryland at Clemson
Saturday, November 9, 1957 Share
Clemson beat Maryland 26–7. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Maryland led the series 4–1–1.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 35°FAttendance 28,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 12, 1957, page 1
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Scores Indicate Battle Between Duke, Clemson Duke plays Clemson at Dur ham Saturday. but before you pick a winner. forget that Duke has been among the top 10 football teams nationally and let the records speak. | Dukes record is 5-1-2, Glenn sons So. They have played five COM mon opponents. Duke tied North Carolina State, 14-l4, and Clemson lost to the Wolfpack. 1877. Both Duke and Clemson won against the other four teams each faced: Against Virginia it was Duke. 400. and Clemson. 20–6; against South Carolina-Duke 26–14, Clemson 1870; against Rice-Duke 7–6. Clemson 20–6: against Maryland-Duke 14–0. Clemson 26–7. Against the four opponents that each whipped. Duke scored 81 points and held the oppositon to 20; Clemson scored 70 points and also held the opposition to 20. Duke won its first five games and seemed off to a whale of a season. But since then the Blue Devils have tied N. C. State and Navy and lost to Georgia Tech. Clemson lost two Of its first three games. leading most OBJ servers to think Coach Frank Howard was in for a dismal season. But the Tigers have marched steadily to promihence, mostly on the passing arm of Harvey White, sophomore quarterback. / Duke Line Coach Tommy OBoyle, who has secuted Glenn son. has this to say: Clemson has come a long way since the season started Our game with them should be one of the best in the country and we are going to have to play our best to win. White calls a great game, using plays to the best advantage. His passing record speaks for it. self, in that he has thrown seven touchdown passes in the last three games”
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 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Maryland–Clemson gameClemson leads 34–26–2 in 62 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.
| 2013 | Clemson 40, Maryland 27 | |
| 2012 | Clemson 45, Maryland 10 | |
| 2011 | Clemson 56, Maryland 45 | |
| 2010 | Clemson 31, Maryland 7 | |
| 2009 | Maryland 24, Clemson 21 | |
| 2008 | Maryland 20, Clemson 17 |
Around this game
Maryland
- Next gameat MiamiNov. 15, 1957
- SeasonMaryland in 1957
- ProgramMaryland history and records
Clemson
- Next gameat DukeNov. 16, 1957
- SeasonClemson in 1957
- ProgramClemson history and records

