Clemson at Furman
Saturday, November 28, 1959 Share
No. 14 Clemson beat Furman 56–3. It was their 42nd meeting; after it, Clemson led the series 28–10–4.
FinalHigh 59°F, low 30°FAttendance 12,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 29, 1959, page 1 (results column)
Read the text
SPORTS ROUNDUP Navy Crushes Army, 1912; Top Bowls Filled Navy thoroughly outclassed favored Army in Philadelphia yesterday, 43–12, as Halfback Joe Bellino and Quarterback Joe Tranchini ran for i’ve touchdowns to give Navy the highest total ever scored in the service classic. The victory brought Navy a bid to meet Penn State in the new Liberty Bowl December 10 in Philadelphia. Whether the academy would accept was uncertain. Four other bowl berths were Alleds Mississippi, which beat Mississippi State, 42–0, will face Louisiana State In the Sugar Bowl New Years Day. Georgia, q 21–14 victor over Georgia Tech. accepted an invitation to play Missouri in the Orange Bowl and Tech was chosen to face Arkansas in the Gator Bowl. Clemson. 56–3 winner over Furman, will meet Texas Christian in the Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston December 10. Notre Dame. winding up q so-so season, supplied one Of the bigger upsets by defeating Southern California, 1876.
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 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Clemson–Furman gameClemson leads 44–10–4 in 58 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.
| 2025 | Clemson 45, Furman 10 | |
| 2022 | Clemson 35, Furman 12 | |
| 2018 | Clemson 48, Furman 7 | |
| 2012 | Clemson 41, Furman 7 | |
| 2007 | Clemson 38, Furman 10 | |
| 2003 | Clemson 28, Furman 17 |
Around this game
Clemson
- Next gamevs. TCUDec. 19, 1959, Bluebonnet Bowl
- SeasonClemson in 1959
- ProgramClemson history and records
Furman
- Next gamevs. PresbyterianSept. 17, 1960
- SeasonFurman in 1959
- ProgramFurman history and records

