TCU vs. Clemson
Saturday, December 19, 1959, Bluebonnet Bowl Share
No. 10 Clemson beat No. 7 TCU 23–7. It was their first meeting; after it, Clemson led the series 1–0.
FinalTV: CBSAttendance 55,000The game on Wikipedia
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, December 20, 1959, page 1
Read the text
SPORTS ROUNDUP Penn State Tops AIobumo; TCU Falls to Clemson In the inaugurals of two additions to the list of major football bowls, Penn State defeated Alabama, TO, before 1921 fans in Philadelphia s Liberty Bowl yesterday, while Clemson upset Texas Christian 23–7. in Houston’s Bluebonnet Bowl. Texas All topped Lenoir Rhyme, 20–7, to win the NIAA (small college, national title in the Holiday Bowl at st. Peters burg. Penn State lost Richie Lucas its All-America quarterback early in the second period because of a hip injury. However Sophomore Galen Hall took over and got the winning touchdown, taking a field goal try and passing to Roger Koch man on an 18-yard play. A crowd of $4,000 saw Glenn son, an 8-point underdog, win with a 20-point, fourth-period rally. “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.
Photos from the game

Bill Mathis runs the ball for Clemson in the 1959 Bluebonnet Bowl.Photo: Taps staff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 
A TCU defender tackles a Clemson ball carrier in the 1959 Bluebonnet Bowl.Photo: Taps staff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 
Ron Scrudato runs the ball for Clemson in the 1959 Bluebonnet Bowl.Photo: Taps staff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
From the game’s category on Wikimedia Commons, free licenses only, each credited.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
TCU 60% to win. Clemson pulled the upset.
The series
Every TCU–Clemson gameTied 2–2 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 2009 | TCU 14, Clemson 10 | |
| 1965 | Clemson 3, TCU 0 | |
| 1964 | TCU 14, Clemson 10 | |
| 1959 | Clemson 23, TCU 7 | Bluebonnet Bowl |
Around this game
TCU
- Next gameat KansasSept. 17, 1960
- SeasonTCU in 1959
- ProgramTCU history and records
Clemson
- Next gameat Wake ForestSept. 24, 1960
- SeasonClemson in 1959
- ProgramClemson history and records

