Clemson at Vanderbilt
Saturday, November 18, 1905 Share
Vanderbilt beat Clemson 41–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 1–0.
Final
In the newspapers

The semi-weekly messenger, Wilmington, N.C., November 21, 1905, page 1
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Vanderbilt ran up score of Al to O, smashing the visitors formations at will. Hard straight play, the heavy backs repeatedly charging through Clemson’s line, were Vanderbilts tao tics and the contest was devoid Of the spectacular GEORGIA TECH 46; UNIVERSITY O “A L Atlanta, Nov. 1S.-Two Tech players, running 2OO>yards, i’ll two successive plays for two touchdowns against Georgia were the features of the game here today in which the Georgia school OF Technology easily defeated the Uni versity Of Georgia by a score of 46 to O.. In one play Quarterback Butler caught the ball OH the goal line, after an almost successful attempt at a drop kick by Georgia and ran the no yards for a touchdown. In the kick off following this touchdown Red” Wilson, Techs left half, caught the ball on the twenty yard line and covered the intervening ninety yards for a touchdown in easy fashion. Only once did Georgia make the required distance, and only once was Tech held for ddOwns.

The Birmingham age-herald, November 19, 1905, page 11
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VANDERBILT IS TOO MUCH FOR CLEMSON Smash Up Formations at Will and Pile Up a Score of fl to 0. Nashville, November 1S.-Clemson’s foot ball eleven was outclassed on Dudley Field this afternoon. and Vanderbilt ran up score of fl to 0, smashing the visit ors’ formations at will. Hard, straight play, the heavy backs repeatedly charging through Clemson’s line, were Vanderbilt’s tactics, and the contest was devoid of the spectacular. The line-up:
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)
Vanderbilt 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Clemson–Vanderbilt gameVanderbilt leads 3–1 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1960 | Vanderbilt 22, Clemson 20 | |
| 1958 | Clemson 12, Vanderbilt 7 | |
| 1908 | Vanderbilt 41, Clemson 0 | |
| 1905 | Vanderbilt 41, Clemson 0 |
Around this game
Clemson
- Next gameat Georgia TechNov. 30, 1905
- SeasonClemson in 1905
- ProgramClemson history and records
Vanderbilt
- Next gamevs. SewaneeNov. 30, 1905
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1905
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records

