Tennessee at Clemson
Saturday, October 14, 1916 Share
Tennessee beat Clemson 14–0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 4–4–1.
FinalHigh 69°F, low 56°F
In the newspapers

The Birmingham age-herald, October 15, 1916, page 14
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Tennessee Beats Clemson; Results 0f Other Battles Clemson, College, $. C., October IA After being held scoreless in the first three quarters, the University of Ten nessee football eleven developed a pow erful offense here today and scored two touchdowns on Clemson college win ming 14 to 0. Tennessee, on its first rush, was penalized when within yard of Clemsons goal but finally carried the ball over. The lineup and summary: Clemson-Gee, center; Nemitz, left guard; Hart, left tackle; Brown, left end Thackston, left half; Witsell, right half; Major, fullback; Finley, quarterback; Poole, right guard; Mat thews, right tackle Weihl, right end. ennessee-Robinson, center; Shoul- ders, left guard; P. Vowell, left tackle; Vowell, left end; Emery, left half; Shelby, right half Hatcher, fullback; Luck, quarterback; Low, right guard; Henderson, right tackle; Wolfs, right end Score by periods: Clemson .....’..’..’‘‘‘‘‘‘ oooo ooVv- Referee: Bocock (V. F. I). Umpire, Bowen. Head linesman, Fitzgerald. Time of quarters, 15 minutes.

Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, October 15, 1916, page 26
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CLEMSON IS BEATEN Tennessee Wins Related Victory In Fourth Quarter After Many PENAL ties Have Been inflicted, CLEMSON CoLLEGE, S. {. October here to-day by n score Of II to 0. The game stood zero to zero until the lat ter part of the fourth quarter then Tennessee, after losing on downs and being penallzed when within one yard OF the goal, finally succeeded in put ting two touchdowns over in rapid sue
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 53% to win. Tennessee won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Tennessee–Clemson gameTennessee leads 12–6–1 in 19 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.
| 2022 | Tennessee 31, Clemson 14 | Orange Bowl |
| 2003 | Clemson 27, Tennessee 14 | Peach Bowl |
| 1976 | Tennessee 21, Clemson 19 | |
| 1974 | Tennessee 29, Clemson 28 | |
| 1944 | Tennessee 26, Clemson 7 | |
| 1938 | Tennessee 20, Clemson 7 |
Around this game
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. South CarolinaOct. 21, 1916
- SeasonTennessee in 1916
- ProgramTennessee history and records
Clemson
- Next gameat AuburnOct. 20, 1916
- SeasonClemson in 1916
- ProgramClemson history and records

