Clemson at South Carolina

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 27, 1916, page 7

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  Clemson Is Victorious Over South Carolina Columbia, October 26.-CIemsons line proved too strong and it’s back too fast for South Carolina here today and the annual football game between the two institutions was won by Clemson 2 to O. Clemson used many fake plays, which had South Carolina completely bewildered. Seven thousand persons witnessed the contest. The lineup: Clemson (2O-wiehl, left end; Cannon, left tackle; Poole. left guard; Gee. cen ter; Harmon. right guard; Matthews, right tackle; Browne, right end: Witzel, quarterback; Banks, left halfback; Major, right halfback; Hardin, fulback South Carolina (0)-Clark, left end, Mc- Milan, left tackle; P. Hampton, left guard; F. Hampton. center; Kilgore. right guard; Horton, right tackle; Crouch, right end; c. Waring, quarterback: Sea- born, left halfback; Kerr, right halfback; Crawford, fullback Score by periods: 3 Clemson ........................ 01S 7–⁠27 South Carolina ............ o o 0 O. 0 Summary: Referee Barry George town); umpire. McGoffin (A1ichigan); head linesman, Johnstone (Michigan). Time of periods, 15 minutes Clemson scoring: Touchdowns, Banks 2, Witzel, Major. Goal from touchdown, Browne g. Major. Substitutions: South Carolina, Moore for Kilgore: Marion for Moore. Simril for Kerr, Blackmon for Clark, Chandler for c. Waring, R. Waring for Blackmon, Kerr for Simril, Kilgore for Marion. Boulware for Kilgore, Knight for Sea- born, Simril for Knight, C. Waring for Chandler. Clemson: Mfnlts for Harmon, Duckett for Wiehl, Adams for Browne, Finley for Witzel, Afford for Cannon, Sans for Hardin. Brandon for Gee. Jer- vey for Banks. Thompson for Pools.

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Officially, Clemson leads 74–⁠44–⁠4; as played, 70–⁠43–⁠4 in the 117 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 108 since this game.