Clemson at South Carolina
Thursday, October 25, 1917 Share
Clemson beat South Carolina 21–13. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Clemson led the series 7–2–1 in the games on file.
Final
In the newspapers

The Birmingham age-herald, October 26, 1917, page 8
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CLEMSON COLLEGE IS CLOSE VICTOR Columbia, s. C.. October 25.-Clemson college defeated the University of South Carolina here today in their annual football game by the score of 21 to 13. The Carolina eleven, which was light and fast, took the lead early in the final period, but Clemsons superiority in weight finally told.
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. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Clemson–South Carolina gameOfficially, 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 107 since this game.
Around this game
Clemson
- Next gameat WoffordNov. 1, 1917
- SeasonClemson in 1917
- ProgramClemson history and records
South Carolina
- Next gamevs. ErskineNov. 3, 1917
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1917
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records

