Centre vs. Clemson

Centre and Clemson first met in 1921 and have played 3 times; Centre leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Centre 3–⁠0, and Centre has won the last 3.

Centre wins
3
Clemson wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1921
Longest streak
3 Centre
Current streak
3 Centre
Last 10 meetings
Centre 3–⁠0
Most recent
1923

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s3–⁠0
Average margin
18.7 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Centre
2–⁠0 Centre’s record at home
At Clemson
0–⁠1 Clemson’s record at home
Shutouts
2

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Centre and Clemson, 1921 on130015001700190019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1921 game: Dixie Grid ELeUens Break EUen In IntersecHona[ Football Games Saturday Goat" Hales Great Work Enables Mississippi to De- feat Tulane IA to 0-MaryIand Wins 80 Victory Over Rutgers-Centre-Cl Clemson Game Best

    1921 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 3, 1921

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1922 game: and Diegel Tie ir1 Dixie Tourney Clemson Weakens in Final Periods and Centre Wins, 2l-0

    1922 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 1, 1922

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 13, 1923Centre 28, Clemson 7at Centre
Sep 30, 1922Centre 21, Clemson 0at Clemson
Oct 1, 1921Centre 14, Clemson 0at Centre

Every game is listed as played on the field.