Clemson vs. Duke

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

1. Clemson’s biggest win1999: Clemson 58, Duke 7by 51 points
2. Duke’s biggest win1935: Duke 38, Clemson 12by 26 points
3. Upset1980: Duke 34, Clemson 17Duke had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1971: Clemson 3, Duke 0Clemson had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1989: Duke 21, Clemson 17Duke had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
6. Ranked showdown1957: Duke 7, Clemson 6No. 14 Clemson at No. 11 Duke

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Clemson’s side (Neely 0–⁠3 against Wade). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1934 · The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, Oct 8, 1934

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  1963 · The Nome nugget, Alaska, Oct 21, 1963

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Clemson vs. South Carolina117 meetings, Clemson 70–⁠43–⁠4
• Clemson vs. NC State91 meetings, Clemson 60–⁠30–⁠1
• Clemson vs. Wake Forest90 meetings, Clemson 72–⁠17–⁠1
• Clemson vs. Georgia Tech88 meetings, Clemson 34–⁠52–⁠2
• Duke vs. North Carolina106 meetings, Duke 38–⁠64–⁠4
• Duke vs. Wake Forest102 meetings, Duke 60–⁠40–⁠2
• Duke vs. Georgia Tech93 meetings, Duke 35–⁠57–⁠1
• Duke vs. NC State86 meetings, Duke 44–⁠37–⁠5