Clemson vs. Duquesne

Clemson and Duquesne have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1947; Clemson leads the series 4–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Clemson 4–⁠0, and Clemson has won the last 4.

Clemson wins
4
Duquesne wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1947
Longest streak
4 Clemson
Current streak
4 Clemson
Last 10 meetings
Clemson 4–⁠0
Most recent
1950

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s3–⁠0
1950s1–⁠0
Average margin
27.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Clemson
3–⁠0 Clemson’s record at home
At Duquesne
0–⁠1 Duquesne’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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 Clemson and Duquesne, 1947 on130015001700190019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Evening star's story of the 1947 game: Statistics. Clemson Trime Duquesne

    1947 · Evening star, Nov 16, 1947

  • The Evening star's story of the 1948 game: Clemson Boosts Bowl Chances by Lopsided Win Over Duquesne

    1948 · Evening star, Nov 21, 1948

  • The Evening star's story of the 1949 game: Clemson Crushes Duquesne, 1870

    1949 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 13, 1949

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

Nov 4, 195014Clemson 53, Duquesne 20at Clemson
Nov 12, 1949Clemson 33, Duquesne 20at Clemson
Nov 20, 19489Clemson 42, Duquesne 0at Clemson
Nov 15, 1947Clemson 34, Duquesne 13at Duquesne

Every game is listed as played on the field.