Clemson vs. Erskine

Clemson and Erskine first met in 1919 and have played 8 times; Clemson leads the series 7–⁠1. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Clemson 7–⁠1, and Clemson has won the last 5.

Clemson wins
7
Erskine wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1919
Longest streak
5 Clemson
Current streak
5 Clemson
Last 10 meetings
Clemson 7–⁠1
Most recent
1932

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠0
1920s5–⁠1
1930s1–⁠0
Average margin
30.1 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Clemson
7–⁠1 Clemson’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Clemson’s biggest win1919: Clemson 53, Erskine 0by 53 points
  2. Erskine’s biggest win1921: Erskine 13, Clemson 0by 13 points
  3. Upset1921: Erskine 13, Clemson 0Erskine had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Clemson and Erskine, 1919 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 Yorkville enquirer's story of the 1921 game

    1921 · Yorkville enquirer, Yorkville, S.C., Nov 22, 1921

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 14, 1932Clemson 19, Erskine 0at Clemson
Oct 19, 1928Clemson 52, Erskine 0at Clemson
Oct 14, 1927Clemson 25, Erskine 6at Clemson
Sep 18, 1926Clemson 7, Erskine 0at Clemson
Nov 18, 1922Clemson 52, Erskine 0at Clemson
Nov 18, 1921Erskine 13, Clemson 0at Clemson
Sep 24, 1920Clemson 26, Erskine 0at Clemson
Sep 27, 1919Clemson 53, Erskine 0at Clemson

Every game is listed as played on the field.