Clemson vs. Florida

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

1. Clemson’s biggest win1917: Clemson 55, Florida 7by 48 points
2. Florida’s biggest win1925: Florida 42, Clemson 0by 42 points
3. Upset1911: Florida 6, Clemson 5Florida had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1954: Clemson 14, Florida 7Clemson had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Clemson’s side (Cody 0–⁠3 against Bachman). 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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  1917 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 18, 1917

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  1922 · Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, Dec 3, 1922

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  1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 17, 1929

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  1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 16, 1930

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  1937 · Evening star, Nov 14, 1937

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
• Florida vs. Georgia104 meetings, Florida 44–⁠58–⁠2
• Florida vs. Auburn86 meetings, Florida 40–⁠44–⁠2
• Florida vs. Kentucky76 meetings, Florida 54–⁠22
• Florida vs. LSU72 meetings, Florida 34–⁠35–⁠3