Clemson vs. Mercer

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

1. Clemson’s biggest win1913: Clemson 52, Mercer 0by 52 points
2. Mercer’s biggest win1911: Mercer 20, Clemson 6by 14 points
3. Upset1910: Mercer 3, Clemson 0Mercer had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Clemson’s side (Dobson 1–⁠2 against Stroud). 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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  1911 · Rock Island Argus, Illinois, Nov 20, 1911

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  1912 · The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Nov 17, 1912

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  1913 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 18, 1913

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
• Mercer vs. Chattanooga24 meetings, Mercer 12–⁠11–⁠1
• Mercer vs. Furman23 meetings, Mercer 8–⁠13–⁠2
• Mercer vs. Samford21 meetings, Mercer 11–⁠9–⁠1
• Mercer vs. Georgia21 meetings, Mercer 0–⁠21