Clemson vs. Vanderbilt

Clemson and Vanderbilt have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1905; Vanderbilt leads the series 3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Vanderbilt 3–⁠1.

Clemson wins
1
Vanderbilt wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1905
Longest streak
2 Vanderbilt
Current streak
1 Vanderbilt
Last 10 meetings
Vanderbilt 3–⁠1
Most recent
1960

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠2
1950s1–⁠0
1960s0–⁠1
Average margin
22.3 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Vanderbilt
3–⁠1 Vanderbilt’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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 Vanderbilt, 1905 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 The semi-weekly messenger's story of the 1905 game: Vanderbilt ran up score of Al to O, smashing the visitors formations at will. Hard straight play, the heavy backs repeatedly charging through Clemson's line, were Vanderbilts tao tics and the contest was devoid Of the spectacular GEORGIA TECH 46; UNIVERSITY O

    1905 · The semi-weekly messenger, Wilmington, N.C., Nov 21, 1905

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 29, 1960Vanderbilt 22, Clemson 20at Vanderbilt
Oct 11, 19588Clemson 12, Vanderbilt 7at Vanderbilt
Oct 17, 1908Vanderbilt 41, Clemson 0at Vanderbilt
Nov 18, 1905Vanderbilt 41, Clemson 0at Vanderbilt

Every game is listed as played on the field.