Clemson vs. VMI

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

1. Clemson’s biggest win1944: Clemson 57, VMI 12by 45 points
2. VMI’s biggest win1916: VMI 37, Clemson 7by 30 points
3. Upset1943: VMI 12, Clemson 7VMI had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Clemson’s side (Cody 2–⁠1 against Raftery). 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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  1915 · Evening star, Nov 14, 1915

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  1941 · Evening star, Sep 28, 1941

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
• VMI vs. Virginia78 meetings, VMI 23–⁠53–⁠2
• VMI vs. Virginia Tech75 meetings, VMI 23–⁠47–⁠5
• VMI vs. Richmond70 meetings, VMI 32–⁠33–⁠5
• VMI vs. William & Mary65 meetings, VMI 27–⁠36–⁠2