Clemson vs. Wofford

Clemson and Wofford have 14 meetings on file, the first in 1917; Clemson leads the series 11–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Clemson 9–⁠1, and Clemson has won the last 6.

Scheduled 2027 at Clemson. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Clemson wins
11
Wofford wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1917
Longest streak
6 Clemson
Current streak
6 Clemson
Last 10 meetings
Clemson 9–⁠1
Most recent
2019

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
1920s3–⁠2
1930s1–⁠1
1940s1–⁠0
1980s1–⁠0
2000s1–⁠0
2010s3–⁠0
Average margin
19.9 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Clemson
9–⁠0 Clemson’s record at home
At Wofford
3–⁠2 Wofford’s record at home
Shutouts
6

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Clemson’s biggest win2019: Clemson 59, Wofford 14by 45 points
  2. Wofford’s biggest win1925: Wofford 13, Clemson 0by 13 points
  3. Upset1933: Wofford 14, Clemson 13Wofford had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1926: Wofford 3, Clemson 0Wofford had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Clemson and Wofford, 1917 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 Abbeville press and banner's story of the 1920 game

    1920 · The Abbeville press and banner, Abbeville, S.C., Oct 13, 1920

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1940 game: Football Scores SOUTH

    1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Sep 29, 1940

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

Nov 2, 20194Clemson 59, Wofford 14at Clemson
Sep 5, 201512Clemson 49, Wofford 10at Clemson
Sep 10, 2011Clemson 35, Wofford 27at Clemson
Sep 8, 200120Clemson 38, Wofford 14at Clemson
Sep 5, 1981Clemson 45, Wofford 10at Clemson
Sep 28, 1940Clemson 26, Wofford 0at Clemson
Nov 11, 1933Wofford 14, Clemson 13at Wofford
Sep 27, 1930Clemson 32, Wofford 0at Clemson
Oct 18, 1929Clemson 30, Wofford 0at Wofford
Oct 29, 1927Clemson 6, Wofford 0at Clemson
Oct 28, 1926Wofford 3, Clemson 0at Wofford
Oct 29, 1925Wofford 13, Clemson 0at Wofford
Oct 9, 1920Clemson 13, Wofford 7at Clemson
Nov 1, 1917Clemson 27, Wofford 16at Wofford

Every game is listed as played on the field.