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1941 Clemson

7–⁠2 (5–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Frank Howard.

Schedule and results

Clemson in 1941, game by game: won vs. Presbyterian 41–12; won at VMI 36–7; won vs. NC State 27–6; won at Boston College 26–13; lost at South Carolina 14–18; won at George Washington 19–0; won vs. Wake Forest 29–0; won at Furman 34–6; lost at Auburn 7–28+29−21Won 41–12 vs. Presbyterian+29PresbyterianWon 36–7 at VMI+29VMIWon 27–6 vs. NC State+21NC StateWon 26–13 at Boston College+13Boston CollegeLost 14–18 at South Carolina-4South CarolinaWon 19–0 at George Washington+19George Washingt…Won 29–0 vs. Wake Forest+29Wake ForestWon 34–6 at Furman+28FurmanLost 7–28 at Auburn-21Auburn
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsPresbyterianW 41–⁠1295%
Sep 27atVMIW 36–⁠751%
Oct 4vsNC StateW 27–⁠674%
Oct 11atBoston CollegeW 26–⁠1344%
Oct 23atSouth CarolinaL 14–⁠1872%
Oct 31atGeorge WashingtonW 19–⁠074%
Nov 15vsWake ForestW 29–⁠075%
Nov 22atFurmanW 34–⁠685%
Nov 29atAuburnL 7–⁠2867%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Auburn 28–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 36th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 14
  3. Wk 6: 18
  4. Wk 7: 16

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1941.

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 3rd in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
233–⁠90
Coach
Frank Howard
Elo
1628 +51 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.4 No. 31 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Wade Padgett

Drafted in 1942

The 1942 draft
Rd 5Joe Blalock EDetroit Lions

All-Southern Conference

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Charlie TimmonsBAP-1; UP-1
  • Joe BlalockEAP-1; UP-1
  • George FrittsOTAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Booty PayneBAP-2
  • Wade PadgettOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1941 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠09–⁠12
South Carolina4–⁠0–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Clemson5–⁠17–⁠2
William & Mary4–⁠18–⁠2
Virginia Tech4–⁠26–⁠4
VMI4–⁠24–⁠6
Wake Forest4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
NC State3–⁠4–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Furman2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠4–⁠2
Washington and Lee1–⁠2–⁠21–⁠6–⁠2
North Carolina2–⁠43–⁠7
Maryland1–⁠23–⁠5–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠5–⁠21–⁠6–⁠3
The Citadel0–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
George Washington0–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Richmond0–⁠62–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.