1944 Clemson
4–5 (3–1 Southern Conference), coached by Frank Howard. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat VMI 57–12Nov 11
By 45 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | vs Presbyterian | W 34–0 | 90% |
| Sep 30 | at Georgia Tech | L 0–51 | 21% |
| Oct 7 | vs NC State | W 13–7 | 50% |
| Oct 19 | at South Carolina | W 20–13 | 41% |
| Oct 28 | at 19Tennessee | L 7–26 | 18% |
| Nov 4 | at 17Wake Forest | L 7–13 | 24% |
| Nov 11 | vs VMI | W 57–12 | 88% |
| Nov 18 | at Tulane | L 20–36 | 34% |
| Nov 24 | at Georgia | L 7–21 | 24% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Georgia 21–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southern Conference.
In program history: The 108th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).
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 1944.
- Record
- 4–5
- Conference
- 3–1 3rd in Southern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 165–179
- Coach
- Frank Howard
- Elo
- 1430 −5 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −5.5 No. 60 of 95 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Ralph Jenkins
All-Southern Conference
1 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
Ralph JenkinsCAP-1
Second team
- Sid TinsleyBAP-2
- Tom SalisburyOGAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1944 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1944 Southern Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Duke | 4–0 | 6–4 | 11 |
| Wake Forest | 6–1 | 8–1 | |
| Clemson | 3–1 | 4–5 | |
 William & Mary | 2–1–1 | 5–2–1 | |
| NC State | 3–2 | 7–2 | |
 Maryland | 1–1 | 1–7–1 | |
| South Carolina | 1–3 | 3–4–2 | |
| VMI | 1–5 | 1–8 | |
 North Carolina | 0–3–1 | 1–7–1 | |
 Richmond | 0–4 | 2–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.