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1957 Clemson

7–⁠3 (4–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Frank Howard.

Schedule and results

Clemson in 1957, game by game: won vs. Presbyterian 66–0; lost at North Carolina 0–26; lost vs. No. 13 NC State 7–13; won at Virginia 20–6; won at South Carolina 13–0; won at Rice 20–7; won vs. Maryland 26–7; lost at No. 11 Duke 6–7; won vs. Wake Forest 13–6; won at Furman 45–6+66−26Won 66–0 vs. Presbyterian+66PresbyterianLost 0–26 at North Carolina-26North CarolinaLost 7–13 vs. No. 13 NC State-6No. 13 NC StateWon 20–6 at Virginia+14VirginiaWon 13–0 at South Carolina+13South CarolinaWon 20–7 at Rice+13RiceWon 26–7 vs. Maryland+19MarylandLost 6–7 at No. 11 Duke-1No. 11 DukeWon 13–6 vs. Wake Forest+7Wake ForestWon 45–6 at Furman+39Furman
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsPresbyterianW 66–⁠093%
Sep 28atNorth CarolinaL 0–⁠2665%
Oct 5vs13NC StateL 7–⁠1362%
Oct 12atVirginiaW 20–⁠656%
Oct 24atSouth CarolinaW 13–⁠041%
Nov 2atRiceW 20–⁠745%
Nov 9vsMarylandW 26–⁠771%
Nov 16at11DukeL 6–⁠740%
Nov 23vsWake ForestW 13–⁠687%
Nov 30atFurmanW 45–⁠685%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Furman 45–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 42nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 9: 14
Record
7–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
216–⁠78
Coach
Frank Howard
Elo
1611 +45 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.9 No. 23 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
John Grdijan and Leon Kaltenback

All-ACC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • John GrdijanOGAP-2; UP-1
  • Harvey WhiteBAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Ray MasneriEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
NC State5–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠215
Duke5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠216
Clemson4–⁠37–⁠3
North Carolina4–⁠36–⁠4
Maryland4–⁠35–⁠5
Virginia2–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
South Carolina2–⁠55–⁠5
Wake Forest0–⁠70–⁠10

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