1957 Clemson Tigers football team
1957 Clemson Tigers football | |
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 18 |
Record | 7–3 (4–3 ACC) |
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Captain | John Grdijan, Leon Kaltenback |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 NC State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Duke | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1957 Clemson Tigers football team was an
The annual "Big Thursday" game with South Carolina drew a crowd of 44,020, the largest crowd to see a football game up to that date in the State of South Carolina.[4] Clemson played its last game against Presbyterian College; Presbyterian was Clemson's season-opening game from 1930 until 1957.
Guard John Grdijan and Leon Kaltenback were the team captains. The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Harvey White with 841 passing yards, fullback Bob Spooner with 358 rushing yards, and Spooner and halfback Bill Mathis with 30 points (five touchdowns) each.[5]
John Grdijan and Harvey White were selected as first-team players by the 1957 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team.[6] Four Clemson players were also named to the 1957 All-South Carolina football team: Grdijan, White, end Ray Masneri, and center Donnie Bunton.[7]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Presbyterian* | W 66–0 | 15,000 | [8] | ||||
September 28 | 2:00 p.m. | at North Carolina | L 0–26 | 16,000 | [9] | ||||
October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 13 NC State |
| L 7–13 | 17,000 | [10] | |||
October 12 | 2:00 p.m. | at Virginia | W 20–6 | 18,000 | [11] | ||||
October 24 | 2:00 p.m. | at South Carolina | W 13–0 | 44,020 | [12] | ||||
November 2 | 9:00 p.m. | at Rice* | W 20–7 | [13] | |||||
November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | Maryland |
| W 26–7 | 28,000 | [14] | |||
November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 11 Duke | No. 14 | L 6–7 | 22,000 | [15] | |||
November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Wake Forest |
| W 13–6 | 18,000 | [16] | |||
November 30 | 2:00 p.m. | at Furman* | W 45–6 | 10,000 | [17] | ||||
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References
- ^ "1957 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
- ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). clemsontigers.com. Clemson Athletics. 2016. pp. 200–208. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
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- ^ "Clemson 1960 Football Media Guide". Clemson University. 1960. pp. 40–42. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ 1960 Clemson Football Media Guide, p. 22.
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- ^ "Clemson Football Media Guide - 1957". Clemson University. 1957. p. 1. Retrieved November 8, 2023.