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Today in History: 1939 - Clemson Football debuted in the AP Rankings (with pic)
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Today in History: 1939 - Clemson Football debuted in the AP Rankings (with pic)

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Nov 13, 2023, 8:33 AM
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84 years ago today Clemson made its first appearance in the AP football rankings! That 1939 team only lost one game by one point! The season culminated in a 6-3 win over BC in the Cotton Bowl!

"Nov. 13, 1939 – Clemson was ranked in the AP poll for the first time. The Tigers beat Wake Forest 20-7 to improve to 6-1. Clemson had 33 poll points on that November 13 ranking and one first-place vote out of the 85 votes in the poll that week. Clemson remained in the top 20 over the next three weeks and each week Clemson had exactly one first-place vote. However, in the final poll, even though Clemson had run the table to finish 8-1 in the regular season, that individual failed to vote Clemson No. 1, as the Tigers did not have a first-place vote in the December 11 (final) poll."

https://clemsontigers.com/clemson-football-historical-timeline/


Additional Info on that 1939 team:

https://www.ahsfhs.org/college/Teams2/gamesbyyear.asp?Team=Clemson&Year=1939


Picture of 1939 team:
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TWENTY NINE PLAYERS. Now, THOSE guys had to be in shape.

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Nov 13, 2023, 8:38 AM
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I would imagine pretty much everybody was prepared to "go both ways", which meant something completely different back then than it does now.

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