Clemson would have one of the top15 winning percentages in college football in that decade, and the 1950 season certainly got Clemson off on the right foot.Īs fate would have it, all the tough games on Clemson’s 1950 schedule were on the road. The 4-4-2 record left him with only four winning seasons to go with five losing ones in the decade of the 1940s.īut, the 1950s would be different. Ten opponents had scored a record 216 points compared to the 53 points allowed by the 1948 team n 10 regular season games. For example, his 1949 Clemson team had not picked up where his 1948 one had left off. Except for his 1948 Tigers, with their 10-0 record, including a 24-23 win over Missouri in the 1949 Gator Bowl, he had experienced far more disappointment than success as a head coach. This 1950 11 Howard’s 11th Clemson team, and at the season’s outset he was not anticipating great things. Neither of these 1950 marks on offense and defense have been equalled by succeeding Clemson teams-though the 2000 Tigers are currently on a pace to surpass the per-game scoring records of 19. And at a time football offenses were beginning to score more points than previously, the 1950 team blanked four opponents and gave up an average of just under seven points per game. Only Coach Frank Howard’s undefeated 1950 Tigers, Clemson’s first to finish among the nation’s “top ten” in the Associated Press annual ratings, nearly matched Heisman’s 1900 club, averaging 36.4 points in nine regular season games. New Clemson Coach John Heisman in 1900 led his first team through a perfect 6-0 season, averaging 37 points a game on offense while shutting out four teams and allowing a total of only 10 points. But at Clemson, now fielding its 105th team, it appears that those teams playing at the start of the century and at mid-century are extra special. The Georgia Tech Game Program – October 28, 2000įootball teams, like the players and coaches that spawn them, are all special. By Brent Breedin Former Clemson Sports Info.
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