1957 Clemson Tigers football team

1957 Clemson Tigers football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
1957 record	7–3 (4–3 ACC)
Head coach	Frank Howard (18th year)
Captain	John Grdijan, Leon Kaltenback
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1957 ACC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
NC State $	5	–	0	–	1	7	–	1	–	2
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

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1957 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson College during the 1957 college football season. Clemson played its last game against Presbyterian College; Presbyterian was Clemson's season-opening game from 1930 until 1957.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 21*	Presbyterian		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 66–0
September 28	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	L 0–26
October 5	#13 NC State		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)	L 7–13
October 12	Virginia		Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 20–6
October 24	at South Carolina		Columbia, SC (Big Thursday)	W 13–0
November 2*	at Rice		Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	W 20–7
November 9	Maryland		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 26–7
November 16	at #11 Duke	#14	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	L 6–7
November 23	Wake Forest		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	W 13–6
November 30*	at Furman		Sirrine Stadium • Greenville, SC	W 45–6
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

References

↑ "1957 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.

Clemson Tigers football

Venues	Bowman Field (1900–1914) Riggs Field (1915–1941) Memorial Stadium (1942–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn Boston College (O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy) Florida State Georgia Georgia Tech NC State (Textile Bowl) South Carolina

Culture & lore	The Tiger "Tiger Rag" Marching band Clemson–South Carolina football brawl

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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