1900 Clemson Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1900 Clemson Tigers football 1900 Clemson Tigers football team (Clemsonian 1901).png 285 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association SIAA 6–0 3–0 John Heisman 1st Norman Walker SIAA champion The 1900 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson Agricultural College—now known as Clemson University–during the 1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Under first year head coach John Heisman, the team posted a 6–0 record and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship.2016 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/28500/pdf/football/2016-17/Guide.pdf?SPSID=935314&SPID=160208&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=28500 ClemsonTigers.com Clemson Athletics December 14, 2016 PDF 200–208 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220115651/http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/28500/pdf/football/2016-17/Guide.pdf?SPSID=935314&SPID=160208&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=28500 December 20, 2016 deadBourret Tim 2010 Clemson Football Media Guide http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/clem/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/football_media_guide_2010.pdf Clemson University 11 August 2011 202 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112182337/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/clem/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/football_media_guide_2010.pdf 12 November 2012 dead 2010 Media Guide http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/c/clemson/yearly_results.php?year=1896 College Football Data Warehouse Clemson Game by Game Results September 15, 2015 September 5, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150905171218/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/c/clemson/yearly_results.php?year=1896 dead The Tigers outscored their opponents 222–10;http://archives.thetigernews.com/printStory.php?aid=1316 The Tiger News 2016-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20160611092647/http://archives.thetigernews.com/printStory.php?aid=1316 2016-06-11 dead the 64–0 win over Davidson on opening day was then the largest score ever made in the South and the season's only home game. The only close game was with the South Atlantic school VPI. Before the season Walter Riggs led the effort to raise the $415.11 to hire Auburn's football coach John Heisman,Riley 2002 33 the first Clemson coach who had experience coaching at another school. As Riggs recalled, "By 1899 the Clemson football team had risen steadily until its material was equal to that of any southern college, and the time had come to put on the long-planned finishing touch."Blackman 2016 46 Heisman once described his style of play at Clemson as "radically different from anything on earth".Blackman 2001 7 The team took the field in jerseys and stockings bearing distinctive orange and purple stripes.http://www.clemsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=28500&ATCLID=210400143 Heisman Connection ClemsonTigers.com 2016-05-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20160603185441/http://www.clemsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=28500&ATCLID=210400143 2016-06-03 dead Norman Walker was team captain.2010 Media Guide 198https://www.clemson.edu/cedp/press/pubs/ths-v1/06-ch06.pdf The High Seminary 132–133 Jerome Reel Schedule October 19 w y Davidson Calhoun, SC 64–0 Clemson sixty-four, Davidson College zero; The biggest score ever made in the South October 22, 1900 The State https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108766950/clemson-sixty-four-davidson-college-zer/ September 1, 2022 Newspapers.com October 22 w y y 1900 Wofford Terriers Wofford Spartanburg, SC 21–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer/5238750/ The News and Observer Yes'erday on the gridiron October 23, 1900 April 30, 2024 Newspapers.com November 1 w y y South Carolina State Fairgrounds Columbia, SC Big Thursday 51–0 5,000 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93201781/51-to-0-the-score-of-the-carolina-clems/ The Greenville News 51 to 0, the score of the Carolina-Clemson football game November 2, 1900 January 22, 2022 Newspapers.com November 10 w y Georgia Herty Field Athens, GA rivalry 39–5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93188113/athens-has-it-rubbed-in-clemson-rolls/ The Montgomery Advertiser Athens has it rubbed in - Clemson rolls up a big score November 11, 1900 April 30, 2024 Newspapers.com November 24 w y y VPI Latta Park Charlotte, NC 12–5 Clemson Defeats Blacksburg https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn83045671/1900-11-25/ed-1/seq-6/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Charlotte Daily Observer November 25, 1900 6 April 30, 2024 November 29 w y Alabama North Birmingham Park Birmingham, AL rivalry 35–0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71221458/clemson-won-out-with-ease-from/ The Birmingham News Clemson won out with ease from University team November 30, 1900 February 16, 2021 Newspapers.com Game summaries thumb|115px|Heisman Davidson Clemson opened the season at home in Calhoun on October 19, winning over Davidson 64–0, then the largest score ever made in the South.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5238750/news_and_observer/ 2 October 23, 1900 News and Observer Yesterday on the Gridiron May 12, 2016 Newspapers.com Wofford The Tigers beat Wofford 21–0 on October 22. Clemson agreed that every point scored after the first four touchdowns would not count. South Carolina Going into the South Carolina game, Clemson had been strong on offense, but weak on defense. Kinsler and Douthit were both injured.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5336823/the_watchman_and_southron/ The Watchman and Southron 7 October 3, 1900 Some Facts About The Great Football Game May 21, 2016 Newspapers.com The Tigers rolled up a 51–0 score on South Carolina. Georgia Clemson at Georgia Clemson 11 28 Georgia 5 0 November 10 Herty FieldAthens, GA Henry Thornton (Atlanta) Before the game with Georgia, students in the dorms barraged Clemson players with bits of coal. Clemson went on to beat the Bulldogs for the first time,https://archive.org/stream/clemsonuniversit00cle_5sz/clemsonuniversit00cle_5sz_djvu.txt Full text of "Clemson University Football Programs" Clemson University pulling away in the second half to overwhelm the Bulldogs 39–5,https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5336845/the_atlanta_constitution/ 9 November 11, 1900 The Atlanta Constitution How Football Games Resulted Yesterday May 21, 2016 Newspapers.com and achieve the season's first great victory.Woodruff 1928 110–111 The starting lineup was Bellows (left end), Dickerson (left tackle), George (left guard) Kinsley (center), Woodward (right guard), Walker (right tackle), Lynah (right end), Lewis (quarterback), Forsyth (left halfback), Hunt (right halfback), Douthit (fullback). V. P. I. Clemson vs. VPI Clemson 6 6 VPI 5 0 November 24 Charlotte, NC In Charlotte, Clemson beat VPI 12–5 in the first-ever meeting between the two schools.http://www.clemsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205715933 Clemson vs. Virginia Tech Football Game Notes 2016-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20160624031344/http://www.clemsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205715933 2016-06-24 dead The game was shortened due to darkness.Blackman 2001 4 Hunter Carpenter starred for VPI.Virginia Sports Hall of Fame http://vshfm.com/inductees/inductee_details.php?inducteeID=25 Hunter Carpenter's Virginia Sports HOF Profile 2009-03-25 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20150914220858/http://www.vshfm.com/inductees/inductee_details.php?inducteeID=25 2015-09-14 dead Virginia Tech http://www.hokiesports.com/football/history.html The first 115 seasons of football at Virginia Tech 2009-03-25 Alabama Clemson at Alabama Clemson 23 12 Alabama 0 0 November 29 North Birmingham ParkBirmingham, AL The season closed on Thanksgiving against the Alabama Crimson White, Clemson's first meeting with Alabama, at Birmingham's North Birmingham Park. The Tigers won 35–0. Clemson back Claude Douthit scored four touchdowns.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/alab/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/1900-season.pdf 1900 Season 2016-05-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302031202/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/alab/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/1900-season.pdf 2012-03-02 dead After the Tigers forced an Alabama punt to open the game, Douthit scored three consecutive touchdowns for Clemson en route to an 18–0 lead. Douthit scored first on a 5-yard run, next on a short reception and finally on a second short touchdown run. Buster Hunter then scored for Clemson on a long run just before the break and made the halftime score 23–0.Alabama's line toppled before onslaught of South Carolina NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers The Montgomery Advertiser November 30, 1900 In the second half, the Tigers extended their lead to 35–0 behind a long Jim Lynah touchdown run and Douthit's fourth score of the day on a short run. With approximately four minutes left in the game, both team captains agreed to end the game early due to an unruly crowd and impending darkness. Postseason thumb|240px The Tigers ended the season with the outright SIAA title.http://www.clemsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210561535 CU's Conference Championships 2016-12-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20161228124641/http://www.clemsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210561535 2016-12-28 dead It was both Clemson and Heisman's first conference championship and undefeated, untied season.n Clemson did not go undefeated and untied again until 1948.Blackman 2016 48 The season saw "the rise of Clemson from a little school whose football teams had never been heard of before, to become a football machine of the very first power."Woodruff 1928 103 Players Depth chart The following chart provides a visual depiction of Clemson's lineup during the 1900 season. The chart mimics the offense in a T formation. LE C. A. Bellows   LT LG C RG RT Joe Duckworth A. P. George John H. Kinsler Jack WoodwardNorman Walker Beef DeCosta J. B. LewisL. O. King RE Jim Lynah   QB Gus P. Lewis LHB FBRHB W. C. ForsythePug DouthitBuster Hunter Fred Pearman J. G. Kaigler - Line Clemson Tigers Player Position Gamesstarted Hometown Prep school Height Weight AgeC. A. Bellows left end Beaufort, South CarolinaJoe Duckworth left tackle Anderson, South CarolinaP. A. George right guard Latta, South CarolinaJohn H. Kinsler center Columbia, South Carolina 23Jim Lynah right end Savannah, GeorgiaJ. Norman Walker right tackle Appleton, South Carolina 20Jack Woodwardleft guard2008 Clemson Football http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/clem/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/08_mg_suppl072-142.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160507003826/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/clem/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/08_mg_suppl072-142.pdf May 7, 2016 dead Backfield Clemson Tigers Player Position Gamesstarted Hometown Prep school Height Weight AgeClaude "Pug" Douthit fullback Anderson, South Carolina 21W. C. Forsythe left halfback Brevard, North CarolinaBuster Hunter right halfback Pendleton, South Carolina 19Gus P. Lewis quarterback 20 Substitutes Clemson Tigers Player Position Hometown Prep school Height Weight AgeJ. W. BleoseBeef DeCostatackleJ. G. KaiglerhalfbackLexington, South CarolinaL. O. KingtackleJ. B. LewistackleFred Pearmanhalfbackhttps://archive.org/stream/clemson1901clem#page/192/mode/2up Clemsonian 1901 Clemson Universityhttps://cup.sites.clemson.edu/pubs/king/king-supplement.pdf Fighting like cats and dogs King Kyle 2013 Clemson University 2016-12-28 2016-12-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20161228124617/https://cup.sites.clemson.edu/pubs/king/king-supplement.pdf dead https://archive.org/stream/clemsonuniversit18clem/clemsonuniversit18clem_djvu.txt Full text of "Clemson University Catalog" 1893 Clemson University Notes n References 30em Books https://books.google.com/books?id=zPugTuXMEq8C&pg=PA4 2001 Clemson: Where the Tigers Play Sam Blackman 9781582613697 https://books.google.com/books?id=GYC7DAAAQBAJ If These Walls Could Talk Sam Blackman 2016 Triumph Books 9781633196896 Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=_0T_fqMnTksC&pg=PA33 2002 Clemson University Helene M. Riley 9780738514703 A History of Southern Football 1890–1928 Woodruff Fuzzy 1 1928 Clemson Category:Clemson Tigers football seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Clemson Tigers football