1919

1919 in Clemson History

[edit] The Class of 1919

Events that occurred in 1919:

Albert Cleveland Corcoran (1919), of Charleston, South Carolina, composes what becomes Clemson's Alma Mater, and it is published in The Tiger.
President Walter Merritt Riggs is finally able to ease corrupt mess hall steward August "Shorty" Schilletter out of the college staff, seven years after Riggs uncovered and then suppressed tidings of some fifteen years of embezzlement by the generally well-liked Schilletter.
September 27: Clemson crushes Erskine, 53-0, in season opener on Riggs Field.
October 3: The Tigers defeat Davidson at home, 7-0.
October 11: In a roadtrip to Georgia Tech, the Tigers are skunked, 0-28.
October 17: Second road game in a row results in second loss as Auburn defeats Clemson, 0-7.
October 25: Clemson hosts Tennessee, defeating the Volunteers, 14-0.
October 30: In annual Big Thursday game, Clemson defeats South Carolina, 19-6.
November 7: The Tigers defeat Presbyterian on Riggs Field, 19-7.
November 13: Clemson defeats the Citadel, 33-0, in a game in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
November 21: Clemson and Furman tie, 7-7, in Greenville. "It was in the Furman game that the first long-gain Clemson play was recorded, 70 yards from scrimmage by 'Switzer' Allison." ("Clemson Tigers: A History of Clemson Football 1896-1977" by Joe Sherman, The R.L. Bryan Company, Columbia, S.C., Revised edition 1978, Library of Congress card number 76-18584, page 174.)
November 27: In a road game to Athens, the Tigers tie Georgia, 0-0. Clemson has a 6-2-2 season.

The 1910's

1920