1935

1935 in Clemson History

Events that occurred in 1935:

The Clemson basketball team finishes season, 15-3, and an .833 winning percentage, the best ever, (not counting the 4-0 inaugural season in 1912).
May 30: Robert C. Edwards weds Louise Odom Edwards.
September 21: For the sixth time in a row, Clemson opens at home against Presbyterian, winning, 25-6.
September 28: Clemson travels to Virginia Polytechnic Institute, wins, 28-7.
October 5: On Riggs Field, the Tigers defeat Wake Forest, 13-7.
October 12: Clemson travels to Duke, but loses, 12-38.
October 24: Clemson shuts out the University of South Carolina, 44-0, in Columbia.
November 2: Clemson meets Mercer in Augusta, Georgia, winnning, 13-0.
November 5: The game Monopoly is patented.
November 9: The Tigers roadtrip to Alabama, and get spanked, 0-33.
November 16: Clemson defeats The Citadel, 6-0, in Charleston.
November 19: The Tigers hold their first-ever night football practice after two powerful floodlamps are installed at the practice field when the coaches want more worktime than the fading fall sunlight allows.
November 28: Initial night practices do not help the Tigers in the final game of the season when Furman defeats Clemson in Greenville, 8-6. Clemson has a 6-3 season record, Furman, an 8-1 outcome.
December: In its first year of existence, IPTAY has recruited 185 members at ten dollars apiece.

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