1932 Clemson Tigers football team

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1932 Clemson Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1932 record3–5–1 (0–4–0 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainBob Miller
Home stadiumRiggs Field
Seasons
← 1931
1933 →
1932 Southern Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tennessee + 7 – 0 – 1 9 – 0 – 1
Auburn + 6 – 0 – 1 9 – 0 – 1
LSU + 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
VPI 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Vanderbilt 4 – 1 – 2 6 – 1 – 2
NC State 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 2
Alabama 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Tulane 5 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Duke 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Georgia Tech 4 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Kentucky 4 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Virginia 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Georgia 2 – 4 – 2 2 – 5 – 2
Maryland 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
North Carolina 2 – 5 – 1 3 – 5 – 2
South Carolina 1 – 2 – 1 5 – 4 – 2
VMI 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Washington and Lee 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Florida 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Clemson 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Mississippi State 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1932 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Clemson College in the Southern Conference during the 1932 college football season. In their second season under head coach Jess Neely, the Tigers compiled a 3–5–1 record (0–4 against conference opponents), finished last in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 111 to 89.[1][2]

Bob Miller was the team captain.[3] Two Clemson players were selected as first-team players on the 1932 All-Southern Conference football team: back Henry Woodward and guard John Heinemann.[4]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 Presbyterian*
W 13–0
October 1 at Georgia Tech
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)
L 14–32
October 8 at NC State
L 0–13
October 14 Erskine*
  • Riggs Field
  • Clemson, SC
W 19–0
October 20 at South Carolina
L 0–1413,000[5]
October 29 at Davidson*
T 7–7
November 5 at The Citadel*
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 18–6
November 11 Georgia
  • Riggs Field
  • Clemson, SC (rivalry)
L 18–32
November 24 at Furman* Greenville, SC L 0–7
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "Clemson 1960 Football Media Guide". Clemson University. 1960. pp. 15, 47.
  2. ^ "1932 Clemson Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ 1960 Clemson Media Guide, p. 15.
  4. ^ 1960 Clemson Media Guide, p. 23.
  5. ^ Carl Weimer (October 21, 1932). "Gamecocks Down Tigers, 14-0, In Annual Battle". The Greenville News. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
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