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107 Seasons Ago Clemson Football Finished 5-2 in 1918

May 15, 2025, 12:01 AM

Clemson won 5 of 7 games – and 4 of those 5 wins were via shutouts!
And Clemson wins two games on the Gamechickens home field (wins over Citadel and South Carolina)! And the 1918 Wofford team still hasn’t shown up for its game at Clemson!

Overview:

According to Wikipedia:

“Under second-year head coach Edward Donahue, the team posted an overall record of 5–2 with a mark of 3–1 in SIAA play. Stumpy Banks was the team captain.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_Clemson_Tigers_football_team

Team Captain (and Clemson Great) Stumpy Banks:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stumpy_Banks

Of Note:

According to ClemsonTigers.com:

Nov. 16, 1918 – The University of South Carolina athletic authorities provided the use of their stadium to Clemson and The Citadel for their annual game. South Carolina was playing at Furman that day and the field was not going to be used by the Gamecocks. The game was played at Columbia because the military officials from both schools would not allow players to be absent from any military duties due to athletic events. Since the game was played in Columbia, both school’s cadets and football teams were able to make the trip to Columbia and return to duty on time. Clemson’s John O’Dell scored the game’s only touchdown, as the Tigers won 7-0. Both teams made it back to their campuses before their passes expired.

https://clemsontigers.com/clemson-football-historical-timeline/

WYFF4.com reported on a story in the Tiger from 1918 that the team had to play amidst a pandemic (that sounds familiar). The pandemic was so bad that the Wofford football team failed to make to Clemson out of pandemic concerns:

“A group from Clemson was set to meet the Wofford football team at the train station, but the team never arrived.

“Everyone was anticipating a grand scuffle,” a reporter wrote.

A separate story in the newspaper revealed a telegram was sent from Wofford saying the team was on the way, then a second telegram “said that the military authorities would not grant their permission to come over and play the game.”

https://www.wyff4.com/article/a-look-back-at-clemsons-first-pandemic-football-team/34041561

On a positive note:
That same WYFF4.com article quoted a 1918 reporter for the Tiger regarding Stumpy Banks:

“‘Stump’ has played varsity ball three seasons. He is good at forward passing, line plunging, and is a wonder at broken field running. As Captain of the team he is going to make the football world sit up and take notice.”

https://www.wyff4.com/article/a-look-back-at-clemsons-first-pandemic-football-team/34041561

The Tiger as shown in the WYFF4.com article:

(https://www.wyff4.com/article/a-look-back-at-clemsons-first-pandemic-football-team/34041561)

Results:

September 27 Camp Sevier* W 61–0
October 5 at Georgia Tech L 0–28
November 2 at South Carolina W 39–0
November 9 Camp Hancock* L 13–64
November 16 vs. The Citadel (Columbia) W 7–0
November 23 Furman W 68–7
November 28 Davidson* W 7–0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_Clemson_Tigers_football_team

Ho Hum: Another season. Another blowout win over the Chickens.
Clemson now leads the series with the Gamechickens 12-3-1.

Interesting that Clemson played:
- Camp Sevier (September 27)
- Camp Hancock (November 9)

Unlike the Gamechickens, Camp Hancock at least scored against Clemson.

Also in 1918:

The horrific, bloody war in Europe ends!

According to ClemsonWiki:

November 11: A final Armistace goes into effect, ending the Great War. Amongst celebrations in Greenville, the band of the Thirtieth Infantry Division performs for a packed house of celebrants at Textile Hall in the evening. Greenville Mayor H. C. Harvley, Brigadier General Switzer (acting commander of the Twentieth Division, Camp Sevier), and Colonel Lewis VanShaick (commander of trains and the military police) speak to the crowd. Several thousand others revel outside the hall with fireworks, ringing bells, waving flags, and throwing talcum powder (in lieu of confetti, the local supply of which had already been exhausted).

https://clemsonwiki.com/wiki/1918

This war quickly becomes known as the “War to End All Wars” because people were convinced that countries would never again engage in such a bloody horrific conflict like this one again. “Never Again” (perhaps that sounds familiar).

Sadly, we know that this belief was shattered fairly quickly!

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