Clemson Football Media Guide

' f~.:~ . ~~:.:\~ 1952 FOOTBALL BROCHURE TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Facts __________________________ 2 The 1 52 Prospects _____________________ 3 The Head Coach ______________________ 4 Howard1 s Clemson Record _____________ 5 The 'Howard Plar1' ____________________ 6 The Coaching Staff ____________________ 7 The 1952 Roster ____________________ ___ 9 Thumbnail Sketches ___________________ 10 The '52 Opponents _____________ _______ 17 Composite Schedule __________________ 26 Bowl Records _____________ ______ ____ __ 27 Hotel Headquarters ___________________ 27 All-Time Clemson Records _____________ 28 The '51 Statistics ______________________ 30 All-Time Scores ______ Fold-out, back cover 2 quick facts THE 1 52 SCHEDULE THE '51 RESULTS Clemson 53 Presbyterian College 6 September 20 - 8:00 p.m. Clemson 20 Rice Institute 14 Presbyterian College at Clemson Clemson 6 No. Car. State 0 Clemson 7 College Pacific 21 September 27 - 2:00 p.m. Clemson 0 South Carolina 20 Villanova at Clemson (Homecoming) Clemson 21 Wake Forest 6 Clemson 21 Boston College 2 October 4 - 2:00 p.m. Clemson 34 Furman 14 Maryland at College Park, Md. Clemson 34 Auburn 0 (GATOR BOWL) October 11- 2:30 p.m. Clemson O Mjami 14 Florida at Gainesville, Fla. Location,-Clemson, S. C., a town October 23 - 2:00 p.m. built aro11nd the college, in the west South Carolina at Columbia, S. C. ern corner of the state at the foot hills of the Blue Ridge. October 31 - 8:30 p.n1. Founded- In 1899 on a bequest Boston College at Boston, Mass. made by Thomas G. Clemson, son in-law of John C. Calhoun. November 8 - 1:30 p.m. Fordham at New York, N. Y. Program-Clemson is a land grant college, the A & M College of South November 15 - 2:00 p.m. Carolina, a full military school desig Kentucky at Lexington, Ky. nated a War College by the War De partment, and the curricula empha November 22 - 2:00 p.m. size engineering and agriculture. I Auburn at Auburn, Ala. President-Dr. R. F. Poole, Clem son '16, has been president of the col lege since 1940. RETURNING LETTERMEN Faculty Chairman of Athletics Ends-Archie Baker, George With Dr. Lee Milford, Emory '17, heads the Clemson Athletic Council. ers, Dreher Gaskin, Otis Kemp ) son, Scott Jackson, and Frank Head Coach and Athletic Director Gentry. -Frank · Howard, Alabama '31, has been head coach and athletic director Tackles Gary Byrd, Earl Wrighten since 1940. berry, and Nathan Gressette. Assistant Coaches-Staff consists Guards-J. C. Hudson, George Rod of Bob Jones, Clemson '30, ends; gers, Barclay Crawford, Joe La Covington ''Goat'' McMillan, Clem Montagne, and Tom Barton. son '30, offensive backs; Russ Cohen, Vanderbilt '15, defensive backs; Bob Genters-J oe Bryant, Andy Smalls, Smith, Furman '34, assistant; Banks Revonne Hunt, and Bob Jolley. McFadden, Clemson '40, freshman; and A. W. ''Rock'' Norman, Roanoke Blocking Backs-Gene Pate, Marion '1 7, freshman. Thompson and Jimmy Quarles. Director of Public Relations-Wal ter Cox, Clemson '40. Fullbacks-Larry Gressette, Charley Radcliff, and Jim Shirley. Sports Publicity-McNeil Howard, Clemson '50. Wingbacks-Buck George, Knobby Athletic Conference-Southern. Knoebel, Forrest Calvert, and Jimmy Ward. Nickname of Teams-Tigers and Country Gentlemen. Tailbacks-Billy Hair, Pete Cook, Band-Clemson (120 pieces). Bob Paredes, Jimmy Wells, and Pooley Hubert. Stadium-Memorial (Cap. 20,500). 3 the '52 outlook What happens when th~ irrepressible force meets the immovable object? Coach Frank Hc,ward, whose 1952 varsity football pro spects are being called thE: finest in history and whose 1952 foot ball schedule is being called the toughest in history, figures to find ot1t between now and th,~ end of the season. Ho,:va1·d's Tigers may very well be compared to irrepressible forces. There are plenty of them, they've had the experience (33 lettermen on hand, 21 of whom played on the '50 Orange Bowl and '51 Gator Bowl teams alike) and they're big and fast. But, these Tigers play a schedule in 1952 which shows no signs of a ''breather'' after the Presbyterian opener. Teams like Villa nova Maryland, Florida, Fordham, Boston College, Kentucky, Auburn and South Carolina are all capable of beating Clemson if any letup is suffered by the Palmettans. They could prove im movable. To do the moving, Howard has added to his offensive attack in several ways. He'll employ ''rule'' blocking in place of ''assign ment'' blocking, he'll rely more on the buck-lateral type plays than ever before and he'll occassionally line up his wingback to the side of the fullback in order to give the wing ball-carrier a faster start. As for finding the personnel to man the varsity offensive line, that looks like the big headache. Gone are three-year regulars Glenn Smith, Dan DiMucci, Pete Manos and Jack Mooneyhan. All played first string offensive ball. There are a number of lettermen and ot1tstanding sophomore scrambling for the vacated posts. Else where, Clemson should be as strong as ever-maybe stronger. Offensive and defensive backs are three deep and with exper ience behind them. Billy Hair, the Southern Conference's top back of 1951 from a yards-gained standpoint, is again the key man, and without exception his running mates of last year are still on hand. Fred (Knobby) Knoebel, whose 13 passes intercepted in two years is an all-time Clemson record, heads the Pete Cook-Archie Baker Knoebel defensive secondary which didn't allow a scoring pass in 1951. The defensive line, rated by most as Clemson's strongest point last season, is almost intact. Gone is Bob Patton at one tackle, but taking his place is Nathan Gressette, who played enough in '51 to be called a ''first stringer." Linebacker Don Wade is also gone, and a battle royal is taking place among a half dozen candidates for the vacated position. Ranking with Clemson's all-time greats are Guard Tom (Black Cat) Barton and End Dreher Gaskin. the head coach FRANK HOWARD, ,1..1110s Bar·lo\v B 11d, Alal)aJ11a, d1·a l 1 d ob acco cl1 \\ri11g ha\re l"esul ted i11 lus b i11g tagg d a JJI o 1 1 1 hill-lJill r l1as11 t do11e badl)r i11 the coachi11g Jl'"Of ssion. l1is 2211d )' a1" at le111s011 and his 13tl1 as 11 ad coac 1 1 - com a11 i 1stitution in Soutl1 ar·oli 1a a11d tl1e ou 11 I 1 011 - 11ce '"ritl1 his dece1)ti,, si11gle , ri 1g of 11se }1is l1a d-111 t111 l1n - 111 11, his 1:>o,v l t a1ns th1.. ee i11 tl1e J)ast foul" 1 rs a11d 1 r ... ,.,._ 11tl)r l1is talks at coacl1i11g clinics a11d football a11q""__._ ,..___ts Tl1is I O\\ra1·d is still tl1e fr·ank, l1u1no1.. ous i11di ,i ual }1 ,_w l 1 Jie fiI·st co111 to Cl mso11 i11 tl1e fall of 1931 as li11 o J ess 1 l ,. 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How ard a11d the many Tiger fans have had little to complain of since. In 1948-Clemson wen.t through a 10-game season unbeaten and untied, and defeated a s trong Missouri team, 24-23, in the Gator Bowl. In 1949-The Tigers suffered from inexperience in the line but scored almost as many toucl.. downs as they did in '48. Though dis appointed with the record of four wins, four losses and two ties, Clemson supporters were pleased with the offensive ball played. In 1950-Clemson went through its second unbeaten season in three }rears and defeated Miami, 15-14, in the Orange Bowl. In 1951-The Tigers' lack of backfield depth told against South Carolina and College of Pacific, but even so, Howard's team finish ed among the nation's ''top twenty,'' as judged by the Associated Press, and was given a bid to the Gator Bowl.

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