Clemson’s close calls
Posted Feb 4, 2006
JAN. 3, 1936 UNC 24, CLEMSON 23
The Tigers had the advantage of playing, and winning, two previous games before traveling to Chapel Hill for UNC’s season opener. But that didn’t deter coach Walter Skidmore’s Tar Heels, who were known at the time as the “White Phantoms.”
(Fayetteville Observer)
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