South Carolina at Washington and Lee

Saturday, November 15, 1919

Washington and Lee beat South Carolina 26–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Washington and Lee led the series 1–⁠0.

AwaySouth Carolina1–⁠7–⁠1 in 1919
0
HomeWashington and Lee8–⁠1 in 1919
26

FinalHigh 56°F, low 22°F

In the newspapers

  • The The daily times's story: CAROLINA WINS FROM VIRGINIA Baptists Win From Guilford Washington and Lee Defeat South Carolina OTHER GAMES SATURDAY

    The daily times, Wilson, N.C., November 17, 1919, page 1

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    CAROLINA WINS FROM VIRGINIA Baptists Win From Guilford Washington and Lee Defeat South Carolina OTHER GAMES SATURDAY Norfolk, Va, Nov. 15.-Four thousand yelling, half-crazed football fans at League Park this afternoon, saw place kick by Gurley from the fortyyard line, win for North Carolima State. The ha Apnst Tough game ever played by tkaPsteam with Virginia Polytechnic. The score, three to nothing. was earned by State College after most desperate struggle, and the count was the resuit Of the third attemp by Gurley to kick field goal. Kirkpatrick who played brilliant game for State, suffered a broken nose in the fourth quarter, Copenhaven, playing at guard for Virginia Tech, was knocked out in the first quarter, having sustained such in jury to his face that it was necessary to remove him to the Protestant hospital for treatment. The extent of his injury could not be deter mined. Crisp, Pierce, Hall and Lancaster did the brunt of the work for the Virginians. For N. c. State, Kirk patrick, Homewood, Weathers, Whitaker, Faucette and Gurley did sensational work.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Washington and Lee 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington and Lee leads 3–⁠1 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1935South Carolina 2, Washington and Lee 0
1934Washington and Lee 14, South Carolina 7
1923Washington and Lee 13, South Carolina 7
1919Washington and Lee 26, South Carolina 0

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