Erskine at South Carolina
Saturday, October 1, 1921 Share
South Carolina beat Erskine 13–7. It was their third meeting; after it, South Carolina led the series 2–1.
Final
In the newspapers

The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 2, 1921, page 13
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H. of S. G.. Trims Erskine. COLUMBIA, s. c.. Oct. 1.-The University of South Carolina opened its football season today by defeating Erskine 13 to 7. On account of the hot weather the game was not spectacular, but some good pIayiny was seen during the after noon. The stars of the game were philips, Erskine’s quarterback, who IAN 65 wards for a touchdown, and who paved stellar game all around. Never, Belk and Gressette did good work for Carolina.
Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, October 2, 1921
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SOUTH CAROLINA STATE VICTOR OVER ERSKINE COLUMBIA. S. c., Oct. AFTER Iniilins’ OF Erskine, had placed his team in the lead BY a sixty-fvo-v,rd run To n touchdown, South Carolina came back in the last few minutes OF play TO score the deciding touch down. the final score being 10 to .. Score by periods.
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)
South Carolina 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Erskine–South Carolina gameSouth Carolina leads 15–1 in 16 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.
Around this game
Erskine
- Next gamevs. CharlestonOct. 14, 1921
- SeasonErskine in 1921
- ProgramErskine history and records
South Carolina
- Next gamevs. NewberryOct. 8, 1921
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1921
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records
