South Carolina at Virginia

Saturday, October 6, 1928

South Carolina beat Virginia 24–⁠13. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Virginia led the series 6–⁠2.

AwaySouth Carolina6–⁠2–⁠2 in 1928
24
HomeVirginia2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1928
13

FinalHigh 77°F, low 61°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story: NJ AD | c A n At CENTER BIC HELP

    The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 9, 1928, page 1

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    NJ AD | c A n At CENTER BIC HELP Sluggish line work brought the downfall of Maryland in It’s game with North Carolina and Head Coach Curly Byrd undoubtedly will utilize this week in polishing up his for wards for the big battle with South Carolina at Columbia, s. G., next Saturday. The MARYLAND linemen were en-. tireIy too slow for their hacks ana fIlss was true whenever Snltz shy ) Ter or Augie Roberts carried the ball-and they did practically, “a, al the ball-carrying for the Terra pins. Frequently Snyder and RobsIts found their path blocked by their own men. Maybe the ex- Gessive heat caused this fault, but the Marylanders will be playing Under similar conditions at Column. bia. South Carolina has q strong machine as already proven, the Z GaIliee0eks opening with q sur prising so victory over AlonG0 Stages Chicago MafO0ns and dropping Virginia. 24–⁠13. South Carolina. under its new coach, Billy Laval, is angling for the Southern Conference champion ship. Although beaten, the splendid performance of George Madigan, MaryIand’s center. must have graft fled Coach Byrd. The former. East ern High boy was thorn to the JarheeIs and he seemed to be In every play, lie also followed the 4aalI closely, recovering two fumhies at critical stages. Also when Snitz Snyder galloped IS yards for touchdown on the kickoff, IL was Madigan who escorted him wen to the goal posts. Also eommendahle was the play 81 Artis Wondrack. who got into the game in the waning moments. relieving Bill Heintz at guard. Won. arack for the last two seasons has been . regular guard. but he hasn’t found himself this season. Although In the game but 4 few moments. he displayed his true ability for the first time this year, tear ing and smashing through the line. on one occasion he broke through and spilled a North Carolina back for seven-yard loss Georgetown will probably swell it’s point total Saturday In . the game with Lebanon Valley Al the Clark Griffith Stadium. The AnnvilIe eoIIegiaDs have frequently opposed fhe Hilltop pers. but have always taken the short end Of the score. gridders conducted themselves well .aeSinst Fordham, and the exnecte6 rout of the Colonials didn’t hnsteriaIize. Evidently Coach Crum has fashioned another strong deyensiVe team at the downtown school, as Fordham was figured five Sto six touchdowns better than the ColonisIs. And Fordham also desired 10 make the score as large as possible because of the IS to O. defeat handed it by George Wash ington last year. The Colonials face another top team Saturday when they engage Lafayette at Easton, Pa. George Washington most likely will lose, but it’ll wage a hard fight. Catholic University and Harry StuhIdreher’s VilIsnoya team figure IN the leading game booked for the District on Saturday. Nillanoya last pIaHed the Cardinals in 1925, losing by 9-to-0 score. Gsllaudet travels To Reading Pa. 20 face Sehuylkill College: American University goes to Annapolis. Md. 70 tackle St. Johns: Howard ushers ia it’s home season at the Howa rd Stadium. entertaining John G smith and the Quantico Marines fangIe with st. BOnaventure’s al U.ia pa

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)

Virginia 68% to win. South Carolina pulled the upset.

South Carolina leads 21–⁠13–⁠1 in 35 meetings, counting the 27 since this game.

Recent meetings
2018Virginia 28, South Carolina 0Belk Bowl
2003South Carolina 31, Virginia 7
2002Virginia 34, South Carolina 21
1987South Carolina 58, Virginia 10
1986Virginia 30, South Carolina 20
1981South Carolina 21, Virginia 3

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