Maryland at South Carolina

Saturday, October 13, 1928

South Carolina beat Maryland 21–⁠7. It was their third meeting; after it, South Carolina led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayMaryland6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1928
7
HomeSouth Carolina6–⁠2–⁠2 in 1928
21

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Catholic e. Maryland George Washington Caaudet and american OLD LINERS SLIPS BRING III DEFEAT. Misp|ays in Final Quarter Enable South Carolina to Score Twice.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 14, 1928, page 1

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    Catholic e. Maryland George Washington Caaudet and american OLD LINERS SLIPS BRING III DEFEAT. Misp|ays in Final Quarter Enable South Carolina to Score Twice. COLUMBIA. S. c.. October l3.-South Carolina GOT even for the 26-to-o beat inc It was gwen at College Park last season by downing the University of Maryland eleven here today. 81 to T. in a game played under a broilinG sun Maryland lost but 1t might easily have quit with ~ score had not 1t becr for its own mistakes In the last quarter, when it practically presented the GamocockS With two touchdownS. The Old Liners hammered their way % a score in tn” first period and Carolima came back in the next quarter and with the aid Of penalty gained = counter to tie up the game Snyder counted for the Old Liners and c. Ball crossed the enal for tho Gamecocks Mcdonald and zo6el kicked the goals Fumb’e Proves Fatal. However fumbled punt by Roberts in the last quarter paved the way for = Carolina marker that spilled the beans for the Old Liners. Carolina recovered on the 6-yard mark, but was twice thrown for losses Then a pass. Beall to Cooper. was put through for the touchdown. Zobci again kicked goal. Carolina got It’s final score when Maryland was making n desperate late effort to catch up with the Game cocks, !, Beall. center. intercepting pass and running more than 80 yards across the Old Liners goal The teams were we’ll matched in weight and power and played about on even terms, except for the Old Liners slips, which the Gamecocks were alert cnouei TO take advantage of. Snyder husky Maryland back. always was = menace end Roberts. except for fumblinc two punts, played a nice game for thu OLD Tinors The heat doubtless hurt the visitors much more than the home team.

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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Maryland leads 17–⁠11 in 28 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

Recent meetings
1971South Carolina 35, Maryland 6
1970Maryland 21, South Carolina 15
1969South Carolina 17, Maryland 0
1968Maryland 21, South Carolina 19
1967South Carolina 31, Maryland 0
1966Maryland 14, South Carolina 2

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