South Carolina at Duke

Saturday, September 27, 1930

South Carolina beat Duke 22–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, South Carolina led the series 1–⁠0.

AwaySouth Carolina6–⁠4 in 1930
22
HomeDuke8–⁠1–⁠2 in 1930
0

FinalHigh 85°F, low 70°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: GAMECoCKS BEAT DUKE Durham Teams Errors Help South Carolina to 22-O Victory.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 28, 1930, page 1

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    GAMECoCKS BEAT DUKE Durham Teams Errors Help South Carolina to 22-O Victory. DURHAM, N C., September q Rl.-South Carolina took advantage OF Dukes miscues to rout the Blue Devils % to 0, here this afternoon. A blocked punt, intercepted pass and march down the field contributed three of the Gamecock touchdowns Edens drop-kicked field goal to add three points to the total. Two of the scores were made by sub. stitute tackles. De Vaughn blocking the punt and Brantly intercepting a pass Edens scored the other touchdown on a line smash.

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)

Duke 54% to win. South Carolina won as Elo’s underdog.

Duke leads 24–⁠17–⁠3 in 44 meetings, counting the 43 since this game.

Recent meetings
1991Duke 24, South Carolina 24
1990South Carolina 21, Duke 10
1989South Carolina 27, Duke 21
1985South Carolina 28, Duke 7
1984South Carolina 21, Duke 0
1983South Carolina 31, Duke 24

Around this game

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