Sewanee at South Carolina
Saturday, November 15, 1930 Share
South Carolina beat Sewanee 14–13. It was their third meeting; after it, Sewanee led the series 2–1.
FinalHigh 69°F, low 56°F, 0.36 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 16, 1930, page 75
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SEWANEE IS DOWNED BY SOUTH CAROLINA Fine Rally in Fourth Quarter, Netting Two Scores, Fails to Avert 1913 Loss. COLUMBIA, s. c., November Is Despite q gallant fourt-quarter rally, the purple-clad Sewanee Tigers from Tennessee today were beaten by the University of South Carolina Came cocks, 1913. With a 14-to-O score staring them in the face as the final period started, the visitors sent the home coming crowd OF almost 5000 fans into state OF intense excitement as they pushed over two touchdowns and threatened to score again. South Carolina tailed early in the pass deep in their own territory. Hicks, Bird back, snagged it and stepped light ly 20 yards for a touchdown. The next score came in the second period. One of Edens’ punts rolled to the 1-foot line, where it stopped. Sc vance punted out. but It was short and the Carolinians had the ball on Sc wanee’s 22-yard line. After three line plays, Edens slipped over guard for Is yards to score the second Carolina touchdown. He kicked the extra points after both touchdowns. Sewanee’s break came as the fourth period opened. Wylie, substitute Car DINA back, fumbled on his own 17-yard line and Morton recovered. Voucher, substituting for Barron, gained s yards and then scored q touchdown on O beautifully executed end run. The failure to make the extra point seemed not to daunt the Tennesseeans and after Edens fumbled q punt on his 44-yard line, they scored again. Phil lips shot a short pass directly over the line TO Sterling who shook on flock of tackles to speed 40 yards for the score. Sterling drop-kicked the extra point.
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 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Sewanee–South Carolina gameTied 2–2 in four meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1932 | South Carolina 7, Sewanee 3 | |
| 1930 | South Carolina 14, Sewanee 13 | |
| 1924 | Sewanee 10, South Carolina 0 | |
| 1922 | Sewanee 7, South Carolina 6 |
Around this game
Sewanee
- Next gamevs. RhodesNov. 22, 1930
- SeasonSewanee in 1930
- ProgramSewanee history and records
South Carolina
- Next gamevs. NC StateNov. 22, 1930
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1930
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records
