Clemson at South Carolina

Thursday, October 22, 1931

South Carolina beat Clemson 21–⁠0. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Clemson led the series 15–⁠8–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayClemson1–⁠6–⁠2 in 1931
0
HomeSouth Carolina5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1931
21

FinalHigh 85°F, low 50°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: STOPS CLEMSON STREAK South Carolina Wins First. Game in Five Years From State Foe.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 23, 1931, page 1

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    STOPS CLEMSON STREAK South Carolina Wins First. Game in Five Years From State Foe. COLUMBIA, S. c.. October % (P).A Held in check in the first half by a stubborn Clemson Defense, South Caros lima backs broke loose in the two final periods yesterday to score three touch downs and win the State Fair foot ball feature, 81 to 0. ~ The victory broke a four-year winning time team coached by Billy Laval at the university has triitnphed since he took over the athletic, reins nj 1923. The game attracted some $4,000 fans.

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)

Clemson 52% to win. South Carolina won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Clemson leads 74–⁠44–⁠4; as played, 70–⁠43–⁠4 in the 117 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 93 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Clemson 28, South Carolina 14
2024South Carolina 17, Clemson 14
2023Clemson 16, South Carolina 7
2022South Carolina 31, Clemson 30
2021Clemson 30, South Carolina 0
2019Clemson 38, South Carolina 3

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