The Citadel at South Carolina

Thursday, October 29, 1931

South Carolina beat The Citadel 26–⁠7. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, South Carolina led the series 15–⁠5–⁠3.

AwayThe Citadel1–⁠2–⁠1 in 1931
7
HomeSouth Carolina5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1931
26

FinalHigh 78°F, low 57°F, 0.14 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: SOUTH CAROLINA WINS.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 30, 1931, page 1

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    SOUTH CAROLINA WINS. ORANGEBURG, s. c., October 80 Up. Earl Clary, South Cardinals high stepping sophomore, proved too hard Tor the Citadel foot ball team to handle yesterday and the Gamecocks romped over the Soldiers for a 26–⁠7 victory.

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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

South Carolina leads 37–⁠8–⁠3 in 48 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

Recent meetings
2015The Citadel 23, South Carolina 22
2011South Carolina 41, The Citadel 20
1990The Citadel 38, South Carolina 35
1985South Carolina 56, The Citadel 17
1984South Carolina 31, The Citadel 24
1980South Carolina 45, The Citadel 24

Around this game

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South Carolina