South Carolina at Auburn
Saturday, December 2, 1933 Share
South Carolina beat Auburn 16–14. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 2–1–1.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 52°FAttendance 8,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, December 3, 1933, page 66
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AUBURN IS D0WNED by SOUTH CAROLINA GameCocks Take Lead, Then Weather Air Attack to Triumph, 1914. ~ BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Decem- X ber “A safety and two IL Slashing drives to touch downs, both personally con- Quoted by Earl Clary, enabled South Carolina to weather a storm of Auburn passes late in today’s game here and come out with a 16-to-14 victory. Clary smacked the PlainSman line and circled its ends for 1o3 yards and two touchdowns in an amazing exhibiton of drive and speed which sent the Carolinians off to a 16-to-0 lead early in the third quarter. From that time on, it was all Auburn, with the Plainsman displaying a brilliant and well diversified attack to tally twice, the final yardage coming both times from long passes. After a scoreleSs first period which left Auburn knocking at the Gamecock goal a fourth-down pass failed and the CarolinianS had the ball on their l8. Mauney sent perfect punt down the field for ST yards and out of bounds or Auburn’s II. A pass from center was over Rogers head and Earl Clary grabbed him just across the goal line for the two points which proved the margin of victory. Auburn gained 134 yards from scrimmage and l22 on passes against 176 yards from scrimmage and 16 from passes for South Carolina. Auburn led in first downs also. 13 to IL. Talleys great blocking and his 80 yards from scrimmage brought him to the forefront with Clary for leading honorS Of the day.

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, December 4, 1933, page 7 (results column)
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BALL. RESUETSs@ The following are scores of prin- cipal football games played last Saturday afternoon: Notre Dame 13; Army 12. Princeton 27; Yale 3. Maryland 0; Florida 19. Holy Cross 9; Boston College 13. Southern Methodist 6; Texas Christian 26. Auburn 14; South Carolina 16. Louisiana State ‘; Tulane T. Rice 6; Taylor ‘. Georgia 0; Southern California 31. Georgie Tech 6; Duke 0.
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)
Auburn 63% to win. South Carolina won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every South Carolina–Auburn gameAuburn leads 10–3–1 in 14 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.
| 2021 | South Carolina 21, Auburn 17 | |
| 2020 | South Carolina 30, Auburn 22 | |
| 2014 | Auburn 42, South Carolina 35 | |
| 2011 | Auburn 16, South Carolina 13 | |
| 2010 | Auburn 56, South Carolina 17 | SEC Championship Game |
| 2010 | Auburn 35, South Carolina 27 |
Around this game
South Carolina
- Next gamevs. ErskineSept. 29, 1934
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1933
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records
Auburn
- Next gameat Birmingham-SouthernSept. 21, 1934
- SeasonAuburn in 1933
- ProgramAuburn history and records

