South Carolina at Miami

Friday, December 11, 1936

South Carolina beat Miami 6–⁠3. It was their first meeting; after it, South Carolina led the series 1–⁠0.

AwaySouth Carolina5–⁠7 in 1936
6
HomeMiami6–⁠2–⁠2 in 1936
3

FinalHigh 81°F, low 64°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: MIAMI FINALLY LOSES South Carolina Stops Conquerors Of Hoyas on Grid, 6-3.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, December 12, 1936, page 14

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    MIAMI FINALLY LOSES South Carolina Stops Conquerors Of Hoyas on Grid, 6–⁠3. MIAMI, Fla, December 12.-Miami University’s gridders, who . week prior had defeated Georgetown UNI versity of Washington, d. c., today put away their foot ball belongings with doleful faces. They finished their season yesterday by losing to South Carolina, 3–⁠6. Jack Lyons ran so yards for . touchdown in the third period on Q punt return for the Gamecocks’ s points. Earlier In the same period Jack Dicker kicked . l7-yard 11eld goal for Miami.

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 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Miami leads 8–⁠6–⁠2 in 16 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.

Recent meetings
2014South Carolina 24, Miami 21Independence Bowl
1987Miami 20, South Carolina 16
1986Miami 34, South Carolina 14
1960Miami 21, South Carolina 6
1959Miami 26, South Carolina 6
1956Miami 14, South Carolina 6

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