South Carolina at Fordham

Saturday, November 19, 1938

No. 18 Fordham beat South Carolina 13–⁠0. It was their only meeting on record.

AwaySouth Carolina6–⁠4–⁠1 in 1938
0
Home18Fordham6–⁠1–⁠2 in 1938
13

FinalAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Long Fordham Dash, Blocked Kick Beat South Carolina Principe Runs IS Yards To Score, Starting Rums' 1870 Win

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 20, 1938, page 27

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    Long Fordham Dash, Blocked Kick Beat South Carolina Principe Runs IS Yards To Score, Starting Rums’ 1870 Win NEW YORK, Nov 19-The touch down play, beloved of knute Rockne, came to bless one of his pupils and haunt another today as Dom Principe of Fordham dashed So yards for the touchdown that started a 1870 defeat of embattled South Carolina in the rain -lashed Polo Grounds. The $4,000 chilled fans thus saw Jimmy Crowley. one of Rocknes boys, beat Rex Enright. his ROOM mate at Notre Dame and another of the masters disciples. Long Run Gets Score. They also saw blocked kick by Mike Kochel turned into touch down in the third period and a gal liant last period drive that brought the Gamecocks roaring down the field to bid unsuccessfully for a touchdown. The first scoring play, replica of one of Rockne’s old strategems, started on the Fordham 81 late in the first period. Principe smashed through tackle on a reverse. cut wide as Angelo Fortunate blocked the defensive halfback, turned on a terrific burst of speed and ran down the middle past the Gamecock secondary. Alex Yudikaitis kicked goal. Rams Block Kick, Tally. Kochel. holdover from last years Seven Blocks of Granite” furnished the second score in the third period. Ed Clary tried a quick kick on his own 13. Kochel broke through, smashed a blocker into Clary and the ball skidded over the goal line where Kochel dived on it for the

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

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Our ratings (scores only)

Fordham 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Fordham leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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