Furman at South Carolina
Saturday, November 11, 1939 Share
Furman beat South Carolina 20–0. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Furman led the series 14–8–1.
FinalHigh 76°F, low 56°FAttendance 8,000
In the newspapers

Henderson daily dispatch, North Carolina, November 17, 1939, page 1 (results column)
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Dufour Says Carolina To Win By TouchdownMargin York University, Pennsylvania, N. c. State and Davidson. So we’re picking the Greenies by at least 20 to 0 count North Carolina which shares with Tennessee and Tulane high ranking among the nations leaders, is our pick to defeat Duke in a gruelling game. Dukes McAfce brothers will be in there plugging, but we believe that the Tar Heel touchdown twins, “SWeet’ Lalanne and George Strnweiss, will pitch Carolina to Ia to Il victory over Wallace Wade’s out fit. The Dukc-North Carolina game will decide which of these teams will share Southern Conference honors with ClemsOn’s powerful gridders, whose only blot is a to defeat at the hands of Tulane. Clemson took Wake Forest, 20 to Y last week and finishes up with Southwestern Of Memphis, this week, and Furman on November 80 And the South Carolina Tigers will breeze in both tits. to 20 to 0 or up. After Carolina. Duke faces North |Carolina State while North Carolina plays Virginia and neither carries a threat to the Tobacco States two leaders. Tennessee’s unbeaten Vols get back into the Southern Conference picture after resting against the Citadel last week and their ancient Ienemy from Vanderbilt is their foe.
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 68% to win. Furman pulled the upset.
The series
Every Furman–South Carolina gameSouth Carolina leads 26–18–1 in 45 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.
Around this game
Furman
- Next gamevs. NC StateNov. 18, 1939
- SeasonFurman in 1939
- ProgramFurman history and records
South Carolina
- Next gameat GeorgiaNov. 18, 1939
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1939
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records

