Kansas State at South Carolina

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 10, 1940, page 8

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  CAMECOCKS TAKE VICTORY 20 TO l3 Aerial Tactics Account For All Three Touchdowns Against Kansas State COLUMBIA, S. c., Nov. 9.-uR- The South Carolina Gamecocks sank their spurs into the powerful Kansas State Wildcats today to win a sensation-jammed 20–⁠13 vic tory before a crowd of 11.OO0. Aerial tactics accounted for all three touchdowns scored by the ever-fighting Gamecocks and brilliant defensive play, abetted by a few breaks, STAYED off two Kansas State thrusts that might have won the game. After two long and spectacular punt returns in the opening period gave them the jump, the Game cocks scored early in the second quarter on nine yard pass from AL Grygo to Harvey Blouin. The latter caught the balr in the end zone as ne was falling backward Dutch Elston’s placement try for the point was blocked but Grygo raced back to the Is, grabbed the bounding ball and ran over the goal as his mates blocked out the bewildered Wildcats. a

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South Carolina leads 2–⁠1 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.