The Citadel vs. South Carolina
Friday, October 30, 1942 Share
South Carolina beat The Citadel 14–0. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, South Carolina led the series 24–5–3.
FinalHigh 78°F, low 52°FAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers

Imperial Valley press, November 1, 1942, page 4
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TULSA U. SPORTS ONE OF NATIONS FINEST RECORDS Unbeaten and united Tulsa Uni versity still held one of the country’S best football records Saturday after blanking Drake, 400. Tulsa, which now has gone thru six games without allowing a point, ran its total of points to 296 last night in the feature contest of a sparse grid card. The University of South Carolina knocked the Citadel from the thin ranks of the unbeaten by pushing across two touchdowns in the final period to win, 14–0. A capacity crowd of 10000 watched the game cocks register their first victory of the season after losing three and tying one. Fullback Ken Roskie smashed his way 10 yards for South Cardinals first score after receiving Is yard pass from Durham. Louis Sossaman set up the next score when he intercepted a pass and returned it 20 yards to the Citadel 90. On the next play, Hal sail tossed short pass to Rice, who scored easily. Kentucky registered its third VIC tory by shading George Washing ton, 27–6 Charlie Kuhn, shifty back, made two touchdowns for the Wildcats and added three extra points. The Georgia Naval Cadets reg istered their fourth straight victory against one tie and one defeat by trimming the Jacksonville Fliers 20–6

The Tacoma times, Tacoma, Wash., November 2, 1942, page 10
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Tulsa Blanks Drake, 40 to 0 Unbeaten and united Tulsa Uni versity still held one Of the country’s best football records today after banking Drake, 400. Tulsa, which now has gone through six games without allow ing a point. The University Of South Carolina knocked The Citadel from the thin ranks Of the I’M beaten by pushing across two touchdowns In the final period 10 win, 14–0. Kentucky registered its third victory by shading George wash ington. 27–6. The Georgia Naval Cadets regis tered their fourth straight victory against one tie and one defeat by trimming the Jacksonville Flers’ 20–6.
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)
The Citadel 56% to win. South Carolina won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every The Citadel–South Carolina gameSouth Carolina leads 37–8–3 in 48 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.
Around this game
The Citadel
- Next gameat FurmanNov. 7, 1942
- SeasonThe Citadel in 1942
- ProgramThe Citadel history and records
South Carolina
- Next gameat AlabamaNov. 7, 1942
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1942
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records

