Newberry at South Carolina

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  The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., September 24, 1944, page 6

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  CAMEC0CKS BEAT NEWBERRY, $50 COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. 23.-tR A power-laden University of South Carolina Gamecock football team broke into the 1914 season with a crushing 48–⁠0 victory over the fighting but helplessly outclassed Newberry Indians here today. A crowd of 5000 was on hand. Coach Doc Newton kept his vet eran first string under wraps most of the afternoon but reserves COM pleted the rout as the Birds rolled up 81 first downs to two for the Indians. Using only half dozen plays, the Gamecocks smashed to their first touchdown within five min utes, and racked up one each in the second and third and topped 1t off with three touchdowns in the final quarter. Newberry never seriously threat. ened.

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.

South Carolina leads 11–⁠1–⁠1 in 13 meetings, counting the three since this game.