Furman at Davidson
Thursday, November 28, 1946 Share
Davidson beat Furman 13–7. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Furman led the series 11–7.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 35°FAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers
The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 29, 1946, page 1
Read the text
ERWIN LEADS DAVIDSON IN 1877 WIN OVER FURMAN GREENv1LLE, S. c., Nov. o. R-Fullback Mack Erwin came back to his home town Thursday to lead Davidson College to a 13 to Z Southern Conference victory over Furman University. The line plunging of Erwin and the accurate arm Of Bert Anderson, third-string tailbacks set the Wildcats up to first and third pc riod touchdowns to give Davidson its only conference triumph of the season before a homecoming crowd of 10000.
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)
Davidson 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Furman–Davidson gameFurman leads 33–15 in 48 meetings, counting the 30 since this game.
| 1981 | Furman 30, Davidson 12 | |
| 1980 | Furman 21, Davidson 7 | |
| 1979 | Furman 63, Davidson 55 | |
| 1978 | Furman 56, Davidson 14 | |
| 1973 | Furman 38, Davidson 7 | |
| 1972 | Davidson 51, Furman 35 |
Around this game
Furman
- Next gameat GeorgiaSept. 19, 1947
- SeasonFurman in 1946
- ProgramFurman history and records
Davidson
- Next gamevs. ElonSept. 20, 1947
- SeasonDavidson in 1946
- ProgramDavidson history and records