Furman at South Carolina

Saturday, October 11, 1947

South Carolina beat Furman 26–⁠8. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Furman led the series 16–⁠11–⁠1.

AwayFurman2–⁠7 in 1947
8
HomeSouth Carolina6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1947
26

FinalHigh 70°F, low 62°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: South CuroIiinu Is Victor Over Furmun, 26 to 8

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 12, 1947, page 37

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    South CuroIiinu Is Victor Over Furmun, 26 to 8 COLUMBIA, S. c., Oct. 11.-Fleetfooted Ernie Lawhorn and the droopy Atwell to Red Wilson pass combination scored two touchdowns apiece here today to give the Uni versity of South Carolina a 1858 Southern Conference football VIC tory over Furman. A crowd of 1880 homecoming fans saw the ragged contest. The Gamecocks overcame an early two point Furman lead and marched relentlessly over the hapless Hurricane, whose offense never got going.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Gsy1o FOOTBALL \ SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 13, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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    Gsy1o FOOTBALL \ SCORES Scores oI principal football games played during the weekend are as follows: St. Marys 6; Washington 26. San Jose s. 28; Puget Sound 0. Idaho G. Oregon State 33. Michigan s. 21 Washington s. T. Santa Clara 13; Stanford 2. OCLA 24; Oregon ‘ Alabama 26; Duquesene 0. Mississippi State 21 University of San Francisco 14. University of Hawaii IA; Mon tana State 0. Illinois 0; Army 0. Duke 14; Navy 14. California 48; Wisconsin 2. Gettysburg IS; LaFayette IA. Boston University 38; New York University ‘. Pittsburgh 0; Michigan 69 Bowdoin 61; Amherst 6. Main T; New Hampshire 28 Rutgers 13; Princeton T. Ohio University T; Western Re- serve 20. Bucknell 13; Delaware 12. Georgia Teach 20s VNII O. Wake Forest IS; N Carolina T. Cornell 27; Colgate IS. Chattanooga T; Tennessee 26. Vermont T; Union 20. Tulane 0; Rice B. William and Mary 21; Virginia Teach 6. Nebraska IA; Iowa State T. Indiana l4; Iowa 27. Quantico Marines 29; Davis and Elkins 0. Dennison 50; Beloit T. George Washington 0; Washing ton and Lee 15. Furman 8; South Carolina 26. Catholic University T; Western Maryland 21. Northwestern 21; Minnesota 37. Texas 34; Oklahoma A. Drake 13; Wichita 21. S. Dakota s. 6; Kansas 86. Harvard O. Virginia 47. University of Manitoba 0; North Dakota University 47 Tulsa T; Texast Tech A. Arkansas 9; Baylor IT. Florida IA; Auburn 20. University of Mississippi G.; Vanderbilt 10. Texas ARM IS; Louisiana s. 19. Georgia 0; Kentucky 26. Wyoming 53; Colorado School of mines 6. University of Nevada 51; Univer- city of Portland 6. California Aggie 20; San Fran cisco State 0. Brigham Young 6; Utah 28. New Mexico ARM 0; University of New Mexico 20 Texas Mines o; Texas State IA. Colorado ARM 13; Denver 13. Penn 32; Dartmouth 0. Middlebury T; Trinity 31. Villanova 13;; Holy Cross G. Penn State 75; Fordham 0. Hawaiian All Stars IA; Idaho State 12. San Diego Naval Air 45; Seattle Naval Air 0. Fort Lewis ‘; Bremerton Navy 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)

South Carolina 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

South Carolina leads 26–⁠18–⁠1 in 45 meetings, counting the 17 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023South Carolina 47, Furman 21
2014South Carolina 41, Furman 10
2010South Carolina 38, Furman 19
1982Furman 28, South Carolina 23
1978South Carolina 45, Furman 10
1959South Carolina 30, Furman 0

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