Wake Forest at South Carolina

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  The Wilmington morning star, November 28, 1947, page 5

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  South Carolina Gamecocks Defeat Wake Forest, 60 CHARLOTTE, Nov. 27. -P) - Striking in the closing Sec onds of the first period after a pass interception set the stage for a SO yard touchdown march, South .Carolina’s gritty Game cocks handed favored Wake Forest a 60 defeat here today. The underdog South Carolinians outrushed their heavy opponents and held their vaunted passing game in check as they closed out their Southern Conference campaign by cllnching third place in the circuit. The games only score result ed from sudden shift in the tide of battle, Wake Forest, after wasting three first downs the first time it got the ball, started another drive late in the first period and had progressed to a first down on the South Carolina “a Ernie hawthorne, a junior back from Macon, Ga, then intercept ed pass by the freshman ace of the Deacons, Bill Gregus, on the Carolina Is and lugged the ball

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South Carolina leads 34–⁠20–⁠2 in 56 meetings, counting the 36 since this game.