North Carolina at South Carolina
Saturday, October 8, 1949 Share
No. 6 North Carolina beat South Carolina 28–13. It was their 25th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 17–4–4.
FinalHigh 81°F, low 68°F, 0.4 in. of rainAttendance 28,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 12, 1949, page 17
Read the text
Former Tech Starts Second Weekly South Grid Poll for his title from Center Harry Jabbusch and Quarterback Johnny Boyle of South Carolina. Jabbusch, a 191-pounder from Lorain, Ohio, was the outstanding defensive player as North Carolina defeated South Carolina, 28–13. His play had much to do with holding North Carolina’s Charley Justice to a 3.3-yard rushing average. Boyle completed Z Of 81 passes against North Carolina. One pass resulted in a 23-yard gain for q touchdown and another enabled South Carolina to cover 10 yards for a score. .....’ Runyan edged these stars, how ever, with his brilliant ball carry ing and pin-point punting. He toted the ball “a times against North Carolina State for a net of II yards and in one Davidson drive he rolled up % yards in four plays. His kicks kept States back to the wall. One went out of bounds on the State 3 and another on the l.
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)
North Carolina 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every North Carolina–South Carolina gameNorth Carolina leads 36–20–4 in 60 meetings, counting the 35 since this game.
| 2023 | North Carolina 31, South Carolina 17 | Duke’s Mayo Classic |
| 2021 | South Carolina 38, North Carolina 21 | Duke’s Mayo Bowl |
| 2019 | North Carolina 24, South Carolina 20 | |
| 2015 | South Carolina 17, North Carolina 13 | |
| 2013 | South Carolina 27, North Carolina 10 | |
| 2007 | South Carolina 21, North Carolina 15 |
Around this game
North Carolina
- Next gamevs. Wake ForestOct. 15, 1949
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1949
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
South Carolina
- Next gamevs. ClemsonOct. 20, 1949
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1949
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records

