Wake Forest at South Carolina
Saturday, November 26, 1949 Share
South Carolina beat Wake Forest 27–20. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Wake Forest led the series 11–9–2.
FinalHigh 50°F, low 31°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 27, 1949, page 43
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COLUMBIA, S. c., Nov. 26.- Quarterbacks Ed Pasky and Bo Hagan led South Carolina to a wild 27–20 Southern Conference football victory here today oyer Wake Forest. Pasky intercepted a pass yard behind his goal line and ran 1t back all the way to provide the margin Of victory. Hagan steered q smart Gamecock offense that accounted for the three other touchdowns. Halfbacks Steve Wadiak and Bishop Strickland Joined Hagan in chalking up those three scores on short runs. Halfback Nub Smith put Wake Forest back in the game by scoring from II yards out after the second half opened with South Carolina leading 1870. Smith did it again on a 62-yard scoring jaunt in the fourth period. Quarterback Dickie Davis sneaked over from one foot out for the final Wake Forest score just before the game ended. Hagan’s passing was a big fac tor In the South Carolina win. It was the running of F’ullback Bill Miller that paced the Wake For est game. Center Harry Jabbusch of South Carolina blocked two Wake Forest kicks, one in the first pc riod at the Wake Forest 80 lead ing to Strickland’s touchdown run around left end from two yards out. Pasky’s scoring pass intercept ton in the second quarter back fred q Wokn Forest drivo that
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)
Wake Forest 64% to win. South Carolina won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Wake Forest–South Carolina gameSouth Carolina leads 34–20–2 in 56 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.
Around this game
Wake Forest
- Next gameat Boston CollegeSept. 22, 1950
- SeasonWake Forest in 1949
- ProgramWake Forest history and records
South Carolina
- Next gamevs. The CitadelDec. 3, 1949
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1949
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records

