Furman at South Carolina
Saturday, October 6, 1951 Share
South Carolina beat Furman 21–6. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Furman led the series 17–14–1.
FinalHigh 93°F, low 68°FAttendance 12,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 7, 1951, page 45
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South Carolina Beats Furman, Il 10 6 COLUMBIA. s. c.. Oct. g. Halfback Steve Wadiak Of South Carolina snapped back to his classy 1850 form today in leading the Gamecocks to a 2–6 Southern Conference football victory over Furman. Wadiak scored two touchdowns and helped set up the third. which Quarterback Dick Balka scored in bulling over from Furman’s two. Wadiak carried % times for lat yards. His first touchdown, late in the first quarter, was a deep 26-yard broken field run. He went 81 yards for South Carolina S second score in the fourth quarter Gene Pedrick, Furman quarter back. had fumbled on the 81, South Carolina Tackle Gene Kopec recovering. South Cardinals third scoring drive began to roll when a Pedrick pass was intercepted by Halfback Norris Mullis on the Furman 43. Several plays later Wadiak took a short toss from Balka and ran IA yards to the two Balka went over on the next play Furman’s lone touchdown came early In the second quarter, cap ping a 92-yard drive. Pedrick slipped over from the one. Furman o 9 O O. SHIOilhd “ Furman scoring: Touchdowns-Pedrick Scoring: South Carolina, touchdovns- | Wadiak t2). Balka. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Furman–South Carolina gameSouth Carolina leads 26–18–1 in 45 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.
Around this game
Furman
- Next gamevs. StetsonOct. 12, 1951
- SeasonFurman in 1951
- ProgramFurman history and records
South Carolina
- Next gameat North CarolinaOct. 13, 1951
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1951
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records

