Furman at South Carolina

Saturday, October 6, 1951

South Carolina beat Furman 21–⁠6. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Furman led the series 17–⁠14–⁠1.

AwayFurman3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1951
6
HomeSouth Carolina5–⁠4 in 1951
21

FinalHigh 93°F, low 68°FAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: South Carolina Beats Furman, Il 10 6

    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.

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Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

South Carolina 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

South Carolina leads 26–⁠18–⁠1 in 45 meetings, counting the 13 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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