South Carolina at Virginia

Saturday, November 17, 1951

Virginia beat South Carolina 28–⁠27. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Virginia led the series 8–⁠2.

AwaySouth Carolina5–⁠4 in 1951
27
HomeVirginia8–⁠1 in 1951
28

FinalHigh 73°F, low 40°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Football Scores

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 19, 1951, page 6 (results column)

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    Football Scores Scores of leading football game. during the weekend are as follows New Mexico 34, Brigham Young Q Wash. State AT, Montana 10. Washington 20, UCLA 20 (tie). Stanford 35, Oregon State IA. Colo. Mines IA, Colo College 6. California 28, Oregon 26. Boston U 39, Wichita 6. Connecticut 21, Rhode Island 6. William and Mary IA. Duke 13. Williams 40. Amherst T. Notre Dame 12, North Carolina ‘. Penn State 13, Rutgers ‘. Georgia 46, Auburn 14. Maryland 53. North Car. State 0. Pitt 32, West Virginia 12. Virginia 28. South Carolina 27. Michigan State 30, Indiana 26. Rice 28, Texas A. and M. l3. Clemson 34, Furman l4. Oklahoma 35, Iowa State 6. Georgia Tech 27, Alabama ‘. Tulane IA. Vanderbilt 10. Kentucky 1T. Geo. Washington l3. Baylor 42, Wake Forest 0. SMU AT, Arkansas ‘. Kansas State 14, Missouri l2. Tulsa 21, Texas Tech fl. Tennessee 46, Mississippi 2l. Colgate 0, Syracuse T. Northwestern 6, Michigan o. Illinois 0. Ohio State 0 (tiel. Army 6. Pennsylvania ‘. Harvard 34. Brown 2l Boston College 20, Villanova l3. Cornell 21, Dartmouth 13. Princeton 27, Yale O. Navy 2l. Columbia ‘. Fordham 35, Temple G. Bucknell B, Delaware 6. Middlebury 5l, Vermont l2. Colorado 36, Nebraska IA. East. Kentucky 27, Ohio U. l3. Utah 27, Colo A. and NJ 2l

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)

Virginia 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

South Carolina leads 21–⁠13–⁠1 in 35 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

Recent meetings
2018Virginia 28, South Carolina 0Belk Bowl
2003South Carolina 31, Virginia 7
2002Virginia 34, South Carolina 21
1987South Carolina 58, Virginia 10
1986Virginia 30, South Carolina 20
1981South Carolina 21, Virginia 3

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