Wake Forest at South Carolina

Saturday, November 24, 1951

South Carolina beat Wake Forest 21–⁠6. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Wake Forest led the series 12–⁠10–⁠2.

AwayWake Forest6–⁠4 in 1951
6
HomeSouth Carolina5–⁠4 in 1951
21

FinalHigh 75°F, low 51°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: South Carolina Wins, 27 to 6, AS Defense Stops Wake Forest

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 25, 1951, page 53

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    South Carolina Wins, 27 to 6, AS Defense Stops Wake Forest new high Southern Conference record of 2.878 yards. His gain of 73 today sent his total this season to 685 yards. before 49, 900 fans. | Both of South Cardinals finaI touchdowns were set up by smart defensive plays. First Larry Smith South Carolina center, covered q tumble by a Wake Forest back or a kickoff return on the Wake 33 The final touchdown followed a ! fumbled punt caused by Tackle Paul Stephens. Center Bill Rem frow recovered on the Wake q. Harry Jabusch. South Carolina center, was a big gun on defense as he intercepted two passes and recovered one tumble to stop Wake Forest drives. | Wake Forest set up its punt blocking touchdown by driving 70 yards from its own 10-yard line A tumble stopped the drive, but when South Carolina couldn’t gain, the blocked punt followed | South Carolina seemed to be on its way early in the first quarter. after a short Wake Forest punt started it off on a 41-yard push to the Wake 4. Passes failed after Right Halfback Gene Will sons 15-yard touchdown run was nullif1ed an offside penalty.

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 59% to win. South Carolina won as Elo’s underdog.

South Carolina leads 34–⁠20–⁠2 in 56 meetings, counting the 32 since this game.

Recent meetings
1987South Carolina 30, Wake Forest 0
1986South Carolina 48, Wake Forest 21
1981South Carolina 23, Wake Forest 6
1980South Carolina 39, Wake Forest 38
1979South Carolina 35, Wake Forest 14
1978South Carolina 37, Wake Forest 14

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