West Virginia at South Carolina

Saturday, November 22, 1952

West Virginia beat South Carolina 13–⁠6. It was their fifth meeting; after it, West Virginia led the series 3–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayWest Virginia7–⁠2 in 1952
13
HomeSouth Carolina5–⁠5 in 1952
6

FinalHigh 57°F, low 39°F, 0.01 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Wyont Stars as West Virginia Defeats South Carolina, 1876

    Evening star, November 23, 1952, page 66

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    Wyont Stars as West Virginia Defeats South Carolina, 1876 South Carolina had fumbled the ball away, on a pass to End Paul Bischoff. This set up a four-yard touchdown sweep by Stone, who also converted. The South Carolina touchdown was set up by a West Virginia tumble on the visitors 80. Short line gains took it to the Is. Gram ling passed to End Clyde Bennett for eight, and Fullback Hootie johnson smashed through for six before Granting plunged for the score. Jim Jarrett’s conversion try was wide, as had been Stones after the visitors first score. West Virginia - 6 O r 0–⁠13 South Carolina - 6 o o O. 6 West Virginia scoring: Touchdowns – Stone (2). Conversion-Stone. South Carolina scoring: Touchdown Granting

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 57% to win. West Virginia won as Elo’s underdog.

West Virginia leads 7–⁠4–⁠1 in 12 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1994South Carolina 24, West Virginia 21Carquest Bowl
1991West Virginia 21, South Carolina 16
1990South Carolina 29, West Virginia 10
1989West Virginia 45, South Carolina 21
1969West Virginia 14, South Carolina 3Peach Bowl
1954West Virginia 26, South Carolina 6

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