West Virginia at South Carolina
Saturday, November 22, 1952 Share
West Virginia beat South Carolina 13–6. It was their fifth meeting; after it, West Virginia led the series 3–1–1.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 39°F, 0.01 in. of rain
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every West Virginia–South Carolina gameWest Virginia leads 7–4–1 in 12 meetings, counting the seven since this game.
| 1994 | South Carolina 24, West Virginia 21 | Carquest Bowl |
| 1991 | West Virginia 21, South Carolina 16 | |
| 1990 | South Carolina 29, West Virginia 10 | |
| 1989 | West Virginia 45, South Carolina 21 | |
| 1969 | West Virginia 14, South Carolina 3 | Peach Bowl |
| 1954 | West Virginia 26, South Carolina 6 |
Around this game
West Virginia
- Next gameat PittsburghSept. 26, 1953
- SeasonWest Virginia in 1952
- ProgramWest Virginia history and records
South Carolina
- Next gameat Wake ForestNov. 29, 1952
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1952
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records

