Furman at South Carolina
Saturday, October 10, 1953 Share
South Carolina beat Furman 27–13. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Furman led the series 17–16–1.
FinalHigh 74°F, low 46°FAttendance 15,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, October 11, 1953, page 69
Read the text
South Carolina Rolls Over Furman, 27–13 COLUMBIA, S. c., Oct. TO- South Carolina struck for two quick touchdowns. then cleared its bench in coasting to 27–13 football. victory over Furman today. Quarterback Johnnie Granting passed to End Clyde Bennett for 8 yards for the first score. Half back Gene Wilson plunged from the / for the second touchdown after a long run by Carl Brazell. Furman 6 90 7–13 s. Carolina IA o O. 13–21 Furman scoring: Touchdowns-Barefoot, Boyle. Conversion-Pringels. South Carolina scoring: Touchdown Bennett. Wilson. Caskey 2. Conversions -BraZell 2. Kincaid.
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 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Furman–South Carolina gameSouth Carolina leads 26–18–1 in 45 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.
Around this game
Furman
- Next gamevs. DavidsonOct. 24, 1953
- SeasonFurman in 1953
- ProgramFurman history and records
South Carolina
- Next gamevs. ClemsonOct. 22, 1953
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1953
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records