South Carolina at Furman

Saturday, October 9, 1954

South Carolina beat Furman 27–⁠7. It was their 35th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 17–⁠17–⁠1.

AwaySouth Carolina6–⁠4 in 1954
27
HomeFurman5–⁠5 in 1954
7

FinalHigh 78°F, low 53°FAttendance 9,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Gamecocks Breeze Past Furman, IT.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 10, 1954, page 62

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    Gamecocks Breeze Past Furman, IT. GREENVILLE, S. c., Oct. O. South Carolina mixed running and passing about evenly to beat Furman, 27–⁠7. today. as expected. The Gamecocks used their sub stitutes early. South Carolina sent Halfback Carl Brazell over from IL yards out midway in the first period to open the scoring. A brief second-period burst by Furman found Bob Dellinger going over to score from five yards out to tie the game. South Carolina promptly scored twice, once after a Furman tumble on the Furman 80, and again after Tackle Harry Lowell intercepted a Furman pass at the Furman 19, to gain a 20–⁠7 halftime lead. The winner took the second half kickoff 48 yards for the final touchdown, with reserve Quarterback Mackie Prickett going 81 yards untouched to score on q keep play. South South Caroline ------ Z is Z 9–⁠27 South Carolina scoring: Touchdowns -Brazell. Lewis, Drawdy. Prickett. Conversions-Silas (2), Jarrett. Furman scoring Touchdown-Dellniger. Conversion-Pringels.

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 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

South Carolina leads 26–⁠18–⁠1 in 45 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023South Carolina 47, Furman 21
2014South Carolina 41, Furman 10
2010South Carolina 38, Furman 19
1982Furman 28, South Carolina 23
1978South Carolina 45, Furman 10
1959South Carolina 30, Furman 0

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