South Carolina at Furman
Saturday, October 9, 1954 Share
South Carolina beat Furman 27–7. It was their 35th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 17–17–1.
FinalHigh 78°F, low 53°FAttendance 9,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 10, 1954, page 62
Read the text
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.
The series
Every South Carolina–Furman gameSouth Carolina leads 26–18–1 in 45 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.
Around this game
South Carolina
- Next gamevs. ClemsonOct. 21, 1954
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1954
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records
Furman
- Next gamevs. The CitadelOct. 16, 1954
- SeasonFurman in 1954
- ProgramFurman history and records

