South Carolina at North Carolina
Saturday, November 6, 1954 Share
North Carolina beat South Carolina 21–19. It was their 30th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 21–5–4.
FinalHigh 51°F, low 33°FAttendance 22,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 10, 1954, page 86
Read the text
Tor Heel Coach Sees Chance OfUpsetting Irish Saturday brink of defeat Saturday when they swept So yards for a touch down behind the great running of Fullback Don Klochak with less than 3 minutes remain ing to edge South Carolina, 21–19 Klochak. a 218-pound sophomore of Fairhope, Pa, showed tremendous running power, roll ing up 124 yards in IL carries. The Tar Heels have a season record Of three victories, three losses and a tie with Tulane. No ire Danes only loss was to Purdue, 27–14. The Irish have beaten Texas. Pittsburgh, Michigan State. Navy and Pennsylvania. . Saturdays game win mark the sixth time North Carolina and Notre Dame have met in football, with the Irish winning the i’ve previous games. Notre Dame won by the same score in 1858 and 1852, 34–14.
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. North Carolina won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every South Carolina–North Carolina gameNorth Carolina leads 36–20–4 in 60 meetings, counting the 30 since this game.
| 2023 | North Carolina 31, South Carolina 17 | Duke’s Mayo Classic |
| 2021 | South Carolina 38, North Carolina 21 | Duke’s Mayo Bowl |
| 2019 | North Carolina 24, South Carolina 20 | |
| 2015 | South Carolina 17, North Carolina 13 | |
| 2013 | South Carolina 27, North Carolina 10 | |
| 2007 | South Carolina 21, North Carolina 15 |
Around this game
South Carolina
- Next gamevs. VirginiaNov. 13, 1954
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1954
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records
North Carolina
- Next gameat Notre DameNov. 13, 1954
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1954
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records

