Wofford at South Carolina
Saturday, September 17, 1955 Share
South Carolina beat Wofford 26–7. It was their 14th meeting; after it, South Carolina led the series 13–1.
FinalHigh 85°F, low 64°FAttendance 15,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 18, 1955, page 1
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South Carolina Beats Wofford COLUMBIA, s. c.. Sept. II (P. -Halfbacks Carl Brazell and Mike Caskey led South Carolina’s Atlantic Coast Conference football team to q 26–7 opening game victory over sturdy Wofford College before $4,000 here tonight. Brazell scored on an 87-yard run in the second South Carolina play from scrimmage. Caskey followed up with a 44-yard scoring jaunt the next time South Carolina got the ball after in tercepting a Wofford pass. Quarterbacks Jack Hall and Bobby Bunch. filling in for in ured Mackie Prickett. steered South Carolina to two more touchodwns. Woford sand WICKED its score in between. Halls IA and IS yard passes Ito End Julius Derrick set up a l-yard scoring plunge by Caskey in the third period. wofiord % 9 81 South Carolina IL 10 Wofford scofing: Touchdown-G. Law. renee q, piuhge5. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Burns. South Carolina scoring: Touchdowns.- RrazslI fST’ rpnl. Caskey 2 IA, run: /. lungel, Jarrett q, plunge. Conversions Derrick, Jarrett.
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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wofford–South Carolina gameSouth Carolina leads 21–1 in 22 meetings, counting the eight since this game.
Around this game
Wofford
- Next gamevs. FurmanOct. 1, 1955
- SeasonWofford in 1955
- ProgramWofford history and records
South Carolina
- Next gameat Wake ForestSept. 24, 1955
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1955
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records

