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South Carolina at Wake Forest

Saturday, September 24, 1955

Wake Forest beat South Carolina 34–⁠19. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Wake Forest led the series 15–⁠11–⁠2.

AwaySouth Carolina3–⁠6 in 1955
19
HomeWake Forest5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1955
34

FinalHigh 78°F, low 69°F, 0.05 in. of rainAttendance 11,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Enright in Hospital For Kidney AiIment

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 26, 1955, page 1

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    Enright in Hospital For Kidney AiIment COLUMBIA, S. c.. Sept. 26 R.-Rex Enright. South Carolima head football coach, was in D Columbia hospital today with 81 kidney ailment. Enright was taken to the hos pital from Winston Salem, N. c., where his Gamecocks lost to Wake Forest Saturday night. 34–⁠19. If Enright is unable to leave The hospital today the South carolina squad will work out under assistant coaches for their Important meeting here with Navy Saturday.

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. Wake Forest won as Elo’s underdog.

The series

Every South Carolina–Wake Forest game

South Carolina leads 34–⁠20–⁠2 in 56 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.

Recent meetings
1987South Carolina 30, Wake Forest 0
1986South Carolina 48, Wake Forest 21
1981South Carolina 23, Wake Forest 6
1980South Carolina 39, Wake Forest 38
1979South Carolina 35, Wake Forest 14
1978South Carolina 37, Wake Forest 14

Around this game

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