South Carolina at Maryland

Saturday, October 29, 1955

Maryland beat South Carolina 27–⁠0. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Maryland led the series 8–⁠4.

AwaySouth Carolina3–⁠6 in 1955
0
HomeMaryland10–⁠1 in 1955
27

FinalHigh 72°F, low 44°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: |HaIiWeII Out, |JuTgensen on Doubtful LIST

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 1, 1955, page 1

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    |HaIiWeII Out, |JuTgensen on Doubtful LIST HANBACK, HefD kzartWeAs 9Ele University d ylrgiuia’s leadlng ground gainsr. q out for the rest |of the season With Z leg injury |received early Ia Saturdays YAM |derbilt game. The injury situation varied from good 70 medium at other |Atlantic Coast Conference schools. At Duke II was questionahIe whether Quarterback Sonny Jurgensen, who missed last weeks Georgia Tech game, would be ready for another big test Saturday when the Blue Devils play Navy at Baltimore. HartWelI, i e-foot. 1es-pound- Ter from Radford. Va was the Cavaliers leading gruund gamer last season also. This year ne IS carrying q 6.l-yard rushing average. As be Is 3 senior this also means the end of his COLI |lege football career Coach HlIl 1ilirray n luke reported that Jlira& uses1 still Is bothered Nv one pf the tWp bad lankles that kept him out last week. The blue Devils need al the playing talent they can mus ter when they make IN attempt to rebound against Navy Oyster Bowl SATURDAY North Carolina SIN Is nursing the humps suffered ii Saturdays 4B-7 loss to Tennessee. Eight lof IS players had injuries at practice time yesterday and Coach George Barclay gave the squad the day on. Practice was lset to begin today for the Oyster Bowl game Saturday at Norfolk, IVA. against South Carolina. The bruise count also ran high lat South Carolina. whose Game cocks got 4 27–⁠0 g0ing-cver from Maryland. The squad worked ION Offense passing yesterday in | d light workout and saw movies Tot last weeks game. Coach Rex Enright spoke wen OF the

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)

Maryland 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Maryland leads 17–⁠11 in 28 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.

Recent meetings
1971South Carolina 35, Maryland 6
1970Maryland 21, South Carolina 15
1969South Carolina 17, Maryland 0
1968Maryland 21, South Carolina 19
1967South Carolina 31, Maryland 0
1966Maryland 14, South Carolina 2

Around this game

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