South Carolina at Virginia

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 14, 1956, page 66

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  NEW TRIUMPH FOR GEESE South Carolina RoIIv Beuts Virginia, 27–⁠73 ! RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 49, South Carolinas fighting Came cocks came storming back in the fourth period here today after being tied by Virginia, scored two touchdoWnS and went sail ing on to a 27–⁠13 victory over the Cavaliers. 1 A crowd of $4,000 saw a thrill ing encounter in this meeting between the two Atlantic Coast Conference rivals who moved in to play here as part of the Tobacco Festival. South Carolina ran true tc form in winning the faSt-movlne battle. At the same time, the contest marked UP another tri. umph for Coach Warren Giese who left Maryland last year as an assistant coach to assume the head coaching post with the Gamecocks. His record now is four victories and one defeat fol the current season. South Carolina Rallies South Cardinals recuperative powers were amazing today as its forces fell completely apart in the third and early parts OF the fourth period then rallied with sudden force to pull the game out of the fire. The Cavaliers rose up in all their wrath in the second hall after the Gamecocks had laid siege to them in the first halt by shutting off all their offensive ithruSts with a stonewall defense Battering down Cardinals delenses. the Cavaliers tied it al 1913 to the delight of Their thousands of supporters early in the fourth period. Prior to this uprising, however, Carolina had scored twice and took a l3 to 0 lead at halftime.

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South Carolina leads 21–⁠13–⁠1 in 35 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.