South Carolina at NC State

Saturday, November 10, 1956

NC State beat South Carolina 14–⁠7. It was their 17th meeting; after it, South Carolina led the series 8–⁠7–⁠2.

AwaySouth Carolina7–⁠3 in 1956
7
HomeNC State3–⁠7 in 1956
14

FinalHigh 50°F, low 35°FAttendance 11,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: NC State JoIts Gumecocks as Christy Sturs

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 11, 1956, page 73

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    NC State JoIts Gumecocks as Christy Sturs RALEIGH. N. c., Nov. 10 Up, North Carolina State rammed 4S yards tor a fourth-quarter touchdown on the passing and running of Halfback Dick Christy to upset South Carolina, lat, today and kill any hopes the Gamecocks had of winning the Atlantic Coast Conference title. A partisan crowd of IL 900 saw Christy plunge over from the two with the winning touchdown with less than four minutes renaming. A 34-yard pass from Christy to End John Collar that carried to the seven set up the score. South Carolina scored its touchdown late in the second period when Don johnson RAM med over from the IL after End Julius Derrick had recovered a Wolfpack tumble on States 81. State lost no time in evening up the score. 1t took the next kickoff and drove “a yards for “a touchdown, the score coming on a 21-yard pass from soph Quarterback Frank Cackovic to Collar in the end zone. South Carolina o Z o o. 2 N. c, State ~a@4- o : 0 7–⁠14 South Carolina scoring: Touchdown johnson III, rum. Conversion --Hawk ins n. c. State scoring. Touchdown collar ~ pass from Cackoyieii christy

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. NC State won as Elo’s underdog.

South Carolina leads 26–⁠25–⁠4 in 55 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.

Recent meetings
2017South Carolina 35, NC State 28
2009South Carolina 7, NC State 3
2008South Carolina 34, NC State 0
1999NC State 10, South Carolina 0
1991NC State 38, South Carolina 21
1990NC State 38, South Carolina 29

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