South Carolina at NC State
Saturday, November 10, 1956 Share
NC State beat South Carolina 14–7. It was their 17th meeting; after it, South Carolina led the series 8–7–2.
FinalHigh 50°F, low 35°FAttendance 11,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every South Carolina–NC State gameSouth Carolina leads 26–25–4 in 55 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.
Around this game
South Carolina
- Next gamevs. MarylandNov. 17, 1956
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1956
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records
NC State
- Next gameat Penn StateNov. 17, 1956
- SeasonNC State in 1956
- ProgramNC State history and records

