South Carolina at North Carolina

Saturday, November 9, 1957

North Carolina beat South Carolina 28–⁠6. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 23–⁠6–⁠4.

AwaySouth Carolina5–⁠5 in 1957
6
HomeNorth Carolina6–⁠4 in 1957
28

FinalHigh 66°F, low 35°F, 0.47 in. of rainAttendance 22,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: N. CAROLINA 20 S. CAROLINA s. Alert Tar Heels Romp Over Gonecocks, 28-6

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1957, page 1

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    N. CAROLINA 20 S. CAROLINA s. Alert Tar Heels Romp Over Gonecocks, 28–⁠6 CHAPEL HILL. N. c., Nov. 9 up. - North Cardinals alert Tar Heels turned three recovcred fumbles and a bad punt into touchdowns. to rout South Carolina, 1876, today before a crowd of $4,000 and a regional television audience. Coach Jim Tatum’s team struck for two touchdowns in the second period and one each in the third and fourth to hand Gamecock Coach Warren Giese his worst defeat since going to South Carolina. The GamecockS. plagued by fumbles all afternoon, suffered their fourth loss against three victories. The Tar Heels, looking more like the team that whipped Clemson, Navy. Miami and Wake Forest, scored on the fourth play of the second quarter when Fullback Ed Lipski plunged over from the 4. Tackle Don Redding set up the touch down by recovering a tumble 10y Halfback Frank Destino on the Gamecock 80. Shortly before the half North Carolina scored again with Fullback Giles Gaca going over from the two, after Center Jim Jones had recovered a tumble on the Gamecock 81. In the third period, Quarter back Jack Cummings whipped q 33-yard touchdown pass to Halfback Emil DeCantis. End Buddy Payne had set it up by

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)

North Carolina 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

North Carolina leads 36–⁠20–⁠4 in 60 meetings, counting the 27 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023North Carolina 31, South Carolina 17Duke’s Mayo Classic
2021South Carolina 38, North Carolina 21Duke’s Mayo Bowl
2019North Carolina 24, South Carolina 20
2015South Carolina 17, North Carolina 13
2013South Carolina 27, North Carolina 10
2007South Carolina 21, North Carolina 15

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