South Carolina at Wake Forest

Saturday, November 30, 1957

South Carolina beat Wake Forest 26–⁠7. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Wake Forest led the series 15–⁠13–⁠2.

AwaySouth Carolina5–⁠5 in 1957
26
HomeWake Forest0–⁠10 in 1957
7

FinalHigh 61°F, low 30°F, 0.11 in. of rainAttendance 3,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: South CoroIino Hands |Deocons 18th Loss, 26-7

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., December 1, 1957, page 66

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    South CoroIino Hands |Deocons 18th Loss, 26–⁠7 W1NSTON-SALEM. N. C, Nov. 30 lP1.--South Carolins combined three long touchdown marches with a 77-yard SCORING sprint by Halfback Hayward King to send Wake Forest reel ing to its 18th straight defeat 26–⁠7, here today. It was the final game Of the season for both Atlantic Coast Conference teams. In losing its 10th game this season Wake Forest set q new school record with its IL consecutive losses over a two-season period. The 225 points scored by the opposition this year against the Deacons also set a new record. Kings 77-yard run midway OF the third period sent South Carolina into a wo-touchdown lead and sealed the Deacons’ doom. He was In the clear from his own 35-yard line and had easy sailing the rest Of the way. After q cautious scoreless first period. South Carolina climaxed Ia 22-play. nine-minute ground |offense with the games first touchdown. Sophomore Quar- Iterback Stan Spears sneaked over from the one-yard line. Halfback Alex Hawkins con- ‘verted. Wake Forest struck back In “a hurry. with a 76-yard drive that required only eight plays “A 42-yard burst of tackle by Sophomore Fullback Neil Mac Lean produced the. touchdown MacLean converted to tie the score. South Carolina scored 10 Sec onds before the half ended when Steve Satterfield. fourth

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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

South Carolina leads 34–⁠20–⁠2 in 56 meetings, counting the 26 since this game.

Recent meetings
1987South Carolina 30, Wake Forest 0
1986South Carolina 48, Wake Forest 21
1981South Carolina 23, Wake Forest 6
1980South Carolina 39, Wake Forest 38
1979South Carolina 35, Wake Forest 14
1978South Carolina 37, Wake Forest 14

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