North Carolina at South Carolina
Saturday, October 22, 1960 Share
South Carolina beat North Carolina 22–6. It was their 36th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 25–7–4.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 41°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 25, 1960, page 19
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Coach Warren Giese Of South Carolina and one Of his sports writing critics had a few words again last week, as GieSe’s “three yards and a cloud Of dust” football was said to be responsible for the GamecockS’ three-game losing streak. ANY man who would make that statement obviously does not know much about football” /“ GieSe was quoted as saying. The Garnecocks stirred up some dust in the second half against North Carolina last Saturday afternoon, but they were making more than three yards in so doing. They rolled up 2S1 yards rushing in thumping the Tar Heels, 22–6. GamecOckS Best Game It was the best offensive showing and also the best game defensively for South Carolina, which will be Maryland’s Home coming opponent Saturday afternoon in Byrd Stadium. >, Most Of the Gamecock yard age was supplied by the quarterbacks. Dave Sowell picked up lot. including A on q touch down sprint in the fourth period. Jim Costen was equally effective, In Giese’s thinking. but the No. 2 quarterback did not gain as much ground. South Carolina was stomped, $40, by Duke in its opening game. The Blue Devils have lost only to Michigan in five
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 52% to win. South Carolina won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every North Carolina–South Carolina gameNorth Carolina leads 36–20–4 in 60 meetings, counting the 24 since this game.
| 2023 | North Carolina 31, South Carolina 17 | Duke’s Mayo Classic |
| 2021 | South Carolina 38, North Carolina 21 | Duke’s Mayo Bowl |
| 2019 | North Carolina 24, South Carolina 20 | |
| 2015 | South Carolina 17, North Carolina 13 | |
| 2013 | South Carolina 27, North Carolina 10 | |
| 2007 | South Carolina 21, North Carolina 15 |
Around this game
North Carolina
- Next gameat TennesseeOct. 29, 1960
- SeasonNorth Carolina in 1960
- ProgramNorth Carolina history and records
South Carolina
- Next gameat MarylandOct. 29, 1960
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1960
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records

