North Carolina at South Carolina

Saturday, October 22, 1960

South Carolina beat North Carolina 22–⁠6. It was their 36th meeting; after it, North Carolina led the series 25–⁠7–⁠4.

AwayNorth Carolina3–⁠7 in 1960
6
HomeSouth Carolina3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1960
22

FinalHigh 64°F, low 41°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    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.

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Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

North Carolina 52% to win. South Carolina won as Elo’s underdog.

North Carolina leads 36–⁠20–⁠4 in 60 meetings, counting the 24 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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