South Carolina at Duke

Saturday, September 21, 1963

Duke beat South Carolina 22–⁠14. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Duke led the series 16–⁠5–⁠1.

AwaySouth Carolina1–⁠8–⁠1 in 1963
14
HomeDuke5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1963
22

FinalHigh 89°F, low 66°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Curtis Scores IS as Duke Downs Gamecocks, 22-14

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 22, 1963, page 1

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    Curtis Scores IS as Duke Downs Gamecocks, 22–⁠14 gave 1t to Duke because Of @ holding penalty against South Carolina. Seven plays latel Curtis went over from the one and Duke retired at halftimC with q 9–⁠6 edge. Dumbfounded fans ane sports writer’s were unable tt get an explanation Of the confusing play for some time South Carolina Coach Marvin Bass said the play broke oul backs. 1t demoralized u.s.” In the third period, Duke swept SO yards for o touch. down, with End Stan Crissor scoring on q l5-yard pass from Quarterback Scotty Glacken The Blue Devils scored agair in the fourth when Curtis slammed over from the one to cap Q 43-yard drive. South Carolina got its other touchdown in the closing min utes when Flllback Carl Hug gins plunged over from the one to end o 51-yard march. Reeves passed to Halfback Ronnie Lamb for two points. sS11TTH cARot1NA { & 2 FL. 8. C.-Rosen 2, run (kiek failed). puko-FG. Curtis 900. Duke-=criSson rs, pass from Claeksl (Beu kiek). puke-Curtis /. run (kiek failed. Q. C.-HugGins /, run Lamb. pas from Reeves). AkAAaAanma- OK mn

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)

Duke 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Duke leads 24–⁠17–⁠3 in 44 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.

Recent meetings
1991Duke 24, South Carolina 24
1990South Carolina 21, Duke 10
1989South Carolina 27, Duke 21
1985South Carolina 28, Duke 7
1984South Carolina 21, Duke 0
1983South Carolina 31, Duke 24

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