South Carolina at Wake Forest
Saturday, November 16, 1963 Share
Wake Forest beat South Carolina 20–19. It was their 36th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 17–17–2.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 28°FAttendance 7,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 18, 1963, page 19 (results column)
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piled the only major surprises. UCLA, winner Of only one previous game, dealt Washing ton a stunning 40 defeat. dimming the Huskies’ hopes to play in the Rose Bowl. Half back Byron Nelson scored both UCLA touchdowns. Wake Forest came through with a 20–19 victory over South Carolina on Brian Piccolo s conversion and thus ended the longest major losing streak at 10 games. Kentucky upset Bay lor, 1877. Mississippi, ranked No. 3 in the Nation, whipped Tennessee 200; Michigan State, No. 4, took Notre Dame, 1871; Okla homa, No. S, beat Misso uri, 1873; Pitt, No. 6, drubbed Army, $50; Alabama, No. Z, defeated Georgia Tech, 27–11; Illinois, No. 8, outfought Wis consin, 17–7; Auburn. No. 8, downed Georgia, 14–0, and Ne braska, No. 10. edged Okla homa State, 20–16. LaSt-SecOnd Victory In some Of the other major games, Oregon pulled out a 1922 victory over Indiana in the last IL seconds; Princeton thumped Yale, 27–7; Dart mouth edged Cornell, 1877; Harvard downed Brown, 24–12; Northwestern whipped Ohio State, 1913; Purdue nipped Minnesota, 1911; Michigan and Iowa tied, 21–2l. Penn State took Holy Cross 2S-14; Southern Methodist defeated Arkansas. lat; Texas AIM bested Rice, 1876; Wash ington State beat Stanford
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 65% to win. Wake Forest won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every South Carolina–Wake Forest gameSouth Carolina leads 34–20–2 in 56 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.
Around this game
South Carolina
- Next gamevs. ClemsonNov. 28, 1963
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1963
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records
Wake Forest
- Next gameat NC StateNov. 22, 1963
- SeasonWake Forest in 1963
- ProgramWake Forest history and records

