Clemson at South Carolina
Thursday, November 28, 1963 Share
Clemson beat South Carolina 24–20. It was their 61st meeting; after it, Clemson led the series 32–21–3 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 69°F, low 57°FAttendance 37,414
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 29, 1963, page 1
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Max Chapman was a fear some runner as a schoolboy at Alexandria’s Episcopal High School, but yesterday he kicked the University of North Carolima to its best football record and its first bowl appearance since the days of Charlie Jus tice. Chapman is a sophomore halfback who formerly lived in Falls Church, but who now calls Banner Elk. N. c., home. Yesterday he booted a 42-yard field goal with 33 seconds renaming to bring the Tar Heels a 1914 victory over Duke, a share of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship with N. c. State and a trip to the Gator Bowl. North Cardinals final 80 record is its best since 1913, when Justice led the Tar Heels to a 9-l-1 season and into the Sugar Bowl. Both North Carolina and N. c. State finished with 6–1 conference and 3D. overall rec ords. The loss dropped Duke into a final tie with Clemson at So and sal. Clemson Has Struggle Clemson struggled to a 24–20 decision over South Carolina in their 61st meeting. and Maryland dropped Virginia to the cellar with a 21–6 victory in their fineles. North Carolina accepted the Gator Bowl bid Immediately after the victory at Durham. Possible opponents for the Tar Heels are Florida, Syracuse and Georgia Tech. This will be North Cardinals fourth bowl appearance. The Tar Heels bowed, 20–10, to Georgia in the 1947 Sugar Bowl, 1916 to Oklahoma in l949 Sugar Bowl and 27–13 to Rice in the 1850 Cotton Bowl. Chapman. who shredded delenses in Virginia’s prep league during three seasons at Episcopal. booted his winner on fourth down after Duke had thrown Quarterback Junior Edge for a loss. Plenty of Power I’VE knew Max had plenty OF power. It was just a queston Of accuracy. Our extra point kicker, Dave Braine, Just couldn’t kick that far” explanned North Carolina Coach Jim Hickey. Duke whipped the Tar Heels by the identical 1914 score
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)
Clemson 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Clemson–South Carolina gameOfficially, Clemson leads 74–44–4; as played, 70–43–4 in the 117 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.
Around this game
Clemson
- Next gamevs. FurmanSept. 19, 1964
- SeasonClemson in 1963
- ProgramClemson history and records
South Carolina
- Next gamevs. DukeSept. 19, 1964
- SeasonSouth Carolina in 1963
- ProgramSouth Carolina history and records

