South Carolina at Virginia

Monday, October 14, 1912

Virginia beat South Carolina 19–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Virginia led the series 1–⁠0.

AwaySouth Carolina5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1912
0
HomeVirginia6–⁠3 in 1912
19

FinalHigh 54°F, low 48°F, 0.28 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington herald's story: VIRGINIA HANDS SOUTH CAROLINA 10 10 o DEFEAT Charlsttssvills csllssiazs AAsv u. eidsd 1svsssal Of 1srn siass ] Saturdays aans. aooczl y srAl .. THE can

    The Washington herald, October 15, 1912, page 10

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    VIRGINIA HANDS SOUTH CAROLINA 10 10 o DEFEAT Charlsttssvills csllssiazs AAsv u. eidsd 1svsssal Of 1srn siass ] Saturdays aans. aooczl y srAl .. THE can epsdal v TAs vaahinstcn Raaia -f CAarlottesvflle. Va, Oct M--Notwith- Standing the fact that ths 1sld Was In Q soGgy condition and tso heavy for spsed. Virginia defeated South Carolina to-day 10 the tune OF 10 to Z. The Orange and Blus lads showed decided Improve ment over their paaying against Hampden-6idnsy In Saturdays miserable contest, being strong In every department. Of the game against their rivais. 0ooch starred throughout the contest, his playing being Of brilliant character. His work was sensational. both at line plunsing and tossing the ball for for ward pass. -Four times was this play worked and four times did I’D” Finlay. vIrginia’s clever end. carry the ball for substantial gains. All Of virsinia’s scordown In the first quarter and two in the second. virs1nia’s last touchdown was the result Of . sensational run of % yards following beautiful forward pass by Gooch. lGaidea Losks 00oA. Maiden. the big left tackle Of the Orange and Blue team. broke through the Carolina line time and again for gains which materially affected the re- suit Acree also played . great game for Virginia. ‘ For South caroiina Haywood and von- kolintx, In the back neld. played . bril- liant game. the latter In two Instances carrying the ball around virginia’s left end for good gains. Frequent penalixa- tons against South Carolina marred the contest. Lineup and summary:

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)

Virginia 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

South Carolina leads 21–⁠13–⁠1 in 35 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.

Recent meetings
2018Virginia 28, South Carolina 0Belk Bowl
2003South Carolina 31, Virginia 7
2002Virginia 34, South Carolina 21
1987South Carolina 58, Virginia 10
1986Virginia 30, South Carolina 20
1981South Carolina 21, Virginia 3

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