South Carolina at Virginia

Saturday, October 17, 1914

Virginia beat South Carolina 49–⁠7. It was their third meeting; after it, Virginia led the series 3–⁠0.

AwaySouth Carolina5–⁠5–⁠1 in 1914
7
HomeVirginia8–⁠1 in 1914
49

FinalHigh 69°F, low 51°F

In the newspapers

  • The The times dispatch's story: VIRGINIA FEATURES WRETCHED FOOTBALL With Lead OF Thfrty-Fiye, Points Oyer South Carolina, Charlottes- Vile Squad Practically Quits. GoocH. MAYER AND WARD STAR Palmetto Eleven Makes Lone Touch. down Early I'm Second Period. Both Teams Work Forward Pass Successfully.

    The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., October 18, 1914, page 14

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    VIRGINIA FEATURES WRETCHED FOOTBALL With Lead OF Thfrty-Fiye, Points Oyer South Carolina, Charlottes- Vile Squad Practically Quits. GoocH. MAYER AND WARD STAR Palmetto Eleven Makes Lone Touch. down Early I’m Second Period. Both Teams Work Forward Pass Successfully. CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA, October lin defeating South Carolina today, ~ to 1, Virginia displayed a rather mediocre grade of football. With Il lead of thirty-ave points, scored in the first twelve minutes Of play, the teams practically quit. Thereafter the work of the players was ragged and inconsistent. and the longer the contest lasted the more wretched was the showing OF the Virginians. Two touchdowns were added in the second period, which ended the scoring, for in the entire second half the Pal motto State team successfully defended it’s goal. In The third quarter Virginia I’D vanced the pigskin to Carolina’s one yard line. where it was lost on n tumble by Walker. When the whistle ended the game Virginia had the ball on Curolina’s three-yard line. Gooch. Mayer and Word were the principal Dd-gainers in the first quarter After their removal from the game Walker and Holiday Jumped into the spotlight. sible by a clever. forward pass. GooCh 10 Mayer, 2 sprint Of thirty yards ward pass from Gooch TO FLAMING gan. melted the second. Spar made the third score after Word had run back the kick off thirty yards, Gooch made one Of his brill liant dasbcs moment later, and Bar kcr then tossed the ball across the goal line into Flannagan’s waiting hands. The final score in the first Quarter South Cardinals lone touchdown came early In the second period. Stoney n iu then dropped the ball. Stoney was right on the spot, however, and fell on the pigskin for Il touchdown. In the second half South Carolina made several first downs BY use OF the Va. Position. s. c. Flanagan. left end. -. Edmunds Ward. ....... left tackle. Mcmillan Coleman, left guard. ...... Willis Moore. az. right guard, 49,. Hampton Gillette. right end. .Jirardeau Siooch. quarter back. -. Porter Mayer 49,. left half back. ;. .Lanst on Word. -. right half back. Richards summary: Observation-Disclosures, Berkeley FOR Gooch, Il. Anderson for Wood. Calhoun for Coleman, Stillwell for Ward GOODWIN fer FlannagHn Holiday for Mayer. walker for Spar burnett. for Berkeley; South Carolina for Cridcr Touchdowns-May (2) Flanagan (2l, Spar, Word, Ward Stoncy. Goals from touchdowns- IGeorgetown>:, Umpire. Notzer david, sonl. Head linesman. Denny David. SOM. Time OF periods. IL and IL minutes.

  • The The sun's story: VIRGINIA ovERWHELMS RIVALS Trounces south Carolina Eleven by Score of 40 TO z.

    The sun, New York [N.Y.], October 18, 1914, page 1

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    VIRGINIA ovERWHELMS RIVALS Trounces south Carolina Eleven by Score of 40 TO z. CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va. Oct. l7.-Vlrginia beat South Carolina to-day. 40 to 7. In a game marked by both good and bad foot ball. After scoring Ave touchdowns In the first quarter, Virginia grew careless and allowed the Palmetto State eleven TO register a touchdown on Il forward pass. BROKER raced thirty yards and fumbled the ball as he crossed the line, but Capt. Stoney fell on the pigskin and later booted the ball between the posts. Virginia had two regulars out OF the line, Evans, centre. and White left end. Flannagan. who subbed for White. starred through out, catching two forward passes and crossing the goal line in each instance. The lineup:

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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Virginia 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

South Carolina leads 21–⁠13–⁠1 in 35 meetings, counting the 32 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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