South Carolina at Florida

Saturday, October 13, 1917

Florida beat South Carolina 21–⁠13. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Florida led the series 2–⁠1–⁠1.

AwaySouth Carolina3–⁠5 in 1917
13
HomeFlorida2–⁠4 in 1917
21

FinalHigh 82°F, low 56°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: FLORIDA RALLIES SECURE VICTORY South Carolina Holds Lead Until the Third Period

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 14, 1917, page 18

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    FLORIDA RALLIES SECURE VICTORY South Carolina Holds Lead Until the Third Period c.;nasv,lle. Fla, October 13.-Wtth the score ‘ to 0 against them Tn the third period the University of Florida football team rallied and scored three +ouchdowns. defeating the University of South Carolina eleven. 21 to l3’ nere today South Carolina scored in the second period on two forward passes and again in the last period when Sea horn ran through a broken field TOT touchdown. Lineup: Florida (21)-Cle.aents, left end’ Wurthridge. left tackle; Connel, le-‘ guard; wells, center. Swink, rign’ guara: Brannon, right tackle; Thomas’ right end; Fuller, quarterback; Wi kinson, left halfback; Ball. right naii- back; Lightsey, fullback. ~. South Carolina (13)--Weston. iele end: Brockington, left tackle; Moore’ left guard; Smith. center; McGowan’ right guard; Hampton. right tackie’ Clark. right end; Lindsey, quarterpacM Turner, left halfback; Bowen, risn’ halfback; Brown, fullback Score by periods: :, Florida ................,s...., ‘. South ...................s.... South Carolina scoring: Touchdowns’ :, Clark. Seaborn .(substituting for BOW en). Goals from touchdown, Hampton Florida scoring: Touchdowns, Ligntsey l2, and Ball; goals from touchdown Lightsey 8. Referee, Street, washing ton and Lee umpire, Arnold, Auburn head linesman, Crimson, Georgia Tech Time of periods. 12 minutes each.

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

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Our ratings (scores only)

Florida 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Florida leads 31–⁠11–⁠3 in 45 meetings, counting the 41 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026South Carolina 38, Florida 19
2023Florida 41, South Carolina 39
2022Florida 38, South Carolina 6
2021South Carolina 40, Florida 17
2020Florida 38, South Carolina 24
2019Florida 38, South Carolina 27

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