Davidson vs. South Carolina
Davidson and South Carolina have 13 meetings on file, the first in 1903; Davidson leads the series 8–5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Davidson 6–4, and South Carolina has won the last 3. Share
- Davidson wins
- 8
- South Carolina wins
- 5
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1903
- Longest streak
- 4 Davidson
- Current streak
- 3 South Carolina
- Last 10 meetings
- Davidson 6–4
- Most recent
- 1939
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 4–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–3 |
- Average margin
- 16.9 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Davidson
- 4–1 Davidson’s record at home
- At South Carolina
- 2–4 South Carolina’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–2 Davidson first
- Shutouts
- 8
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Davidson’s biggest win1910: Davidson 53, South Carolina 0by 53 points
- South Carolina’s biggest win1938: South Carolina 25, Davidson 0by 25 points
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
1908 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 30, 1908
1911 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Nov 20, 1911
1913 · El Paso herald, El Paso, Tex., Nov 16, 1913
1919 · Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, Oct 19, 1919
1935 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 13, 1935
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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Oct 13, 1939 | South Carolina 7, Davidson 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Oct 14, 1938 | South Carolina 25, Davidson 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Oct 16, 1937 | South Carolina 12, Davidson 7 | at South Carolina | ||
| Oct 12, 1935 | Davidson 13, South Carolina 6 | at Davidson | ||
| Nov 6, 1920 | Davidson 27, South Carolina 0 | at Davidson | ||
| Oct 18, 1919 | Davidson 7, South Carolina 0 | at South Carolina | ||
| Nov 14, 1914 | Davidson 13, South Carolina 7 | at South Carolina | ||
| Nov 15, 1913 | South Carolina 10, Davidson 0 | at Davidson | ||
| Nov 18, 1911 | Davidson 10, South Carolina 0 | at South Carolina | ||
| Nov 12, 1910 | Davidson 53, South Carolina 0 | at Davidson | ||
| Nov 13, 1909 | Davidson 29, South Carolina 5 | at Davidson | ||
| Oct 29, 1908 | Davidson 22, South Carolina 0 | at South Carolina | ||
| Nov 8, 1903 | South Carolina 29, Davidson 12 | at South Carolina |
Every game is listed as played on the field.