Duke vs. South Carolina

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Duke’s biggest win1945: Duke 60, South Carolina 0by 60 points
2. South Carolina’s biggest win1979: South Carolina 35, Duke 0by 35 points
3. Upset1974: Duke 20, South Carolina 14Duke had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1967: South Carolina 21, Duke 17South Carolina had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1982: Duke 30, South Carolina 17Duke had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Duke’s side (Wade 2–⁠0–⁠1 against Enright). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 28, 1930

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  1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 27, 1931

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  1936 · Evening star, Oct 4, 1936

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  1945 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Sep 24, 1945

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  1951 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 24, 1951

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Duke vs. North Carolina106 meetings, Duke 38–⁠64–⁠4
• Duke vs. Wake Forest102 meetings, Duke 60–⁠40–⁠2
• Duke vs. Georgia Tech93 meetings, Duke 35–⁠57–⁠1
• Duke vs. NC State86 meetings, Duke 44–⁠37–⁠5
• South Carolina vs. Clemson117 meetings, South Carolina 43–⁠70–⁠4
• South Carolina vs. Georgia73 meetings, South Carolina 19–⁠52–⁠2
• South Carolina vs. North Carolina60 meetings, South Carolina 20–⁠36–⁠4
• South Carolina vs. Wake Forest56 meetings, South Carolina 34–⁠20–⁠2