Erskine vs. South Carolina

Erskine and South Carolina first met in 1917 and have played 16 times; South Carolina leads the series 15–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s South Carolina 10–⁠0, and South Carolina has won the last 15.

Erskine wins
1
South Carolina wins
15
Ties
0
First meeting
1917
Longest streak
15 South Carolina
Current streak
15 South Carolina
Last 10 meetings
South Carolina 10–⁠0
Most recent
1938

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠1
1920s0–⁠9
1930s0–⁠5
Average margin
24.7 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At South Carolina
15–⁠1 South Carolina’s record at home
Shutouts
12

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Erskine’s biggest win1917: Erskine 14, South Carolina 13by 1 points
  2. South Carolina’s biggest win1938: South Carolina 53, Erskine 0by 53 points
  3. Upset1917: Erskine 14, South Carolina 13Erskine had a 12% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Erskine and South Carolina, 1917 on1300150017001920192519301935194019451950

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

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1921 game: H. of S. G.. Trims Erskine.

    1921 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Oct 2, 1921

  • The Evening star's story of the 1930 game: GAMECOCKS SCORE, 1910 South Carolina Beats Erskine as Rain and Hail Fall.

    1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 21, 1930

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

Sep 19, 1938South Carolina 53, Erskine 0at South Carolina
Sep 19, 1936South Carolina 38, Erskine 0at South Carolina
Sep 21, 1935South Carolina 33, Erskine 0at South Carolina
Sep 29, 1934South Carolina 25, Erskine 0at South Carolina
Sep 20, 1930South Carolina 19, Erskine 0at South Carolina
Sep 28, 1929South Carolina 26, Erskine 7at South Carolina
Sep 22, 1928South Carolina 19, Erskine 0at South Carolina
Sep 24, 1927South Carolina 13, Erskine 6at South Carolina
Sep 25, 1926South Carolina 41, Erskine 0at South Carolina
Sep 26, 1925South Carolina 33, Erskine 0at South Carolina
Sep 27, 1924South Carolina 47, Erskine 0at South Carolina
Sep 29, 1923South Carolina 35, Erskine 0at South Carolina
Sep 29, 1922South Carolina 13, Erskine 0at South Carolina
Oct 1, 1921South Carolina 13, Erskine 7at South Carolina
Oct 4, 1919South Carolina 6, Erskine 0at South Carolina
Nov 3, 1917Erskine 14, South Carolina 13at South Carolina

Every game is listed as played on the field.