Kansas State vs. South Carolina

Kansas State and South Carolina have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1940; South Carolina leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s South Carolina 2–⁠1.

Kansas State wins
1
South Carolina wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1940
Longest streak
1 South Carolina
Current streak
1 South Carolina
Last 10 meetings
South Carolina 2–⁠1
Most recent
1984

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s1–⁠1
1980s0–⁠1
Average margin
14 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kansas State
1–⁠0 Kansas State’s record at home
At South Carolina
2–⁠0 South Carolina’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Kansas State and South Carolina, 1940 on130015001700194019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Wilmington morning star's story of the 1940 game: CAMECOCKS TAKE VICTORY 20 TO l3 Aerial Tactics Account For All Three Touchdowns Against Kansas State

    1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 10, 1940

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1941 game: FOOT BAIL @ R{3SW{5 IFS Mr

    1941 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 10, 1941

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 6, 1984South Carolina 49, Kansas State 17at South Carolina
Nov 8, 1941Kansas State 3, South Carolina 0at Kansas State
Nov 9, 1940South Carolina 20, Kansas State 13at South Carolina

Every game is listed as played on the field.