Miami vs. South Carolina

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

1. Miami’s biggest win1986: Miami 34, South Carolina 14by 20 points
2. South Carolina’s biggest win1947: South Carolina 8, Miami 0by 8 points
3. Upset1941: Miami 7, South Carolina 6Miami had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Ranked showdown1987: Miami 20, South Carolina 16No. 8 South Carolina at No. 2 Miami

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Miami’s side (Harding 2–⁠3 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.

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

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  1936 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Dec 12, 1936

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  1956 · The Miami times. (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, Florida, Sep 29, 1956

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.

• Miami vs. Florida State71 meetings, Miami 38–⁠33
• Miami vs. Florida58 meetings, Miami 31–⁠27
• Miami vs. Pittsburgh43 meetings, Miami 30–⁠12–⁠1
• Miami vs. Virginia Tech42 meetings, Miami 27–⁠15
• 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