North Carolina vs. South Carolina
North Carolina and South Carolina have 60 meetings on file, the first in 1903; North Carolina leads the series 36–20–4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s South Carolina 7–3. Share
- North Carolina wins
- 36
- South Carolina wins
- 20
- Ties
- 4
- Earliest on file
- 1903
- Longest streak
- 5 North Carolina
- Current streak
- 1 North Carolina
- Last 10 meetings
- South Carolina 7–3
- Most recent
- 2023
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 4–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 6–2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 3–2 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 8–2 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 4–4 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 3–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–1 |
- Average margin
- 12.4 points; 24 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At North Carolina
- 19–8–3 North Carolina’s record at home
- At South Carolina
- 10–14–1 South Carolina’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 3–2 North Carolina first
- Shutouts
- 19
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- North Carolina’s biggest win1914: North Carolina 48, South Carolina 0by 48 points
- South Carolina’s biggest win1990: South Carolina 27, North Carolina 5by 22 points
- Upset1952: North Carolina 27, South Carolina 19North Carolina had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1981: South Carolina 31, North Carolina 13South Carolina had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1941: South Carolina 13, North Carolina 7South Carolina had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | North Carolina | Series | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921–1924 | William Fetzer | 2–1–1 | Sol Metzger |
| 1949–1952 | Carl Snavely | 4–0 | Rex Enright |
| 1953–1955 | George Barclay | 2–1 | Rex Enright |
| 1956–1958 | Jim Tatum | 2–1 | Warren Giese |
| 1961–1964 | James Hickey | 4–0 | Marvin Bass |
| 1967–1974 | Bill Dooley | 0–5 | Paul Dietzel |
| 1978–1981 | Dick Crum | 2–1 | Jim Carlen |
| 1989–1991 | Mack Brown | 1–2 | Sparky Woods |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from North Carolina’s side (Fetzer 2–1–1 against Metzger). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Kaimon Rucker North Carolina | 8 tackles, 2 sacks, 5.5 for loss | 2023 Defense |
Named most valuable
| Dakereon Joyner South Carolina | 2021 |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1904 · The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, Oct 16, 1904
1908 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 15, 1908
1910 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 20, 1910
1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Nov 3, 1924
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.
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2023.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.