Presbyterian vs. South Carolina

Presbyterian and South Carolina have 15 meetings on file, the first in 1915; South Carolina leads the series 12–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s South Carolina 9–⁠1, and South Carolina has won the last 8.

Presbyterian wins
3
South Carolina wins
12
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1915
Longest streak
8 South Carolina
Current streak
8 South Carolina
Last 10 meetings
South Carolina 9–⁠1
Most recent
1945

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s2–⁠1
1920s1–⁠7
1930s0–⁠1
1940s0–⁠3
Average margin
24.5 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At South Carolina
12–⁠3 South Carolina’s record at home
Shutouts
11

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Presbyterian’s biggest win1919: Presbyterian 6, South Carolina 0by 6 points
  2. South Carolina’s biggest win1937: South Carolina 64, Presbyterian 0by 64 points
  3. Upset1923: Presbyterian 7, South Carolina 3Presbyterian had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1919: Presbyterian 6, South Carolina 0Presbyterian had a 19% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsPresbyterianSeriesSouth Carolina
1920–⁠1924Walter Johnson1–⁠4Sol Metzger

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Presbyterian’s side (Johnson 1–⁠4 against Metzger). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Presbyterian and South Carolina, 1915 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 1944 game: DUKE MUST TOP TWO MORE FOES FOR LOOP TITLE Indians Furnish DAYS Big. gest Surprise, Tying Heels

    1944 · The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., Nov 13, 1944

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 29, 1945South Carolina 40, Presbyterian 0at South Carolina
Nov 11, 1944South Carolina 28, Presbyterian 7at South Carolina
Oct 9, 1943South Carolina 20, Presbyterian 7at South Carolina
Nov 20, 1937South Carolina 64, Presbyterian 0at South Carolina
Oct 18, 1929South Carolina 41, Presbyterian 0at South Carolina
Oct 19, 1928South Carolina 13, Presbyterian 0at South Carolina
Nov 20, 1925South Carolina 21, Presbyterian 0at South Carolina
Oct 17, 1924South Carolina 29, Presbyterian 0at South Carolina
Oct 6, 1923Presbyterian 7, South Carolina 3at South Carolina
Oct 7, 1922South Carolina 6, Presbyterian 0at South Carolina
Oct 22, 1921South Carolina 48, Presbyterian 0at South Carolina
Oct 21, 1920South Carolina 14, Presbyterian 0at South Carolina
Sep 27, 1919Presbyterian 6, South Carolina 0at South Carolina
Nov 24, 1917Presbyterian 20, South Carolina 14at South Carolina
Oct 9, 1915South Carolina 41, Presbyterian 0at South Carolina

Every game is listed as played on the field.