South Carolina vs. The Citadel

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

1. South Carolina’s biggest win1949: South Carolina 42, The Citadel 0by 42 points
2. The Citadel’s biggest win1916: The Citadel 20, South Carolina 2by 18 points
3. Upset1990: The Citadel 38, South Carolina 35The Citadel had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset2015: The Citadel 23, South Carolina 22The Citadel had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1909: South Carolina 11, The Citadel 5South Carolina had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from South Carolina’s side (Edgerton 2–⁠1 against Rogers). 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.

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  1921 · The Pensacola journal, Pensacola, Fla., Nov 25, 1921

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  1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 30, 1931

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  1942 · Imperial Valley press, Nov 1, 1942

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  1949 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Dec 4, 1949

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  1951 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 30, 1951

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.

• 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
• The Citadel vs. Furman81 meetings, The Citadel 32–⁠47–⁠2
• The Citadel vs. VMI60 meetings, The Citadel 33–⁠26–⁠1
• The Citadel vs. Wofford56 meetings, The Citadel 30–⁠26
• The Citadel vs. Davidson54 meetings, The Citadel 29–⁠21–⁠4