South Carolina vs. Villanova

South Carolina and Villanova have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1932; Villanova leads the series 4–⁠1–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Villanova 4–⁠1.

South Carolina wins
1
Villanova wins
4
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1932
Longest streak
3 Villanova
Current streak
1 Villanova
Last 10 meetings
Villanova 4–⁠1
Most recent
1939

The series at a glance

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

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

Games that tell the story

  1. South Carolina’s biggest win1932: South Carolina 7, Villanova 6by 1 points
  2. Villanova’s biggest win1939: Villanova 40, South Carolina 0by 40 points

Coach against coach

YearsSouth CarolinaSeriesVillanova
1932–⁠1934Billy Laval1–⁠2Harry Stuhldreher

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from South Carolina’s side (Laval 1–⁠2 against Stuhldreher). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of South Carolina and Villanova, 1932 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 Waterbury Democrat's story of the 1932 game

    1932 · The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, Oct 3, 1932

  • The Evening star's story of the 1936 game: Georgetown Is Among Five With Only a Deadlock to Mar Record.

    1936 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 9, 1936

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1938 game: SOUTH CAROLINA TIES VILLANOvA

    1938 · The Washington times, Oct 29, 1938

  • The Imperial Valley press's story of the 1939 game: FOOTBALL SCORES

    1939 · Imperial Valley press, California, Oct 8, 1939

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, 1939Villanova 40, South Carolina 0at Villanova
Oct 28, 193815Villanova 6, South Carolina 6at Villanova
Nov 7, 1936Villanova 14, South Carolina 0at South Carolina
Nov 10, 1934Villanova 20, South Carolina 0at Villanova
Oct 7, 1933Villanova 15, South Carolina 6at South Carolina
Oct 1, 1932South Carolina 7, Villanova 6at Villanova

Every game is listed as played on the field.