South Carolina vs. Virginia

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

1. South Carolina’s biggest win1987: South Carolina 58, Virginia 10by 48 points
2. Virginia’s biggest win1913: Virginia 54, South Carolina 0by 54 points
3. Upset1968: South Carolina 49, Virginia 28South Carolina had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1952: South Carolina 21, Virginia 14South Carolina had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1972: Virginia 24, South Carolina 16Virginia had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from South Carolina’s side (Enright 3–⁠0 against McDonald). 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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  1912 · The Washington herald, Oct 15, 1912

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  1914 · The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., Oct 18, 1914

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  1915 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 14, 1915

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  1916 · Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, Nov 12, 1916

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  1928 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 9, 1928

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
• Virginia vs. North Carolina120 meetings, Virginia 51–⁠65–⁠4
• Virginia vs. Virginia Tech101 meetings, Virginia 34–⁠62–⁠5
• Virginia vs. Maryland80 meetings, Virginia 32–⁠46–⁠2
• Virginia vs. VMI78 meetings, Virginia 53–⁠23–⁠2