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1951 South Carolina

5–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Southern Conference), coached by Rex Enright.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1951, game by game: lost vs. Duke 6–34; won vs. The Citadel 26–7; won vs. Furman 21–6; lost at North Carolina 6–21; won vs. Clemson 20–0; lost vs. George Washington 14–20; won at West Virginia 34–13; lost at Virginia 27–28; won vs. Wake Forest 21–6+21−28Lost 6–34 vs. Duke-28DukeWon 26–7 vs. The Citadel+19The CitadelWon 21–6 vs. Furman+15FurmanLost 6–21 at North Carolina-15North CarolinaWon 20–0 vs. Clemson+20ClemsonLost 14–20 vs. George Washington-6George Washingt…Won 34–13 at West Virginia+21West VirginiaLost 27–28 at Virginia-1VirginiaWon 21–6 vs. Wake Forest+15Wake Forest
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsDukeL 6–⁠3445%
Sep 29vsThe CitadelW 26–⁠766%
Oct 6vsFurmanW 21–⁠675%
Oct 13atNorth CarolinaL 6–⁠2138%
Oct 25vsClemsonW 20–⁠037%
Nov 3vsGeorge WashingtonL 14–⁠2067%
Nov 10atWest VirginiaW 34–⁠1348%
Nov 17atVirginiaL 27–⁠2823%
Nov 24vsWake ForestW 21–⁠641%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Wake Forest 21–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
5–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 7th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
175–⁠135
Coach
Rex Enright
Elo
1529 +58 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.5 No. 50 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Steve Wadiak

Drafted in 1952

The 1952 draft
Rd 3Steve Wadiak BPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 7Harry Jabbusch CChicago Cardinals

All-Southern Conference

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland5–⁠010–⁠03
VMI5–⁠07–⁠3
William & Mary5–⁠17–⁠3
Washington and Lee5–⁠16–⁠4
Clemson3–⁠17–⁠319
Duke4–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Wake Forest5–⁠36–⁠4
South Carolina5–⁠35–⁠4
George Washington2–⁠3–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
West Virginia2–⁠35–⁠5
North Carolina2–⁠32–⁠8
NC State2–⁠63–⁠7
Richmond2–⁠63–⁠8
The Citadel1–⁠34–⁠6
Furman1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠51–⁠8
Virginia Tech1–⁠72–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.