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1953 South Carolina

7–⁠3 (2–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Rex Enright.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1953, game by game: lost vs. Duke 7–20; won vs. The Citadel 25–0; won at Virginia 19–0; won vs. Furman 27–13; won vs. Clemson 14–7; lost at No. 2 Maryland 6–24; won vs. North Carolina 18–0; won at No. 8 West Virginia 20–14; won vs. Wofford 49–0; lost at Wake Forest 13–19+49−18Lost 7–20 vs. Duke-13DukeWon 25–0 vs. The Citadel+25The CitadelWon 19–0 at Virginia+19VirginiaWon 27–13 vs. Furman+14FurmanWon 14–7 vs. Clemson+7ClemsonLost 6–24 at No. 2 Maryland-18No. 2 MarylandWon 18–0 vs. North Carolina+18North CarolinaWon 20–14 at No. 8 West Virginia+6No. 8 West VirginiaWon 49–0 vs. Wofford+49WoffordLost 13–19 at Wake Forest-6Wake Forest
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsDukeL 7–⁠2041%
Sep 26vsThe CitadelW 25–⁠069%
Oct 3atVirginiaW 19–⁠033%
Oct 10vsFurmanW 27–⁠1371%
Oct 22vsClemsonW 14–⁠772%
Oct 31at2MarylandL 6–⁠2420%
Nov 7vsNorth CarolinaW 18–⁠067%
Nov 14at8West VirginiaW 20–⁠1431%
Nov 21vsWoffordW 49–⁠096%
Nov 26atWake ForestL 13–⁠1964%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wake Forest 19–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 9: 18
  2. Wk 10: 15

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1953.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
2–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
198–⁠97
Coach
Rex Enright
Elo
1567 +79 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.5 No. 49 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Gene Wilson

Drafted in 1954

The 1954 draft
Rd 3Clyde Bennett ENew York Giants
Rd 3Jim Kincaid BLos Angeles Rams
Rd 5Frank Mincevich OGSan Francisco 49ers

All-ACC

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bob KingOGAP-2
  • Carl BrazellBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1953 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1953 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke4–⁠07–⁠2–⁠118
Maryland3–⁠010–⁠11
South Carolina2–⁠37–⁠3
North Carolina2–⁠34–⁠6
Wake Forest2–⁠33–⁠6–⁠1
Clemson1–⁠23–⁠5–⁠1
NC State0–⁠31–⁠9

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