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1954 South Carolina

6–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Rex Enright.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1954, game by game: won at No. 18 Army 34–20; lost vs. West Virginia 6–26; won at Furman 27–7; won vs. Clemson 13–8; lost vs. Maryland 0–20; lost at North Carolina 19–21; won vs. Virginia 27–0; lost at Duke 7–26; won vs. Wake Forest 20–19; won at The Citadel 19–6+27−20Won 34–20 at No. 18 Army+14No. 18 ArmyLost 6–26 vs. West Virginia-20West VirginiaWon 27–7 at Furman+20FurmanWon 13–8 vs. Clemson+5ClemsonLost 0–20 vs. Maryland-20MarylandLost 19–21 at North Carolina-2North CarolinaWon 27–0 vs. Virginia+27VirginiaLost 7–26 at Duke-19DukeWon 20–19 vs. Wake Forest+1Wake ForestWon 19–6 at The Citadel+13The Citadel
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25at18ArmyW 34–⁠2038%
Oct 2vsWest VirginiaL 6–⁠2659%
Oct 9atFurmanW 27–⁠753%
Oct 21vsClemsonW 13–⁠872%
Oct 30vsMarylandL 0–⁠2043%
Nov 6atNorth CarolinaL 19–⁠2157%
Nov 13vsVirginiaW 27–⁠074%
Nov 20atDukeL 7–⁠2635%
Nov 27vsWake ForestW 20–⁠1976%
Dec 4atThe CitadelW 19–⁠682%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat The Citadel 19–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 20th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 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 1954.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
172–⁠153
Coach
Rex Enright
Elo
1550 +5 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.4 No. 46 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bill Wohrman and Harry Lovell

All-conference

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Harry LovellOT, All-ACCAP-2
  • Mackie PrickettB, All-ACCAP-2
  • Carl BrazellB, All-ACCAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team articles, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1954 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke4–⁠08–⁠2–⁠114
Maryland4–⁠0–⁠17–⁠2–⁠18
North Carolina4–⁠24–⁠5–⁠1
South Carolina3–⁠36–⁠4
Clemson1–⁠25–⁠5
Wake Forest1–⁠4–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia0–⁠23–⁠6
NC State0–⁠42–⁠8

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