The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 06, 1992, Homecoming Tab, Page 2, Image 10
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By ANDREW BORGERT
Staff Writer
Since the first homecoming
game in 1930, the the Gamecocks
have played a wide variety of
teams ranging from the good to the
had to the ugly.
USC's first homecoming game
was held Nov. 15, 1930. The
Gamecocks, coached then by Billy
: I.aval, played Sewanee. At the
time, Sewanee was a major player
in the ranks of southern football, as
evidenced by the fact that the
school was a charter member of the
SEC in 1933.
The Cocks won the game 14-13,
enroute to a 6-4 season.
Among the teams Carolina has
played for homecoming, Maryland
ranks first' in total games. As an
ACC member, USQ played Marykind
nine times for homecoming.
The first meeting was on Dec. 1,
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In 1971, die last homecoming
meeting between the teams, Paul
Dietzel's Carolina squad won by a
convincing 35-6 score.
Maryland actually holds a winning
homecoming record against
USC with a 5-4 edge.
Another traditional homecoming
opponent has been Furman. The
Paladins, who beat USC 44-0 in
the Gamecock's inagural football
gtune in 1892. have appeared in
eight homecoming games, most
recently in 1951. USC holds a 4-31
homecoming record against Fur
man.
North Carolina has been less
kind than Furman and Maryland.
The Tar Heels have played in Carolina
homecoming games seven
times, winning five. The last time
die two met was 1963.
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team on homecoming. Their
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The Gamecocks won that one
course, by the score of 35-7.
We have seen die good and
bad, but what about the ugly?
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State was trounced 49-17 in 1'
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homecoming, winning 39-(
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