1938 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1938 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	6–4–1 (2–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Rex Enright (1st season)
Captain	W. R. Howell, Larry Craig
Home stadium	Carolina Municipal Stadium (capacity: 17,600)
Seasons ←  1937 1939  →

1938 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Duke $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Clemson	3	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
VMI	4	–	0	–	3			6	–	1	–	4
North Carolina	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Richmond	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Washington and Lee	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
NC State	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
VPI	2	–	3	–	2			3	–	5	–	2
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Davidson	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Furman	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
William & Mary	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 South Carolina Gamecocks football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1938 college football season. In their first season under head coach Rex Enright, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 6–4–1 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the SoCon. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Erskine *	Carolina Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC	W 53–0
September 24	at Xavier *	Xavier Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 6–0		[2]
October 1	Georgia *	Carolina Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	L 6–7	13,000	[3]
October 8	Wake Forest	Carolina Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC	L 19–20	6,500
October 14	vs. Davidson	Sumter County Fair Grounds Sumter, SC	W 25–0		[4]
October 20	Clemson	Carolina Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	L 12–34	22,500	[5]
October 28	No. 15 Villanova *	County Fairgrounds Orangeburg, SC	T 6–6		[6]
November 5	Duquesne	Carolina Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC	W 7–0
November 12	at Furman	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	W 27–6	12,500	[7]
November 19	at No. 18 Fordham *	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–13	15,000
November 28	at Catholic University	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 7–0		[8]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1938 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
2. Bob Bohne (September 25, 1938). "Gamecocks score in final period to beat "X": Southerners outplayed for half". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 25. Retrieved August 11, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Georgia noses out S.C., 7–6". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 2, 1938. Retrieved September 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Birds brush Davidson '11' aside, 25–0". The Columbia Record. October 15, 1938. Retrieved September 5, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
5. Scoop Latimer (October 21, 1938). "Clemson's great team overwhelms birds, 34 To 12". The Greenville News. pp. 1, 17. Retrieved August 11, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
6. "South Carolina holds Villanova to 6 to 6". Daily Boston Globe . October 29, 1938. p. 5.
7. "Carolina cracks Furman, 27 to 6". The State. November 13, 1938. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
8. "South Carolina defeats Catholic U., 7 to 0". The Greenville News. November 29, 1938. Retrieved February 16, 2022– via Newspapers.com.