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Today's Date In Gamecock History
September 26th
1931 - The Gamecocks stunned Duke and their legendary head coach Wallace Wade in the season opener, shutting out the Blue Devils in a narrow 7-0 victory. Wade, who was in his first year at Duke, had been the head man at Alabama and hadn't lost a game since 1925. Carolina on the other hand, was starting six sophomores playing in their first game, and it would be one of those who was the star on the day. USC recovered a Duke fumble at the Blue Devil 18 early in the second quarter. Gaffney native Earl Clary, one of the six sophs, rushed for 13 yards to move the ball on first down. It took three more tries, but Clary scored from the five on fourth down to give Carolina the only score of the day. Clary would finish with 103 yards rushing.

Birthdays
SportAthletePositionHometownBeginEndNote
MSOC Ayo Akinsete Forward London, 2003 2006 3rd team All-Conference USA as a senior; led team in goals scored as freshman
BB Mark Calvert Pitcher Waldorf, MD 1980 1983 Won 20 games over 4 seasons was 8-1 with 2.78 ERA in 1982.
FB Steven Montac Safety Covington, GA 2016 2018 Made 20 career starts, 130 tkl, 3 int including 1 in bowl win over Michigan
WSOC Luciana Zullo Forward Flemington, NJ 2017 2019 SEC All-Freshman in 2017 when she had 5 goals and 13 points; had 6 goals in 2019

Games Played on September 26th
Football
DateScoreNote
1925-09-26 South Carolina 33 , Erskine 0 USC holds Erskine without a first down, Jack Wright scores 2 TDs
1931-09-26 South Carolina 7 , Duke 0
1936-09-26 VMI 24 , South Carolina 7
1942-09-26 South Carolina 0 , Tennessee 0
1953-09-26 South Carolina 25 , Citadel 0
1959-09-26 South Carolina 30 , Furman 0
1964-09-26 Maryland 24 , South Carolina 6
1970-09-26 South Carolina 7 , N.C. State 7
1981-09-26 Georgia 24 , South Carolina 0
1987-09-26 Georgia 13 , South Carolina 6
1992-09-26 Kentucky 13 , South Carolina 9
1998-09-26 Mississippi State 38 , South Carolina 0
2015-09-26 South Carolina 31 , Central Florida 14 Nunez racks up 300+ yds of offense in 1st start; Holloman 2 INTs
2020-09-26 Tennessee 31 , South Carolina 27 Gamecocks have chances but can't come up with key plays
Men's Basketball
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Baseball
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Men's Soccer
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1978-09-26 South Carolina 13 , Coastal Carolina 2
1981-09-26 South Carolina 3 , Erskine 2
1984-09-26 South Carolina 2 , Furman 1
1990-09-26 South Carolina 4 , Erskine 0
1993-09-26 South Carolina 5 , Virginia Commonwealth 1
2001-09-26 South Carolina 4 , Davidson 1
2003-09-26 Portland 2 , South Carolina 0
2014-09-26 Marshall 1 , South Carolina 0
2017-09-26 Wake Forest 2 , South Carolina 1
Volleyball
DateScore
1978-09-26 South Carolina 2 , Clemson 0
1978-09-26 Winthrop 2 , South Carolina 1
1980-09-26 Indiana 2 , South Carolina 0
1980-09-26 South Carolina 2 , Tennessee-Martin 0
1980-09-26 North Carolina 2 , South Carolina 0
1980-09-26 Northern Kentucky 2 , South Carolina 0
1981-09-26 Northwestern 2 , South Carolina 0
1981-09-26 Memphis 2 , South Carolina 1
2008-09-26 Mississippi 3 , South Carolina 1
2010-09-26 South Carolina 3 , Citadel 1
2014-09-26 South Carolina 3 , Mississippi 2
Women's Soccer
DateScore
1997-09-26 South Carolina 2 , Arkansas 1
1999-09-26 South Carolina 8 , LSU 1
2000-09-26 South Carolina 3 , Wofford 2
2003-09-26 South Carolina 3 , Georgia Southern 1
2004-09-26 Alabama 4 , South Carolina 2
2010-09-26 South Carolina 5 , Kentucky 1
2014-09-26 Missouri 1 , South Carolina 0
2019-09-26 South Carolina 5 , Alabama 2
Women's Basketball
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Softball
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