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Furman Football 100 Years Ago This Week

PostPosted:Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:48 pm
by Affirm
One hundred years ago this week, on 10/29/1921, Furman Football beat The Citadel 42-0, closing out an October in which Furman struggled to get to a 3-2-1 season-to-date record.
(The previous 3 weeks had seen a 7-27 loss at Georgia, a 0-69 loss at Georgia Tech, and a 0-0 tie in Greenville against a not-good Clemson team.)
(By the way ("by-the-way" ONLY because I started this post after looking back exactly 100 years, above, not 101 years):
101 years ago, the 1920 season, Furman's 9-1-0 record had included 7 shutouts including against Elon, Erskine, Wake Forest, Newberry, Wofford (69-0), Clemson (14-0), and Davidson. The one loss that Furman suffered in that 1920 season was 0-7 against Georgia. The other wins, in addition to the 7 shutouts, had been against The Citadel (21-6) and Oglethorpe (42-3). The 6, 7, and 3 points, respectively, scored by The Citadel, by Georgia, and by Oglethorpe made up the 16 total points that were scored against Furman in that entire 9-1-0 season versus the 286 total points scored by Furman in that 9-1-0 season.)

Re: Furman Football 100 Years Ago This Week

PostPosted:Sun Oct 31, 2021 9:08 am
by Furmanoid
See if you can dig up that 1920 playbook ASAP.

Re: Furman Football 100 Years Ago This Week

PostPosted:Sat Nov 06, 2021 10:46 pm
by Affirm
100 years ago this week, 11/5/1921:
Furman 30 - Mercer 0.
Furman’s W-L record becomes
4-2-1.

Re: Furman Football 100 Years Ago This Week

PostPosted:Sun Nov 07, 2021 2:04 pm
by Louis Tully
Is there video of these games on You Tube?

Re: Furman Football 100 Years Ago This Week

PostPosted:Sun Nov 07, 2021 2:13 pm
by tim
Louis Tully wrote:
Sun Nov 07, 2021 2:04 pm
Is there video of these games on You Tube?
There is a lot of old Furman film on Crazy J Cousins (You Tube) Nothing that old I don't believe but you can see the sirrine stadium days.

Re: Furman Football 100 Years Ago This Week

PostPosted:Sun Nov 07, 2021 4:21 pm
by FUBeAR
tim wrote:
Sun Nov 07, 2021 2:13 pm
Louis Tully wrote:
Sun Nov 07, 2021 2:04 pm
Is there video of these games on You Tube?
There is a lot of old Furman film on Crazy J Cousins (You Tube) Nothing that old I don't believe but you can see the sirrine stadium days.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGG ... EBJPvERtSw

Re: Furman Football 100 Years Ago This Week

PostPosted:Mon Nov 08, 2021 12:15 pm
by Affirm
100 years ago this week, we played at home against South Carolina.
We beat South Carolina on November 12, 1921.
Furman 7 - South Carolina 0
It was South Carolina's ONLY loss that season. They ended up with a 5-1-2 record
Furman ended up with a 7-2-1 record that season.
This week, we play VMI on Saturday, November 13.
Hoping we can pull off a much-desired win.
On November 13 in Furman football history, we have had some fairly good results, going 11-3 overall, 5-0 at home, and 6-3 away.
11/13/1896 (125 years ago): W 10-0 against Charleston Y -away
11/13/1915: W 7-0 against Newberry.
11/13/1920: W 69-0 against Wofford - away
11/13/1926: W 10-7 against South Carolina - away
11/13/1937: W 12-0 against South Carolina - away
11/13/1954: L 14-33 against Florida State - away
11/13/1965: W 14-0 against Richmond
11/13/1971: L 33-35 against Citadel - away
11/13/1976: W 17-10 against East Carolina
11/13/1982: W 45-7 against Marshall - away
11/13/1993: W 17-3 against Marshall
11/13/1999: W 30-3 against Wofford
11/13/2004: W 31-24 against Wofford - away
11/13/2010: L 25-30 against Elon - away
Again, we are 5-0 in November 13 home games.
We have outscored our opponents by combined scores of 85-16 in those 5 previous November 13 games that were at home.
Hoping we will make it 6-0 in November 13 home games.

Re: Furman Football 100 Years Ago This Week

PostPosted:Mon Nov 08, 2021 6:15 pm
by cavedweller2
11/13/93 was awesome. It was a homecoming and the turds were ranked in the top 5 if I recall correctly. We were a 3-8 team that year. This was before Timmons was built so that was parking. It was a Grantland Rice day and in the late afternoon gloaming I don’t think I have had more fun harassing opposing fans on the way back to their cars than I did that day. F*** those green clad pieces of shit. Many of them told me I was #1. Probably one of the most satisfying wins.

Re: Furman Football 100 Years Ago This Week

PostPosted:Sun Nov 14, 2021 7:15 pm
by Affirm
deleting

Re: Furman Football 100 Years Ago This Week

PostPosted:Sun Nov 14, 2021 7:15 pm
by Affirm
Furman Football is now 6-0 in November 13th home games.
12-3 in November 13th games overall.

Re: Furman Football 100 Years Ago This Week

PostPosted:Sun Nov 14, 2021 8:09 pm
by Affirm
November 20th results in Furman Football

8 wins and 6 losses, 14 total games.
After November 20th, 2021, Furman will be 9-6 on 11/20 or 8-7 on 11/20.

6-2 at home and 2-4 away (or Asheville vs. Wake Forest).
After November 20th, 2021, Furman will be 3-4 away or 2-5 away on 11/20.

THE 8 WINS HAVE INCLUDED:
1920 over Clemson, 20-0
1926 over Citadel @ Citadel, 7-0
1959 over Davidson, 35-7
1971 over Carson-Newman, 23-10
1976 over Wofford, 56-14
1982 over Citadel, 27-0. Furman wins SoCon Championship.
1999 over Chattanooga @ Chattanooga, 40-35. Furman wins SoCon Championship.
2004 over Chattanooga, 51-30. Furman wins SoCon Championship.

THE 6 LOSSES HAVE INCLUDED:
1925 L against Wake Forest, 0-9, game played in Asheville, NC.
1948 L @UGA, 0-33
1954 L against Wofford, 0-19
1965 L @ Citadel, 0-28
1993 L @ Chattanooga, 42-45. 5-5-1 that season, no away wins, no home losses (but 1 home tie)
2010 L against Georgia Southern, 28-32. 5-6 (3-5, 6th place in SoCon) that season. Final of Bobby Lamb's 9 seasons. It was Furman's first time to finish as low as 6th in SoCon in the last 13 years.