10;The top 10 college football games played in the Palmetto State

10;The top 10 college football games played in the Palmetto State

Published Oct. 11, 2010 10:02 p.m. ET

1. SOUTH CAROLINA 35, ALABAMA 21

WHEN: Oct. 9, 2010 in Columbia

WHY: Stephen Garcia throws three touchdown passes, Marcus Lattimore

scores three and South Carolina upsets No. 1-ranked defending champion

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2. SOUTH CAROLINA 20, CLEMSON 7

WHEN: Nov. 21, 1987 in Columbia

WHY: No. 12 downs No. 8 in the highest combined AP ranking in the series

3. CLEMSON 29, SOUTH CAROLINA 13

WHEN: Nov. 21, 1981 in Columbia

WHY: Tigers improve to 11-0 on the way to the Orange Bowl and national

title

4. THE CITADEL 38, S. CAROLINA 35

WHEN: Oct. 29, 1990 in Columbia

WHY: Bulldogs shock a 6-5 team that beat UNC, Virginia Tech and West

Virginia

5. CLEMSON 26, FLORIDA STATE 10

WHEN: Nov. 8, 2003 in Clemson

WHY: Tommy Bowden saves his job with an upset of his father's No. 3

Seminoles

6. CLEMSON 13, GEORGIA 3

WHEN: Sept. 19, 1981 in Clemson

WHY: Unranked Tigers force 9 turnovers vs. No. 4 Georgia and Herschel Walker

7. S. CAROLINA 38, FLORIDA STATE 26

WHEN: Nov. 10, 1984 in Columbia

WHY: "Black Magic" team goes to 9-0 and peaks at No. 2 with win over No. 11

Florida State

8. FURMAN 38, IDAHO 7

WHEN: Dec. 10, 1988, Greenville

WHY: Division I-AA semifinal, then Furman beat Ga. Southern for title in Idaho

9. S.C. STATE 17, FURMAN 0

WHEN: Nov. 27, 1982 in Greenville

WHY: Bulldogs win a first-round Division I-AA playoff game on the road

10. WOFFORD 5, FURMAN 1

WHEN: Dec. 14, 1889 in Spartanburg

WHY: The very first college football game played in the Palmetto State

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