| Score | |
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| Team | Score |
| South Carolina | 35 |
| Mississippi | 29 |
| GamecockArchives.com Players of the Game | |
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| Player | Unit |
| Game Summary |
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| The #23 Gamecocks improved to 5-1 on the year after some last minute offensive heroics lifted Carolina to a 35-29 win over Ole Miss in Jackson, Mississippi. It looked like the Rebels, who had just stunned Georgia with a late score and win the week before, would be the ones to pull off the comeback win, as Tim Ellis threw a ten yard touchdown pass to Rick Kimbrough with 1:37 left on the clock. That score gave the Rebels a narrow one point lead with time winding down. After the ensuing kickoff the Gamecocks stood on their own sixteen with 90 seconds remaining. Jeff Grantz hit two quick completions to Scott Thomas and Stevie Stephens and after a 15-yard penalty on Ole Miss the Gamecocks had made it to midfield. Grantz found Stephens for 15 more and Thomas for seven, leaving Carolina at the Rebel 28 with under 30 seconds left. Grantz, with a defender grabbing his legs, found Phillip Logan for the winning score with just 22 ticks remaining and after a Bobby Marino extra point and the kickoff, USC sacked Ellis to run out the clock. It was a huge day for Grantz, who threw for 164 yards and three scores while also rushing for a touchdown. Coach Jim Carlen gushed about his quarterback after the game. 'If Jeff Grantz isn't an All-American then there's not one in the country. What he did there at the end of the game you can't coach. There was no doubt in his mind that we weren't going to win the game.'. Grantz was 5 of 5 passing for 66 yards on the final drive. The victory lifted the Gamecocks three more spots in the AP top 25, up to number twenty. ; |
| Scoring Plays | |||||
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| Quarter | Game Time | Team | SC Score | Opp Score | Play |
| 1 | 08:25 | USC | 7 | 0 | Jeff Grantz, 1-yd run (Bobby Marino kick) |
| 2 | 06:04 | USC | 14 | 0 | Brian Nemeth 6-yd pass from Jeff Grantz (Bobby Marino kick) |
| 2 | 05:49 | USC | 21 | 0 | Scott Thomas, 23-yd pass from Jeff Grantz (Bobby Marino kick) |
| 2 | 01:23 | UMS | 21 | 7 | Sweet, 1-yd run (Steve Lavingzhouse kick) |
| 3 | UMS | 21 | 14 | Tim Ellis, 1-yd run (Steve Lavingzhouse kick) | |
| 3 | 02:17 | USC | 28 | 14 | Scott Blackman, 25-yd interception return (Bobby Marino kick) |
| 4 | 11:34 | UMS | 28 | 21 | Sweet, 7-yd run (Steve Lavingzhouse kick) |
| 4 | 01:37 | UMS | 28 | 29 | Rick Kimbrough, 10-yd pass from Tim Ellis (James Storey pass from Tim Ellis) |
| 4 | 00:22 | USC | 35 | 29 | Phillip Logan, 28-yd pass from Jeff Grantz (Bobby Marino kick) |
| Team Stats | ||
|---|---|---|
| USC | Mississippi | |
| First Downs | 22 | 22 |
| Rush Att | 40 | 57 |
| Rush Yds | 157 | 233 |
| Rush Avg | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| Pass Att-Com-Int | 22 - 15 - 1 | 15 - 12 - 1 |
| Comp. Pct | 68.2 | 80.0 |
| Pass Yds | 164 | 145 |
| Yds Per Att | 7.45 | 9.67 |
| Penalties | 4 . 17 | 11 . 99 |
| USC Rushing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Kevin Long | 12 | 78 | 6.5 | 0 | Clarence Williams | 15 | 40 | 2.7 | 0 | Jeff Grantz | 12 | 15 | 1.3 | 1 | Tom Amrein | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Mississippi Rushing | ||||
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| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| USC Passing | ||||||
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| Player | Att | Com | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Jeff Grantz | 22 | 15 | 164 | 7.5 | 3 | 1 |
| Mississippi Passing | ||||||
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| Player | Att | Com | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| USC Receiving | |||||||||
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| Player | Rec | Trgt | Com% | Yds | BP | Avg | 34DTrgt | 34DConv | TD | Scott Thomas | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 60 | 1 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Stevie Stephens | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 47 | 1 | 11.8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Kevin Long | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 19 | 0 | 6.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Phillip Logan | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 28 | 1 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Brian Nemeth | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Clarence Williams | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi Receiving | |||
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| Player | Rec | Yds | Int |
| Kickoff Returns | |||
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| Player | KR | Yds | TD |
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| Player | PR | Yds | TD |
| Punting | ||||||||
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| Player | Punts | Yds | Avg | Net Yds | Net Avg | In20 | TB | Long |
| Game Defense | |||||||||||
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| Player | TKL | TFL | SK | FF | FR | PBU | QBH | IPL | CDPL | RZPL | SPP |
| Game Interceptions | |||
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| Player | Int | Yds | TD |
| Game Participation (Starters in All Caps) | |
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| Player | Pos |
| JEFF GRANTZ | QB |
| MIKE MCCABE | C |