| Score | |
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| Team | Score |
| South Carolina | 49 |
| Alabama-Birmingham | 6 |
| GamecockArchives.com Players of the Game | |
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| Player | Unit | Jadeveon Clowney | Defense | Mike Davis | Freshman | Bruce Ellington | Offense | Adam Yates | Special Teams |
| Game Summary |
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| Scoring Plays | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter | Game Time | Team | SC Score | Opp Score | Play |
| 1 | 12;41 | UAB | 0 | 3 | Ty Long, 33-yd field goal |
| 1 | 02:17 | USC | 7 | 3 | D.J. Swearinger, 65-yd fumble return (Adam Yates kick) |
| 2 | 11:15 | USC | 14 | 3 | Ace Sanders, 16-yd pass from Connor Shaw (Adam Yates kick) |
| 2 | 04:34 | UAB | 14 | 6 | Ty Long, 46-yd field goal |
| 2 | 01:37 | USC | 21 | 6 | Marcus Lattimore, 2-yd run (Adam Yates kick) |
| 3 | 12:57 | USC | 28 | 6 | Dylan Thompson, 6-yd run (Adam Yates kick) |
| 3 | 07:03 | USC | 35 | 6 | Damiere Byrd, 94-yd pass from Dylan Thompson (Adam Yates kick) |
| 4 | 13:06 | USC | 42 | 6 | Shaq Roland, 30-yd pass from Dylan Thompson (Adam Yates kick) |
| 4 | 10:05 | USC | 49 | 6 | Mike Davis, 3-yd run (Landon Ard kick) |
| Team Stats | ||
|---|---|---|
| USC | Alabama-Birmingham | |
| First Downs | 20 | 20 |
| Rush Att | 31 | 42 |
| Rush Yds | 179 | 27 |
| Rush Avg | 5.8 | 0.6 |
| Pass Att-Com-Int | 27 - 15 - 1 | 37 - 20 - 0 |
| Comp. Pct | 55.6 | 54.1 |
| Pass Yds | 322 | 240 |
| Yds Per Att | 11.93 | 6.49 |
| Penalties | 6 . 69 | 6 . 63 |
| USC Rushing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Marcus Lattimore | 12 | 85 | 7.1 | 1 | Mike Davis | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 1 | Andrew Clifford | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | Blair Lowery | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | Kenny Miles | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | Joshua Blue | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | Dylan Thompson | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 1 | Connor Shaw | 5 | -6 | -1.2 | 0 |
| Alabama-Birmingham Rushing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| USC Passing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Att | Com | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Dylan Thompson | 10 | 5 | 177 | 17.7 | 2 | 0 | Connor Shaw | 14 | 8 | 107 | 7.6 | 1 | 1 | Seth Strickland | 2 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | Andrew Clifford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alabama-Birmingham Passing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Att | Com | Yds | YPA | TD | Int |
| USC Receiving | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rec | Trgt | Com% | Yds | BP | Avg | 34DTrgt | 34DConv | TD | Bruce Ellington | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 98 | 3 | 19.6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Ace Sanders | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 55 | 2 | 13.8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Damiere Byrd | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 94 | 1 | 94.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jerrell Adams | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 33 | 1 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shaq Roland | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 30 | 1 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Blair Lowery | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marcus Lattimore | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rory (Busta) Anderson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alabama-Birmingham Receiving | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rec | Yds | Int |
| Kickoff Returns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | KR | Yds | TD |
| Punt Returns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | PR | Yds | TD | Ace Sanders | 1 | 35 | 0 | Victor Hampton | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Punts | Yds | Avg | Net Yds | Net Avg | In20 | TB | Long | Tyler Hull | 4 | 150 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| 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 |