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Score
TeamScore
South Carolina 27
Tennessee 24
GamecockArchives.com Players of the Game
PlayerUnit
T.J. Brunson Defense
Rico Dowdle Offense
Will Tommie Special Teams
Dylan Wonnum Freshman

Game Summary
The offensive line led the way for the Gamecocks to rush for 224 yards and Jake Bentley quarterbacked a gritty second half comeback as Carolina topped Tennessee 27-24. The win was USC's third straight over the Vols and improved Will Muschamp's record as a head coach to 7-0 against Tennessee. As USC has been wont to do in 2018, they fell behind in the first half as UT went up 14-3 and Carolina couldn't seem to get anything going on offense. A 60 yard drive at the end of the first half finished with a great one-handed catch by Deebo Samuel to get the Gamecocks back within five points. Tennessee marched 75 yards to open the third quarter and go up 21-9 but it would be almost all Gamecocks from there on out.

A 34-yard kickoff return by Samuel got Carolina started and a 15-yard run by Rico Dowdle and a 22-yarder by Bentley put USC deep in Vol territory and an 11-yard pass from Bentley to Ty'Son Williams put the ball at the UT 1 and Dowdle took it in from there. A DJ Wonnum sack and UT unsportsmanlike conduct penalty stopped the next Vol drive with a field goal with 1:47 left in the third for Tennessee's final points. Bentley found Bryan Edwards for a 73-yard bomb, followed by a Ty'Son Williams 1-yard touchdown run to make it 24-22. Bentley then rolled out and rumbled into the end zone for the 2-point conversion, surviving a big hit at the goal line. After a Vol drive stalled at the SC 35, reserve RB Mon Denson picked up 30 yards rushing on the next drive, ending with a 25-yard field goal by Parker White that would account for the game winning points. Tennessee's final drive reached the USC 44, but a fourth down sack by DJ Wonnum finished the drive off and preserved the Gamecock victory.;
Scoring Plays
QuarterGame TimeTeamSC ScoreOpp ScorePlay
1 04:53 UTN 0 7 E.Wolf, 5-yd pass from Jarrett Guarantano (B.Cimaglia kick)
1 00:37 USC 3 7 Parker White, 19-yd field goal
2 02:11 UTN 3 14 J.Jennings, 6-yd pass from Jarrett Guarantano (B.Cimaglia kick)
2 00:49 USC 9 14 Deebo Samuel, 3-yd pass from Jake Bentley (kick failed)
3 10:01 UTN 9 21 Carlin Fils-Aime, 14-yd run (B.Cimaglia kick)
3 08:05 USC 16 21 Rico Dowdle, 1-yd run (Parker White kick)
3 01:47 UTN 16 24 B.Cimaglia, 45-yd field goal
3 00:05 USC 24 24 Ty'Son Williams, 1-yd run (Jake Bentley rush)
4 05:52 USC 27 24 Parker White, 25-yd field goal
Team Stats
USCTennessee
First Downs 19 23
Rush Att 40 34
Rush Yds 224 144
Rush Avg 5.6 4.2
Pass Att-Com-Int 16 - 11 - 1 39 - 27 - 0
Comp. Pct 68.8 69.2
Pass Yds 152 207
Yds Per Att 9.50 5.31
Penalties 2 . 9 9 . 75
USC Rushing
PlayerAttYdsAvgTD
Rico Dowdle 14 140 10.0 1
Ty'Son Williams 13 34 2.6 1
Mon Denson 6 30 5.0 0
Jake Bentley 4 20 5.0 0
Deebo Samuel 2 8 4.0 0
Tennessee Rushing
PlayerAttYdsAvgTD
Tim Jordan 12 62 5.2 0
Ty Chandler 11 54 4.9 0
Carlin Fils-Aime 3 20 6.7 1
Jarrett Guarantano 7 10 1.4 0
USC Passing
PlayerAttComYdsYPATDInt
Jake Bentley 16 11 152 9.5 1 1
Tennessee Passing
PlayerAttComYdsYPATDInt
Jarrett Guarantano 39 27 207 5.3 2 0
USC Receiving
PlayerRecTrgtCom%YdsBPAvg34DTrgt34DConvTD
Bryan Edwards 3 5 60.0 96 2 32.0 2 1 0
Deebo Samuel 3 3 100.0 8 0 2.7 1 0 1
Ty'Son Williams 2 3 66.7 16 0 8.0 0 0 0
Kevin Crosby 1 1 100.0 15 0 15.0 0 0 0
Kiel Pollard 1 1 100.0 10 0 10.0 0 0 0
Josh Vann 1 2 50.0 7 0 7.0 1 0 0
Tennessee Receiving
PlayerRecYdsInt
Marquez Callaway 9 86 0
Ty Chandler 7 29 0
Tim Jordan 4 29 0
Josh Palmer 2 29 0
Jauan Jennings 3 26 1
Eli Wolf 1 5 1
Brandon Johnson 1 3 0
Kickoff Returns
PlayerKRYdsTD
Deebo Samuel 3 84 0
A.J. Turner 1 21 0
Punt Returns
PlayerPRYdsTD
Punting
PlayerPuntsYdsAvgNet YdsNet AvgIn20TBLong
Joseph Charlton 2 100 50.0 93 46.5 0 0 55
Game Defense
PlayerTKLTFLSKFFFRPBUQBHIPLCDPLRZPLSPP
T.J. Brunson 14 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 1
Sherrod Greene 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jamyest Williams 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
R.J. Roderick 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Bryson Allen-Williams 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Jaycee Horn 4 1.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Keisean Nixon 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Kingsley Enagbare 3 1.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Fennell 3 1.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Steven Montac 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Kobe Smith 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 1
Keir Thomas 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
D.J. Wonnum 3 2.0 2.0 0 0 0 0
Javon Kinlaw 2 1.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Javon Charleston 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Rashad Fenton 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Brad Johnson 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Rick Sandidge 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Game Interceptions
PlayerIntYdsTD
Game Participation (Starters in All Caps)
PlayerPos
BRYSON ALLEN-WILLIAMS SLB
Ben Asbury
JACOB AUGUST TE2
ZACK BAILEY LG
JAKE BENTLEY QB
Shamiek Blackshear
T.J. BRUNSON MLB
Blake Camper
Jordon Carty
Javon Charleston
Joseph Charlton
Kevin Crosby
DENNIS DALEY LT
Chavis Dawkins
Mon Denson
Jaylin Dickerson
Eric Douglas
Rico Dowdle
BRYAN EDWARDS WR2
Kingsley Enagbare
DANIEL FENNELL DE2
Rashad Fenton
Danny Gordon
SHERROD GREENE WLB
Evan Hinson
JAYCEE HORN CB2
SADARIUS HUTCHERSON RG
Brad Johnson
JAVON KINLAW DT1
Kyle Markway
STEVEN MONTAC S1
Israel Mukuamu
KEISEAN NIXON CB1
KIEL POLLARD TE
R.J. Roderick
DEEBO SAMUEL WR1
Rick Sandidge
Kobe Smith
Shi Smith
Damani Staley
DONNELL STANLEY C
Aaron Sterling
KEIR THOMAS DT2
Will Tommie
A.J. Turner
Josh Vann
Parker White
JAMES WILLIAMS S2
TY'SON WILLIAMS RB
D.J. WONNUM DE1
DYLAN WONNUM RT
Alexander Woznick
Malik Young