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October 9th
2010 - #1 Alabama visited Williams-Brice with a 19 game winning streak in place and ESPN College GameDay in town, but Carolina laid 45 points on the nation's top ranked defense as Steve Spurrier tied Johnny Vaught for second place all-time in wins by SEC coaches. The Tide scored first on a 31-yard field goal, but then USC ran off 21 unanswered points. After the field goal, Chris Culliver jump started USC by returning the kickoff 37 yards, then a couple of big completions by Stephen Garcia and a 22-yard run by Marcus Lattimore got Carolina into the red zone, where Lattimore would score on a nine yard run. After a Bama punt Garcia found Alshon Jeffery for a 26-yard touchdown. Two plays later USC safety Antonio Allen sacked Tide QB Greg McElroy, forcing a fumble that Travian Robertson recovered for the Gamecocks at the Alabama 43. It took USC just three plays to score again, as this time it was Garcia and Jeffery hooking up from 15 yards out. Alabama had a late touchdown just before the half on a pass from McElroy to Julio Jones and then got within ten after Garcia chased down a bad snap and threw it out of the end zone for a safety. Another Tide field goal got the game within seven at 21-14 but USC put together a 17 play, 82 yard drive highlighted by a 17 yard run by Brian Maddox. Lattimore capped the drive with a one yard TD to push the Carolina lead to 28-14. The Tide stormed back to get within seven again as McElroy threw a 51-yard pass to Darius Hanks on the first play of the fourth quarter. Alabama then intercepted Garcia and had the ball deep in USC territory, when Stephon Gilmore came up with one of the game's critical plays, sacking McElroy for a seven yard loss on 3rd and four. After a fourth down pass fell incomplete USC drove 74 yards for a 35-21 lead. Garcia and Jeffery hooked up for 45 yards to get the Bama six and Lattimore eventually scored on third and goal from the two. The Carolina pass rush ensured the final two Bama drives ended badly, as Melvin Ingram got McElroy for a 13-yard loss on one third down and got him again on the final possession. Alabama coach Nick Saban was impressed. 'It's not like we just lost'. Saban said 'They outexecuted us. They played better than we played. They played with more intensity. They played physical. The win moved USC up into the top ten in the country.

Birthdays
SportAthletePositionHometownBeginEndNote
BB Lee Burgess Outfield Tifton, GA 1987 1987 JuCo transfer had .431 on-base percentage in only season
BB John Jones Catcher Orlando, FL 2016 2017 Had 2 HR, 10 RBI in 3 games vs. Penn State and 49 RBI in 2016
MSOC Zach Kirkwood Midfielder Lewisville, TX 2019 2019 Texas 6A All-State has played in 7 of the first 10 games this year.
FB K.T. Mainord Defensive End Coalmont, TN 2004 2004 Redshirted only season on team
FB Robby Reynolds Punter Shelby, NC 1971 1973 Third in career punts and punt yardage, 3-year starter
BB Brian Roberts Shortstop Chapel Hill, NC 1999 1999 UNC transfer was 2nd team All-America, hit .353 with 12 HR
FB Stephen Sene Offensive Line Columbia, SC 2002 2003 Started one game at LG, one at RT in 2003, transferred to Liberty before 2004 season
BB Scotty Strong Outfield Irmo, SC 1995 1995 Acted as defensive replacement and pinch-runner

Games Played on October 9th
Football
DateScoreNote
1909-10-09 N.C.M.C. 5 , South Carolina 0
1915-10-09 South Carolina 41 , Presbyterian 0
1920-10-09 Georgia 37 , South Carolina 0
1926-10-09 North Carolina 7 , South Carolina 0
1937-10-09 Alabama 20 , South Carolina 0
1943-10-09 South Carolina 20 , Presbyterian 7
1948-10-09 Tulane 14 , South Carolina 0
1954-10-09 South Carolina 27 , Furman 7
1965-10-09 Tennessee 24 , South Carolina 3
1971-10-09 South Carolina 34 , Virginia 14
1976-10-09 South Carolina 35 , Virginia 7
1993-10-09 South Carolina 27 , East Carolina 3
1999-10-09 Kentucky 30 , South Carolina 10
2003-10-09 South Carolina 27 , Kentucky 21
2004-10-09 Mississippi 31 , South Carolina 28
2010-10-09 South Carolina 35 , Alabama 21
2016-10-09 Georgia 28 , South Carolina 14 Defense gives up 326 rushing but keeps it close til the end
2021-10-09 Tennessee 45 , South Carolina 20 Blowout gets ugly early (35-0)
Men's Basketball
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Baseball
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Men's Soccer
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1983-10-09 Clemson 4 , South Carolina 0
1985-10-09 South Carolina 5 , Citadel 0
1988-10-09 South Carolina 2 , Clemson 1
1994-10-09 South Carolina 8 , Appalachian State 0
1996-10-09 South Carolina 6 , Citadel 0
2005-10-09 South Carolina 2 , Alabama-Birmingham 1
2010-10-09 South Carolina 1 , Tulsa 0
2015-10-09 South Carolina 2 , Florida Atlantic 0
2019-10-09 South Carolina 1 , Georgia Southern 1
2020-10-09 South Carolina 1 , Mercer 0
Volleyball
DateScore
1981-10-09 North Carolina 2 , South Carolina 0
1981-10-09 Florida State 2 , South Carolina 0
1981-10-09 Alabama 2 , South Carolina 0
1982-10-09 Clemson 2 , South Carolina 0
1982-10-09 Morehead State 2 , South Carolina 0
2005-10-09 Florida 3 , South Carolina 0
2009-10-09 LSU 3 , South Carolina 0
2011-10-09 Arkansas 3 , South Carolina 0
2015-10-09 Auburn 3 , South Carolina 0
2016-10-09 Florida 3 , South Carolina 0
Women's Soccer
DateScore
2011-10-09 South Carolina 3 , Auburn 1
2016-10-09 South Carolina 3 , Arkansas 1
Women's Basketball
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Softball
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