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South Carolina 12
Kentucky 7
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Game Summary
There was a great deal of drama in what would turn out to be Lou Holtz's next to last win as the head of the Gamecock progarm. Carolina was 4-2 but had just fallen out of the top 25 following a loss to Mississippi. Quarterback Dondrial Pinkins was missing his fourth straight game with a shoulder injury, so Syvelle Newton opened the game under center. Carolina took the opening kick and drove to the Wildcats 34, but a Demetris Summers fumble ended a promising start. The Gamecocks ended their next drive by also fumbling the ball back to Kentucky, while UK could only muster a punt and missed field goal. Carolina then drove into the red zone, but a fumble by Newton (recovered for a loss) and a sack caused USC to settle for a Josh Brown field goal and a 3-0 lead. On the next Kentucky possession Ko Simpson recovered a fumble by UK QB Shane Boyd. Newton was injured at the end of the prior drive, so freshman Blake Mitchell came on and got USC as far as the Wildcat two before settling for another Brown field goal. The score stood at 6-0 at the half as USC forced two more turnovers (fumble recoveries by Simpson and Jason Capers) but threw an interception of their own. There was no scoring in the third, but in their opening drive of the fourth Kentucky scored on a two yard run by Alexis Bwenge for a 7-6 lead. After a Mitchell interception Holtz turned to juco transfer Mike Rathe at quarterback with 6:29 left. Rathe hit Cory Boyd for 13, then a few plays later Boyd broke loose for 14 on a key 4th and 1 at the Carolina 34. Rathe found Noah Whiteside for 16 to get into Wildcat territory but would eventually find himself facing a 3rd and seven at the UK 19. Rathe took the snap, faked to Daccus Turman, then rolled right. Running out of room Rathe released the ball just before he hit the sideline and found Troy Williamson, who made a leaping catch in the back of the end zone for a 12-7 lead. The two point try failed, but Carolina forced four straight UK incompletions to end the game.;
Scoring Plays
QuarterGame TimeTeamSC ScoreOpp ScorePlay
2 14:23 USC 3 0 Josh Brown, 43-yd field goal
2 06:32 USC 6 0 Josh Brown, 20-yd field goal
4 09:52 UKY 6 7 Alexis Bwenge, 2-yd run (Taylor Begley kick)
4 01:28 USC 12 7 Troy Williamson, 19-yd pass from Mike Rathe (Mike Rathe run failed)
Team Stats
USCKentucky
First Downs 16 18
Rush Att 43 35
Rush Yds 213 80
Rush Avg 5.0 2.3
Pass Att-Com-Int 16 - 9 - 2 35 - 22 - 1
Comp. Pct 56.3 62.9
Pass Yds 105 171
Yds Per Att 6.56 4.89
Penalties 4 . 31 4 . 33
USC Rushing
PlayerAttYdsAvgTD
Demetris Summers 8 60 7.5 0
Daccus Turman 8 54 6.8 0
Cory Boyd 10 51 5.1 0
Blake Mitchell 5 28 5.6 0
Gonzie Gray 2 15 7.5 0
Syvelle Newton 5 7 1.4 0
Andrea Gause 1 0 0.0 0
Mike Rathe 3 -2 -0.7 0
Kentucky Rushing
PlayerAttYdsAvgTD
USC Passing
PlayerAttComYdsYPATDInt
Mike Rathe 7 5 57 8.1 1 0
Syvelle Newton 2 2 38 19.0 0 0
Blake Mitchell 7 2 10 1.4 0 2
Kentucky Passing
PlayerAttComYdsYPATDInt
USC Receiving
PlayerRecTrgtCom%YdsBPAvg34DTrgt34DConvTD
Cory Boyd 4 5 80.0 54 2 13.5 1 1 0
Troy Williamson 3 5 60.0 31 1 10.3 1 1 1
Noah Whiteside 1 2 50.0 16 1 16.0 1 1 0
Daccus Turman 1 1 100.0 4 0 4.0 0 0 0
Kentucky Receiving
PlayerRecYdsInt
Kickoff Returns
PlayerKRYdsTD
Punt Returns
PlayerPRYdsTD
Punting
PlayerPuntsYdsAvgNet YdsNet AvgIn20TBLong
Game Defense
PlayerTKLTFLSKFFFRPBUQBHIPLCDPLRZPLSPP
Game Interceptions
PlayerIntYdsTD
Tremaine Tyler 1 18 0
Game Participation (Starters in All Caps)
PlayerPos
JONATHAN ALSTON RG
FRED BENNETT CB
CORY BOYD RB
BRIAN BROWNLEE TE
GEORGE GAUSE RDE
NA'SHAN GODDARD RT
RICARDO HURLEY SLB
JAMACIA JACKSON SS
MARCUS LAWRENCE MLB
JABARI LEVEY LT
SYVELLE NEWTON QB
DARRELL SHROPSHIRE RDT
KO SIMPSON FS
DEMETRIS SUMMERS RB
MOE THOMPSON LDE
PRESTON THORNE LDT
CHASE TUCKER LG
TREMAINE TYLER CB
CHRIS WHITE C
NOAH WHITESIDE WR
TROY WILLIAMSON WR
ROD WILSON AP