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2007 Game Notes South Carolina (3-1; 1-1 SEC) Mississippi State (3-1, 1-1) at #16/21 South Carolina (3-1, 1-1) Sept. 1 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 28-14 PPV Sept. 29, 2007 ◆ Columbia, S.C. ◆ 12:30 p.m. ET ◆ LFS Sept. 8 at Georgia W, 16-12 ESPN2 Sept. 15 South Carolina State W, 38-3 PPV every year from 1992-2002, Game-by-Game Sept. 22 at LSU L, 16-28 CBS Inside... before missing each other 1992 10/17 W 21-6 H Sept. 29 Mississippi State (HC) 12:30 p.m. LFS SEC Standings .................................2 for three years from 2003- 1993 10/16 L 0-23 A Oct. 4 Kentucky 7:30 p.m. ESPN 1994 10/16 L 36-41 H Steve Spurrier .............................. 3-4 ’05. The Gamecocks won by Oct. 13 at North Carolina TBA a 15-0 count in Starkville 1995 10/14 W 65-39 A Oct. 20 Vanderbilt TBA Superlatives Under Spurrier ................5 1996 9/28 L 10-14 H Oct. 27 at Tennessee TBA This Week’s National Polls ................. 6 in the season lidlifter for 1997 9/27 L 17-37 A Nov. 3 at Arkansas TBA both squads a year ago. 1998 9/26 L 0-38 H Tracking the 2007 Opponents ...............6 1999 9/25 L 0-17 A Nov. 10 Florida TBA Mississippi State’s last win USC vs. MSU By The Numbers ..............7 2000 9/23 W 23-19 H Nov. 24 Clemson TBA Career Starts ..................................7 in the series was a 17-0 2001 9/20 W 16-14 A Media Services ................................8 blanking of the Gamecocks 2002 10/5 W 34-10 H Head Coach: Steve Spurrier (Florida) in Starkville on Sept. 25, 2006 8/31 W 15-0 A at South Carolina: 18-11 (3rd year) Future Schedules .............................8 South Carolina Trends ........................9 1999. The Gamecocks have Overall: 160-51-2 (18th year) not allowed more than 19 points in any of the last fi ve vs. MSU: 5-2 Carolina Rankings ............................9 SID: Steve Fink (fi [email protected]) Carolina Radio Affi liates .....................9 contests. There have been four shutouts in the fi rst 12 meetings between the two schools, with the Bulldogs Fink Offi ce: 803-777-7987 ◆ Fink Cell: 803-240-5268 Red Zone Statistics ......................... 10 Assistant SID: Andrew Kiitck ([email protected]) Game-by-Game Starters ................... 10 getting the better end of it on three of those occasions. Kitick Offi ce: 803-777-5257 ◆ Kitick Cell: 803-240-4150 South Carolina Depth Chart ........... 11-12 The series has had some high scoring affairs, a 41-36 SID Offi ce Fax: 803-777-2967 South Carolina Roster ......................13 MSU win in ‘94 and a 65-39 USC win in a ‘95 shootout. Web Site: www.gamecocksonline.com South Carolina Stats.................... 14-15 South Carolina Defensive Stats ...........16 SPURRIER AND THE BULLDOGS: South Carolina Mississippi State (3-1, 1-1 SEC) Game-by-Game Individual Stats ......... 17 Head Coach Steve Spurrier owns a 5-2 record against Team and Individual Highs ................ 18 Mississippi State. He was 4-2 against the Bulldogs as Aug. 30 LSU L, 0-45 ESPN the head coach at Florida and is 1-0 since taking over Sept. 8 at Tulane W, 38-17 The Last Time It Happened ............... 19 2007 Game Recaps ..................... 20-23 the helm at South Carolina. He is perfect at home against Sept. 15 at Auburn W, 19-14 LFS State and is 1-2 in Starkville. Sept. 22 Gardner-Webb W, 31-15 Sept. 29 at South Carolina 12:30 p.m. LFS QUICKLY: It’s Homecoming as the South Carolina THE FIRST 30: Gamecock Head Coach Steve Spurrier Oct. 6 UAB 2:30 p.m. Gamecocks (3-1, 1-1 SEC) host the Mississippi State will be coaching in his 30th game at South Carolina this Oct. 13 Tennessee TBA Bulldogs (3-1, 1-1 SEC) in an SEC match-up on Sat- Oct. 20 at West Virginia 11 a.m. weekend. He has posted an 18-11 record through his urday, Sept. 29. Game time is set for 12:30 p.m. at Wil- Oct. 27 at Kentucky TBA fi rst 29 contests. He has a chance to match Warren Giese liams-Brice Stadium (80,250) in Columbia. The Game- Nov. 10 Alabama TBA and Joe Morrison for the most wins at Carolina through cocks are ranked 16th in the latest Associated Press poll Nov. 17 at Arkansas (Little Rock) TBA 30 games. Both Giese and Morrison had 19-11 records and 21st in this week’s USA Today/Coaches’ poll. Nov. 24 Ole Miss 12:30 p.m. after 30 contests. Here is a list of all the South Carolina coaches who worked at least 30 games: Head Coach: Sylvester Croom (Alabama-1975) OVER THE AIRWAVES: This week’s game will be tele- Coach Years Record Pct. at MSU: 12-26 (4th year) vised by Lincoln Financial Sports throughout the South- Warren Giese 1956-58 19-11-0 .633 Overall: 12-26 (4th year) east, including WIS-TV in Columbia. Dave Neal will vs. South Carolina: 0-1 Joe Morrison 1983-85 19-11-0 .633 handle the play-by-play call with Dave Archer providing SID: Mike Nemeth ([email protected]) Billy Laval 1928-30 18-10-2 .633 the analysis. Dave Baker is the sideline reporter. The Offi ce: 662-325-2703 ◆ Home: 662-323-7780 Steve Spurrier 2005-07 18-11-0 .621 game will also be part of the ESPN GamePlan package. SID Offi ce Fax: 662-325-2563 N.B. Edgerton 1912-15 17-10-3 .617 Todd Ellis and Tommy Suggs will once again be in the Web Site: www.mstateathletics.com Sol Metzger 1920-22 17-11-2 .600 booth for the Carolina Gamecocks Sports Network, with Jim Carlen 1975-77 17-13-0 .567 former Carolina and NFL standout Duce Staley joining Series Information Sparky Woods 1989-91 15-12-3 .550 the team this year as a sideline reporter. Series Record: Tied 6-6 Brad Scott 1994-96 15-14-1 .517 Lou Holtz 1999-01 14-16-0 .467 In Columbia: Tied 3-3 SWEET SEPTEMBER: The Gamecocks have a chance Christie Benet 1904-05; 1908 12-15-3 .450 In Starkville: Tied 3-3 to win their fourth game of the season before the calen- Last Meeting: USC 15, MSU 0, 8/31/06 in Starkville Rex Enright 1938-40 12-16-2 .433 dar turns to October. The last time they had four wins in Last Meeting in Columbia: USC 34, MSU 10, 10/5/02 Dan McCallister 1935-37 11-18-1 .383 September was in 2001 when they were 4-0, including Streak: South Carolina has won last four meetings Paul Dietzel 1966-68 10-20-0 .333 a 16-14 win at Mississippi State and a 37-36 win over Last MSU Win: 17-0, 9/25/99 in Starkville Marvin Bass 1961-63 9-19-2 .333 Last MSU Win in Columbia: 38-0, 9/26/98 Alabama on Sept. 29. MILESTONES: Steve Spurrier will be on the sidelines THE SERIES: South Carolina has won four straight for his 300th career game as a head coach this weekend. in the series with Mississippi State to even the all-time He owns a lifetime record of 207-90-2, a 69.6 winning set at six wins apiece. The teams have split six games percentage. His next win against an SEC opponent will evenly in both Columbia and Starkville. The teams met be the 100th of his career. He is 99-25 against the SEC. MISSISSIPPI STATE AT SOUTH CAROLINA >>> SEPT. 22, 2007 THE LAST TIME THEY MET: The Gamecocks opened ABOUT LAST WEEK: The 12th-ranked Gamecocks ran the 2006 season with a 15-0 shutout win at Mississippi into a buzzsaw in the form of 2nd-ranked LSU in Baton 2007 SEC State on Aug. 31. The game’s lone touchdown came on Rouge on Saturday and came back from the Bayou with a double pass as Syvelle Newton took a lateral from a 28-16 loss to the Tigers. The Gamecocks scored fi rst, STANDINGS Blake Mitchell and found a wide-open Cory Boyd for but LSU used a solid ground game, which rolled up 290 a 54-yard score early in the fourth quarter. The other nine yards, to score the next 28 points. Carolina tried to rally EASTERN DIVISION points were supplied by kicker Ryan Succop, who con- late with two fourth-quarter scores, but it wasn’t enough. SEC PCT. PF PA ALL PCT. PF PA nected on fi eld goal attempts of 39, 35 and 47 yards en South Carolina threw for 244 yards compared to LSU’s Florida 2-0 1.000 89 44 4-0 1.000 197 78 Kentucky 1-0 1.000 42 29 4-0 1.000 188 93 route to SEC Special Teams Player of the Week honors. 70, but the ground game proved to be the difference, USC 1-1 .500 32 40 3-1 .750 98 57 The Gamecocks outgained the Bulldogs, 274-161. The as USC could only muster 17 net yards rushing on 27 Georgia 1-1 .500 38 39 3-1 .750 118 69 shutout win was USC’s fi rst since blanking New Mexico attempts. Vanderbilt 1-1 .500 41 41 2-1 .667 82 58 State in Columbia on Sept. 2, 2000 by a 31-0 count.