South Carolina Vs. #16/21 Tennessee ---Carolina
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SOUTH CAROLINA VS. #16/21 TENNESSEE ----- CAROLINA GAME NOTES ON THE AIR 2020 SOUTH CAROLINA SCHEDULE TELEVISION National Broadcast ............................. SEC Network vs #16/21 TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS: Sept. 26 - 7:30 pm ET - SECN Play-by-Play .................................................. Taylor Zarzour Williams-Brice Stadium (77,559), Columbia, S.C. Analyst ......................................................Matt Stinchcomb Muschamp is 7-1 vs. Volunteers; 7 of last 8 meetings decided by 6 points or less Sideline ..................................................................Alyssa Lang RADIO Oct. 3 - Noon ET - ESPN Gamecock IMG Sports Network at #5/6 FLORIDA GATORS: Play-by-Play .............................................................Todd Ellis Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (88,548), Gainesville, Fla. Analyst ............................................................. Tommy Suggs Carolina has won 5 of the last 10 after winning just 4 of the first 30 vs. Gators Sideline .............................................................. Jamar Nesbit National Radio at VANDERBILT COMMODORES: Oct. 10 - TBA - TBA Satellite Radio .....................................Sirius 136/XM 192 Vanderbilt Stadium (39,773), Nashville, Tenn.. Gamecocks have won school-record 11-straight and 18 of the last 20 over the ‘Dores QUICK FACTS vs #8/8 AUBURN TIGERS: Oct. 17 - Noon/3:30/4 - TBA Location ...........................................................Columbia, S.C. Williams-Brice Stadium (77,559), Columbia, S.C. Founded .............................................................................1801 1st meeting since 2014; Carolina has won just once in 12 previous contests (1933) Enrollment ..................................................................... 34,795 at #6/5 LSU TIGERS: Oct. 24 - TBA - TBA COACHING STAFF Tiger Stadium (102,321), Baton Rouge, La. 3rd-straight time the teams have met in Baton Rouge; LSU hasn’t been to Cola since ‘08 Head Coach .................................................Will Muschamp Alma Mater ................................................Georgia (1994) Nov. 7 - TBA - TBA Record at South Carolina ................. 26-25 (5th year) vs #10/11 TEXAS A&M AGGIES: Overall Record ....................................... 54-46 (9th year) Williams-Brice Stadium (77,559), Columbia, S.C. Tight Ends ......................................................Bobby Bentley Gamecocks looking for their first win ever against the Aggies, trail 6-0 in the series Offensive Coord./QBs ....................................Mike Bobo* Wide Receivers ...........................................................Joe Cox at ARV/ARV OLE MISS REBELS: Nov. 14 - TBA - TBA Running Backs ............................................... Des Kitchings Vaught Hemingway Stadium (64,038), Oxford, Miss. Special Teams Coord./Asst. DBs ..............Kyle Krantz* Carolina has won 3-straight to even the all-time series at 8; Won a shootout here in ‘18 Outside Linebackers ................................ Mike Peterson Defensive Coord./DBs ...................... Travaris Robinson vs MISSOURI TIGERS: Nov. 21 - TBA - TBA Defensive Line ..................................................Tracy Rocker Williams-Brice Stadium (77,559), Columbia, S.C. Linebackers ..........................................................Rod Wilson Teams have split 10 games evenly in the annual battle for the Mayor’s Cup Offensive Line ...................................................Eric Wolford Director - Strength & Conditioning ......Paul Jackson vs #4/3 GEORGIA BULLDOGS: Nov. 28 - TBA - TBA Head Football Athletic Trainer ...............Clint Haggard Williams-Brice Stadium (77,559), Columbia, S.C. *Seated in the Press Box Gamecocks upset No. 3 Georgia last year in 2-OT to snap a 4-game skid to the Dawgs UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COMMUNICATIONS at #23/ARV KENTUCKY WILDCATS: Dec 5 - TBA - TBA Kroger Field (61,000), Lexington, Ky. Assistant AD/Communications ...................Steve Fink PRIMARY LOGO SC won last year to snap a 5-game UK win streak after SC won 13 of 14 from 2000-13 Fink Email .................................. [email protected] PREFERABLE - 2 COLOR Fink Office ....................................................803-777-7987 Fink Cell .........................................................803-240-5268 HELMET STICKER: The South Carolina Football team will wear a “Dodie” sticker on its Fink Twitter ...............................................@SteveFink_SID PRIMARY LOGO helmets during the 2020 season in honor of longtime Gamecock supporter Dolores Associate Communications Dir. ..........Kent Reichert ALTERNATE - 1 COLOR “Dodie” Anderson, who passed away in July at the age of 92. Her giving to the University Associate Communications Dir. .. Michael DeBates Official Website .......... www.gamecocksonline.com helped fund the athletic academic center, which bears her name, and is often called Twitter .............................................................@GamecockFB simply, “The Dodie.” She was awarded the The Order of the Palmetto by South Carolina @GamecockFBInfo Governor Henry McMaster in 2019. Forever to Thee! THE OPPONENT CAROLINA VS. TENNESSEE: This is the 39th grid- iron meeting between the Gamecocks and Volun- teers in a series that dates back to 1903. Tennes- By the Numbers (2019) see leads the all-time series, 26-10-2, including a SC UT 17-3 advantage in Knoxville and a 9-7-2 mark in Record 4-8 8-5 Columbia. The teams have met every year since Points/Game 22.4 24.2 Carolina joined the SEC for the 1992 season, with Opp. Points/Game 26.1 21.7 the Volunteers winning 19 of the 28 meetings as conference rivals. The Gamecocks defeated Ten- Rushing Attempts 396 461 nessee just three times in a 105-year period from Yards Rushing/Game 149.7 144.2 TENNESSEE 1903-2007, but have won seven times in the last Yards Per Rush 4.5 4.1 12 contests from 2008-19, including three of the Opp. Rushing Attempts 450 493 8-5 Overall; 5-3 SEC (2019) last four. Opp. Yards Rush/Game 158.0 140.5 Opp. Yards/Rush 4.2 3.7 Head Coach .....................................................Jeremy Pruitt WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN: This contest was origi- Alma Mater .............................................Alabama (1996) nally scheduled to be played on October 10, which Passes Attempted 466 360 Tennessee Record ...............................13-12 (3rd year) would have been week 6 of the season for the Passes Completed 268 200 Career Record.........................................13-12 (3rd year) Gamecocks. With the game now on September Yards Pass/Game 222.2 221.4 Football Contact ..................................................Bill Martin 26, it becomes the earliest game played between Opp. Passes Attempted 404 375 Email ................................... [email protected] the two schools, matching the game that ended Opp. Passes Completed 239 216 Office .............................................................865-974-4167 in a scoreless tie in 1942 and one day earlier than Opp. Yards Pass/Game 235.2 194.0 Cell ..................................................................662-418-3821 when the teams met in 2003, a 23-20 UT win in Official Website ...............................www.utsports.com overtime. Those are the only two other games Total Plays 862 821 previously played between the two schools in the Total Offense 4463 4752 month of September. Avg. Yards/Game 371.9 365.5 Volunteers Schedule Avg. Yards/Play 5.2 5.8 IT FIGURES TO BE CLOSE: Prior to last season, the Opp. Total Plays 854 868 Sep. 26 at South Carolina........................7:30 pm previous seven contests (2012-18) were decided Opp. Total Offense 4719 4348 Oct. 3 vs Missouri .................................................Noon by six points or less, and by a total of 23 points, Opp. Total Yards/Game 393.2 334.5 Oct. 10 at Georgia........................................................ TBA with Carolina winning four games by 3, 3, 6 and 3 Opp. Total Yards/Play 5.5 5.0 Oct. 17 vs Kentucky .................................................... TBA points and Tennessee winning three times by 2-, Oct. 24 vs Alabama ..................................................... TBA 3- and 3-point margins. Six of those seven games 3rd Down Conv. 32% 43% Nov 7 at Arkansas ........................................... 7:30 pm were decided by three points or less. Opp. 3rd Down Conv. 38% 39% Nov 14 vs Texas A&M ................................................ TBA 4th Down Conv. 13-27 2-12 Nov. 21 at Auburn......................................................... TBA Opp. 4th Down Conv. 5-14 13-28 Nov. 28 at Vanderbilt .................................................. TBA IT’S USUALLY CLOSE - LAST 8 YEARS Dec. 5 vs Florida ......................................................... TBA Year Date Winner Score Site 2012 10/27 SC 38-35 Columbia Avg. Poss. Time/Game 27:01 29:22 2013 10/19 UT 21-23 Knoxville Series Capsule 2014 11/01 UT (OT) 42-45 Columbia 2015 11/07 UT 24-27 Knoxville DEJA VU?: The last time Tennessee came into Wil- Series History ..........................................UT leads 26-10-2 2016 10/29 SC 24-21 Columbia liams-Brice Stadium as a ranked opponent was in In Columbia ....................................................UT leads 9-7-2 2017 10/14 SC 15-9 Knoxville 2016 when the Vols were No. 18 in both polls. An In Knoxville ..................................................UT leads 17-3-0 2018 10/27 SC 27-24 Columbia unranked Carolina team won the turnover battle First Meeting ........................................................SC