CAROLINA2014 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES #21/20 TEXAS A&M at #9/9 SOUTH CAROLINA Williams-Brice Stadium (80,250), Columbia, S.C. August 28, 2014, 6 p.m. ET ON THE AIR TELEVISION National Broadcast ...........................SEC Network Play-by-Play ................................ Brent Musburger Analysis ...............................................Jesse Palmer SOUTH Carolina TEXAS A&M Sideline .........................................Kaylee Hartung 0-0 Overall; 0-0 SEC 0-0 Overall; 0-0 SEC Sideline ..............................................Maria Taylor RADIO Head Coach ..................................Steve Spurrier Head Coach ..................................Kevin Sumlin National Broadcast .........................Westwood One Alma Mater ................................Florida (1967) Alma Mater ............................... Purdue (1988) Play-by-Play ......................................... John Sadak South Carolina Record ..........77-39 (10th year) A&M Record ...........................20-6 (3nd year) Analysis ........................................... Chris Doering Career Record ................. 219-79-2 (25th year) Career Record .......................55-23 (7tgh year) Gamecock IMG Sports Network Assistant AD/Media Relations ............ Steve Fink Football Contact ........................... Alan Cannon Play-by-Play ...........................................Todd Ellis Fink Email [email protected] Email [email protected] Analysis ............................................Tommy Suggs Fink Office .................................803-777-7987 Office ........................................979-845-5725 Sideline ........................................Langston Moore Fink Cell ....................................803-240-5268 Cell ...........................................979-777-4200 Satellite Radio ......................... Sirius 91 /XM 91 Official Website ........www.gamecocksonline.com Official Website ............www.AggieAthletics.com GAMECOCKS SCHEDULE AGGIES SCHEDULE SERIES CAPSULE Date Opponent Time/Score TV Date Opponent Time/Score TV 08/28 Texas A&M* 6 pm SECN 08/28 at South Carolina* 5 pm SECN Series History ....................................First Meeting 09/06 East Carolina 7 pm ESPN2/U 09/06 Lamar 6:30 pm SECN In Columbia ..........................................Never Met 09/13 Georgia* 3:30 pm CBS 09/13 Rice 8 pm ESPN2 In College Station .................................Never Met 09/20 at Vanderbilt* TBA TBA 09/20 at SMU TBA TBA At Neutral Site ......................................Never Met 09/27 Missouri* TBA TBA First Meeting ..................................................N/A 09/27 vs Arkansas* TBA TBA Last Meeting ...................................................N/A 10/04 at Kentucky* TBA TBA 10/04 at Mississippi State* TBA TBA Last Meeting in Columbia ..............................N/A 10/18 Furman TBA TBA 10/11 Ole Miss* TBA TBA Current Streak .................................................N/A 10/25 at Auburn* TBA TBA 10/18 at Alabama* TBA TBA Spurrier vs. Texas A&M ................................... 0-0 11/01 Tennessee* TBA TBA 11/01 Louisiana-Monroe TBA TBA Sumlin vs. South Carolina ................................ 0-0 11/15 at Florida* TBA TBA 11/08 at Auburn* TBA TBA 11/22 South Alabama TBA TBA 11/15 Missouri* TBA TBA 11/29 at Clemson TBA TBA 11/27 LSU* 6:30 pm ESPN CAROLINA COACHES QUICKLY... Steve Spurrier ..................................... Head Coach u The No. 9/9 South Carolina Gamecocks and No. 21/20 Texas A&M Aggies open the 2014 college Deke Adams ....................................Defensive Line football season with the inaugural game on the SEC Network on Thursday, August 28. This marks the Kirk Botkin ............................... Linebackers/Spurs beginning of the 121st season of intercollegiate football at South Carolina. Grady Brown* .........Secondary/Asst. Special Teams u South Carolina is 80-36-4 (.683) in 120 season openers. The Gamecocks have won 14 consecutive Shawn Elliott......... Co-Off. Coord./Offensive Line season-opening games, dating back to the 2000 season. But that’s not even close to the school record. G.A. Mangus .................. Quarterbacks/Tight Ends The mark for consecutive season-opening wins is 19, set from 1920-1938. Joe Robinson ................ Special Teams Coordinator u In the 92 seasons in which the Gamecocks have opened at home, they own an impressive 70-18-4 Everette Sands ................................ Running Backs record, a winning percentage of .783. Steve Spurrier Jr.* .Co-Off. Coord./WR/Recruiting u Head coach Steve Spurrier is 23-1 all-time in season openers as a collegiate head coach. His only Lorenzo Ward ..................... Defensive Coordinator season-opening loss, ironically, was a 27-21 loss to the Gamecocks in Columbia on Sept. 2, 1989, while the head coach at Duke University. He is 9-0 in season openers since taking over at South Carolina. *-in booth u The Gamecocks are putting their school record 18-game home winning streak, the longest current streak in the country, on the line. They are also 34-3 in their last 37 home contests. u Head coach Steve Spurrier is looking for his 200th win as an SEC coach. He logged 122 wins at Florida from 1990-2001, and has won a school record 77 games at South Carolina. 2014 SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL GAME NOTES CAROLINA VS. TEXAS A&M, 8.28.14 1 A South Carolina win over Texas A&M would... 2013 SEC u Be the Gamecocks’ seventh-straight win. They closed the 2013 season with six consecutive victo- ries. The Gamecocks currently are tied for the fourth-longest winning streak in the country. FINAL Standings u Extend South Carolina’s opening game winning streak to 15 games. The Gamecocks last season- opening loss came in the 1999 season, a 10-0 setback at NC State. The last time the Gamecocks EASTERN DIVISION dropped a season-opener at home was 20 years ago, a 24-21 loss to Georgia to open the 1994 SEC PCT PF PA ALL PCT PF PA campaign. Missouri 7-1 .875 283 149 12-2 .857 548 323 u Improve head coach Steve Spurrier’s record to 24-1 all-time in season-opening games. S. Carolina 6-2 .750 253 178 11-2 .846 443 264 u Georgia 5-3 .625 292 254 8-5 .615 477 377 Extend the Gamecocks’ home winning streak to 19 games. Their current 18-game home winning Vanderbilt 4-4 .500 213 241 9-4 .692 391 320 streak is the longest in school history and the longest in the country. Florida 3-5 .375 159 163 4-8 .333 226 253 u Be Coach Steve Spurrier’s 200th win as an SEC head coach. He currently has 199 career victories, Tennessee 2-6 .250 144 245 5-7 .417 286 348 122 at Florida and 79 at South Carolina. Only Paul “Bear” Bryant (292) and Vince Dooley (201) Kentucky 0-8 .000 118 291 2-10 .167 246 374 have won more as an SEC head coach. WESTERN DIVISION SEC PCT PF PA ALL PCT PF PA YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE: The 2014 South State on a Thursday and pitched a 15-0 shutout. Auburn 7-1 .875 287 224 12-2 .857 553 346 Carolina football season gets underway Thurs- They also lost a mid-season Thursday night con- Alabama 7-1 .875 305 117 11-2 .846 496 181 day, August 28, when the Gamecocks begin SEC test at home to Auburn. In 2007, they defeated LSU 5-3 .625 258 199 10-3 .769 465 286 action against Texas A&M. It’s the first gridiron eighth-ranked Kentucky on a Thursday by a 38- Texas A&M 4-4 .500 307 292 9-4 .692 575 419 Ole Miss 3-5 .375 180 220 8-5 .615 390 308 meeting between the two schools. The 6 p.m. ET 23 score. In 2008, they played the first two games Miss State 3-5 .375 179 237 7-6 .538 360 299 game will be televised nationally by the SEC Net- of the season on Thursdays – defeating NC State Arkansas 0-8 .000 135 303 3-9 .250 248 369 work with Brent Musburger and Jesse Palmer in 34-0 before falling at Vanderbilt, 24-17. In 2009 the booth and Kaylee Hartung and Maria Taylor they opened the year with a Thursday night 7-3 on the sidelines. Westwood One has the national win at NC State, then knocked off fourth-ranked This Week in the SEC radio broadcast with John Sadak handling the Ole Miss on a Thursday at home by a 16-10 score. August 28 play-by-play and Chris Doering providing the They opened the 2010 season with a convinc- *Texas A&M at South Carolina, 6 pm color commentary. ing 41-13 win over Southern Miss on a Thurs- Ole Miss vs. Boise State (Atlanta), 8 pm day in Columbia. In 2012, the Gamecocks edged Temple at Vanderbilt, 9:15 pm A LITTLE HISTORY: 2014 marks the 121st Vanderbilt in Nashville by a 17-13 score. Last sea- season of intercollegiate football at the University son, the Gamecocks came out of the box with a August 30 of South Carolina, dating back to 1892. It is the 27-10 win over North Carolina. Carolina is 9-2 UT Martin at Kentucky, Noon 108th-consecutive year in which South Carolina in Thursday night tilts under Coach Spurrier, in- West Virginia vs. Alabama (Atlanta), 3:30 pm has competed on the gridiron. The University did cluding a 6-1 record at home and a 3-1 record on South Dakota State at Missouri, 3:30 pm not field a team in either 1893 or 1906. Carolina the road. The Gamecocks are 7-0 in season open- *Arkansas at Auburn, 4 pm is 29 games over the .500 mark with an all-time ers on Thursdays under the Head Ball Coach. Clemson at Georgia, 5:30 pm record of 576-547-44. The Gamecocks were nine Idaho at Florida, 7 pm games under .500 until head coach Steve Spur- HOT AUGUST NIGHT: The Gamecocks Southern Miss at Mississippi State, 7:30 pm rier took the reins in 2005, but are 38 games over are opening their season in August for just the Wisconsin vs. LSU (Houston), 9 pm since that time. ninth time in school AUGUST CONTESTS August 31 SEC HISTORY: 2014 marks South Carolina’s history. All 08/31/85 Citadel W 56-17 Utah State at Tennessee, 7 pm 23rd year in the Southeastern Conference.