SOUTH CAROLINA [SIZE= 20px]VS[/SIZE] VANDERBILT
Gamecock Fanatics Official Game Thread
GAME DATE AND TIME: Saturday, Oct. 16th 4:00 P.M.
LOCATION: Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, S.C.
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AUDIO BROADCAST: 107.5 The Game
LIVE STATS: Statbroadcast
Columbia, S.C. - The South Carolina Gamecocks Football move into the second half of their season with a home game battle against the Vanderbilt Commodores this Saturday at 4:00 p.m. The game will be broadcast on the SEC Network. The Gamecocks (3-3, 0-3) are still looking for their first win in Southeastern Conference play, after coming off of a 45-20 road game loss to the Tennessee Volunteers. Vanderbilt (2-4, 0-2) are also looking to get off the SEC schneid coming off of a 42-0 loss at Florida.
Dave Neal will call the action for SEC Network. He will be joined in the booth by Deuce McAllister. Andraya Carter will patrol the sidelines. The familiar voices of Carolina Hall of Famers Todd Elis and Tommy Suggs handle the call for the Gamecock Radio Network with Jamar Nesbit on the sidelines.
LOOKING FOR A MILESTONE WIN: A win over Vanderbilt would mark South Carolina's 100th conference win since joining the SEC in 1992.
CAROLINA VS. VANDY: This is the 31st all-time meeting between South Carolina and Vanderbilt, with the Gamecocks holding a commanding 26-4 advantage, including a 12-2 mark when the teams have met in Columbia and a 14-2 record when the games have been played in Nashville. The teams met just once (1961) before they became SEC Eastern Division rivals in 1992, and have met every year since.
IN DOMINATING FASHION: The Gamecocks have won each of the last 12 games between the two squads, their longest winning streak in the series, and 19 of the last 21 meetings between these two SEC Eastern Division rivals. Of the Division I FBS opponents against whom the Gamecocks have at least 10 all-time meetings, Carolina has its best winning percentage against Vanderbilt at .867. In the previous 30 outings, Vanderbilt has tallied more than 17 points just six times (24 in 2003, 28 in 2005, 24 in 2008, 25 in 2013, a record-high 34 in 2014 and 27 in 2017).
THE OUTLIERS: Vanderbilt's four wins in the series have come in back-to-back fashion on two occasions - first in 1998 and '99, then again in 2007 and '08. Those four wins have been by a combined total of 22 points (17-14, 11-10, 17-6 and 24-17).
THE LAST TIME THEY MET: South Carolina left Nashville on Oct. 10, 2020 with a convincing 41-7 win over the Vanderbilt Commodores. Carolina led just 10-0 at the intermission, but exploded for 31 second-half points. Kevin Harris led the charge with 171 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries. Collin Hill connected on 16-of-24 passes for 196 yards and added two rushing TDs. Nick Muse was the top receiver with five catches for 85 yards. Ernest Jones notched 13 tackles including a sack and 3.0 tackles for loss as the Gamecocks out-gained the Commodores, 485-249. Vandy was just 1-for-11 on third-down conversions and 0-for-4 on fourth-down tries. It was the Gamecocks' 12th-consecutive win over Vandy, their longest streak against any SEC opponent.
THE LAST TIME THEY MET HERE: Bryan Edwards caught a school record-tying 14 passes for a career-best 139 yards to lead the Gamecocks to a 24-7 win over Vanderbilt on Nov. 2, 2019 in Columbia. Ryan Hilinski was 24-for-31 for 235 yards for the Gamecocks, including a 25-yard touchdown pass to Edwards midway through the fourth quarter that sealed the win. Freshman Deshaun Fenwick got his first action of 2019, running 18 times for 102 yards. The Commodores lost starting quarterback Riley Neal to injury after the first drive and, with Mo Hasan not playing, turned to third string Deuce Wallace. The junior was 8-for-17 for 30 yards and two interceptions.
