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2010 Carolina Football Schedule & Results Opponent Preview: Clemson Tigers Gameday Poster Senior Profile: Hutch Eckerson Explaining The Game: Brad Lawing Gamecocks Rewriting History This Year GamecockCentral.com’s Recruit to Watch: Shon Carson WVOC Corner: SEC Championship Trumps Clemson Win USC Roster, Depth, Coaches USC Stats
ON THE COVER: USC’s Ladi Ajiboye and Clemson’s Kyle Parker during 2009’s Carolina-Clemson game. Photo by Paul Collins.
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Nickname: Tigers Conference: ACC 2010 record: 6-5 2010 ACC RECORD: 4-4 Series record: Clemson leads 65-38-4 COACH: Dabo Swinney Years as coacH: 3 CAREER RECORD at CLEMSON: 19-13 OVERALL CAREER RECORD: 19-13
What’s at stake The rivalry and the end of a sour streak for USC. The Gamecocks have not beaten Clemson in consecutive years since 1969-70. Neither team HAS to win this game — USC is going to the SEC Championship Game regardless and Clemson is going to one of the lower bowls — but that won’t deter anybody from trying to win it. Plus, the Gamecocks want to take advantage of a rare year in which they’re favored to win.
Why you should hate them Let’s see — over 100 years of having your nose rubbed in it? Pitchfork Ben? That completely over-rated run down the hill? The fact that their prized talisman that supposedly endows magical powers used to be a doorstop? They they continue to run their mouths about their greatness despite not being nationally relevant in 20 years? They they insist their team logo is an acceptable substitute for the letter “O?” They’re Tigers. Hate is part of the equation.
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obody knew. “No, sure don’t,” senior fullback Patrick DiMarco said. “No idea,” replied senior tailback Brian Maddox. “No clue,” answered freshman tailback Marcus Lattimore.
The question: “When was the last time South Carolina beat Clemson two years in a row in football?” When the players heard the answer, they each shook their heads. It’s understandable. No one wants to glorify this one. 1970. DiMarco (after a moment of silence): “… Chance for us to do it, and do it right now.” Maddox (with a flip of the hand): “We got Troy this week, Clemson next week.” Lattimore (grinning): “That’s crazy, that’s crazy.” Forty years. Forty years of hearing “Tiger Rag” over and over. Forty years of watching everyone from Steve Fuller to Charlie Whitehurst beat up USC in the last game of the season. Forty years of seeing the Tigers run up their series win total to a point where if the Gamecocks won the rivalry game every year until 2036, they would still be one win behind. Forty years, 12 USC wins. Twelve. “That is shocking, and I think that’s their biggest fear up there,” former quarterback and current play-by-play announcer Todd Ellis said. “That we win two in a row, get the recruiting going and dominate in the state again.” That could start on Saturday. It would only be a start, but all great revolutions started from a single show of defiance. The Gamecocks think they did that last year. A 34-17 walloping of Clemson saved an otherwise dismal season. It was only the second home win over the Tigers in 21 years. That it came over a Clemson team that would go on to play for the ACC championship and had finished the season with a red-hot offensive showing, while USC limped into the matchup, was especially sweet. It was a shining moment, to be sure, but if the reversal is to truly start, it will have to continue on Saturday. The Gamecocks aren’t often in the situation to win two straight over Clemson, but they are now, and that’s why it was so important to look back to the last time USC had done it. From 1968-70, an undersized but feisty quarterback from tiny Lamar, S.C., led USC to three straight wins over Clemson. It remains the last time the Gamecocks had a multi-year winning streak over the Tigers and considering he also beat Clemson during the freshman-team year (freshmen
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weren’t eligible for varsity football then), Tommy Suggs will forever be a USC legend. “There is no magic formula,” once said Suggs, Ellis’ radio partner. “It was just one of those circumstances.” “The 7-3 game (1968), we just couldn’t punch it in, but we still won. In 1969 (USC’s lone conference championship team), we were a good football team and we played within our capability. In 1970, 38-32 up there again, I threw three interceptions in the first half and three touchdowns in the second, and we still won. What’s the secret? I don’t know, really.” No one else has seemed to be able to figure it out, either. Since that glorious day
in 1970, a Gamecock football team has had a chance to repeat the previous year’s win over Clemson 10 times. They have come close (23-21, 2007) and they been far (47-21, 1997), but they have failed every time. The closest USC has come to two straight was a win in 1987 after a tie in 1986. How did it ever get this bad? Simple. Clemson had some great teams and sustained stretches of brilliance while USC didn’t. The Gamecocks won the first game between the two schools, then dropped the next four; the pattern has repeated itself numerous times. USC has never been ahead in the series
and only been close a few times. The Gamecocks were behind 29-20 in the series until 1954, and behind 38-27 when Suggs finished his career. The Gamecocks won one of the next four, putting the all-time ledger at 41-28, then came one of the best and worst days in program history. In 1975, the Gamecocks crushed the Tigers 56-20, scoring on every possession and setting records for points against and largest margin of victory vs. Clemson. Clemson coaches and players, believing USC had deliberately run up the score, swore vengeance. The Tigers won the next three rivalry games and passed down the must-win
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attitude to their younger followers. Coach Danny Ford arrived and took Clemson to national prominence while USC sputtered between good and bad seasons, leading to a sour trend. Entire classes of Tigers graduated without ever losing to USC, while the same fouryear groups at USC never knew the thrill of topping Clemson. In 34 tries since that 1975 game, the Gamecocks only won nine times. One was last year, a gleam that despite an overall record of 7-6, made USC’s season great. The Gamecocks got a win that wiped away the stain of the last month of the season, while the Tigers pooh-poohed it because they were warming up for the ACC Championship the week after. The situations are reversed this year. It’s the Gamecocks who are eyeing their league championship game in a week while Clemson is struggling to find something that used to be a given. The Tigers are barely bowl-eligible and find themselves as underdogs to USC, trying to swallow the sting of having to beat USC just to be considered good.
The question is if USC will take the game seriously. Steve Spurrier has always said that a non-conference rivalry game has no meaning if the team is playing for the league championship the next week, which helped explain his wonderful rivalry record at Duke (3-0, with North Carolina a league game) and awful record at Florida against Florida State (5-8-1). He preached it at USC as well, going so far as to take down the “Beat Clemson” signs strung in the locker room. The theory of ignoring Clemson for the sake of the SEC championship was fine, but considering the Gamecocks were never in the hunt for the SEC, and Spurrier was still 1-3 against the Tigers in first four tries, what was the point? Spurrier got a win last year, and USC will be favored this year despite the lurking cloud of potentially resting its best players for the big game next week. The opportunity to break the streak is clearly there. The Gamecocks just have to seize it.
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e only had to compose himself a bit. “Yeah, last time running out in Williams-Brice, it’s kind of a hard reality to deal with,” South Carolina’s fifthyear senior right tackle said. “It’s been a long time coming, and my senior year has unfolded into a pretty good one so far.” That about covers it. Eckerson trotted out for his senior ovation last week against Troy and realized that his career will be over soon. But he still has a month and change to play, beginning with today’s game at archrival Clemson. And for the first time, he has an extra game to play. Eckerson and the rest of the Gamecocks’ seniors will head to Atlanta next week to play Auburn for the SEC championship, before they head to a bowl game. The ride Eckerson has taken is like many of the 15 seniors around him on the roster, but perhaps a little more intriguing. As part of an offensive line that has been scorned, shaken up and nearly scuttled, Eckerson came through it as a starter and a critical piece of the first Gamecock team to win the SEC East. “When you’re out there, you’re thinking that if I go down, there’s nobody else that can go in,” Eckerson said. “So going into the game knowing in your mind that you have to play four quarters and finish the dadgum ballgame, that does add almost a sense of confidence because you know you’re going to have to do your job for four quarters and finish the ballgame.” Eckerson and all of his line mates had to have confidence. Coming into the season, the line had allowed sacks by the bushel and was partially responsible for a rushing “attack” that had finished last in the SEC for three straight seasons. Eckerson was on his third coach in three years (fifth if you count interim coaches) and didn’t know what to expect. But thanks to the running of Marcus Lattimore and the toughness preached by line coach Shawn Elliott, USC’s offensive line has finally come together. Thin as it is, Eckerson and his mates banded together to challenge for a major goal. That was accomplished two weeks ago at Florida. Eckerson will get to go back to Lumberton, N.C., with a championship ring once he finishes. “That’s why I came here,” Eckerson said. “Because [coach Steve Spurrier] told me that we want to win an SEC championship here and do things that have never been done. And it’s been a long time and a lot of ups
and downs, but we’re in it and it’s a great feeling.” Eckerson had to check his emotions as he was announced to the crowd and then ran out to “2001” for the last time — “Words can’t describe being in the tunnel and hearing that song,” he said — before the Troy game, and then had to get back up for the Clemson rivalry this week. The Gamecocks don’t have to win the game to make their season, since it will be really defined next week. But it would be nice to have. USC hasn’t beaten Clemson in consecutive years since a three-year run from 1968-1970. After that is the SEC championship, then a bowl game hopefully in a sunny locale. Either way, the season has been an unqualified success. Even a “big ugly” broke down talking about it. “Wish I could do it many more times, but I’ve had a great college experience,” Eckerson said. “Like I said, it’s unfolding into a great senior year and it’s going to be a special day.”
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outh Carolina defensive line coach Brad Lawing received the ultimate praise from Steve Spurrier earlier this season. While addressing the media about the play of the defensive line, Spurrier said he thought Lawing deserved a raise because of the play of his unit. The numbers don’t lie in this situation. The Gamecocks are first against the run in the SEC, allowing less than 100 yards a game, and are first in sacks with 36. Even with that, Lawing wishes the praise would be spread out a little more evenly than just on the defensive line. “It takes 11 people to stop the run and 11 people to stop the pass,” Lawing said. “The defensive line gets too much credit for stopping the run and too much blame when they give up a lot. It takes the play of the entire defense to be successful. It’s definitely a team deal.” But for a unit that has been maligned over the years, it truly has been a resurgent season. Led by upperclassmen defensive tackles Ladi Ajiboye, Travian Robertson and Melvin Ingram, and defensive ends Cliff Matthews and Devin Taylor, the unit has been consistent on the way to the SEC East title and an 8-3 record. Backup defensive ends Chaz Sutton and Byron McKnight each have scores among the five defensive touchdowns scored by USC this season. Taylor and Ingram are battling for the team lead in sacks. Taylor, a sophomore, currently leads the way with 7.5 while Ingram is just behind with seven, though he has started just one game this season. Although the praise should be spread evenly across the board, Lawing understands that most of what the defense wants to accomplish begins up front. “I’m proud of the sack total and the way we’ve played the run, but the main thing we try and do each
play is affect the quarterback, even if we don’t sack him,” Lawing said. “All the stats out there are great but the bottom line is getting out and getting it done on Saturday.” Lawing did not want to rate the play of his unit just yet. He wants to see how the Clemson game and rematch against Auburn in the SEC championship work out, plus the bowl game, before evaluating the play. “I thought before the season we had a chance to be a pretty good front this year,” Lawing said. “I’m not ready to evaluate how they’ve played yet because we have a lot of football left to play. All that is for after the season, but so far it’s been decent.” Lawing is in his second stint coaching in Columbia. He spent 10 seasons at USC, left for stints at Michigan State and North Carolina and has been back with the Gamecocks for five years. Last year he watched this same group struggle with injuries and suspensions. Robertson missed all but the first four games of the season with an injury. So far this season, the group has been relatively healthy. The biggest scare was a broken hand suffered by Ingram against Vanderbilt, but the junior had a cast placed on it and he returned to the lineup later in the game. Being able to stay injury-free has been one of the main areas of improvement. “We were off to a pretty good start last year and then went through some things where we didn’t finish the way we wanted to,” Lawing said. “Staying healthy has been a major key for us. Just like a lot of other positions on our team, the depth isn’t where it needs to be, but the frontline guys are pretty darn good. If we can finish off the way we’ve started this year, it will be a move in the right direction for us and this program as a whole.” Defensive Line Coach Brad Lawing
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he Gamecocks have rewritten much of their athletic history already this year, with a long awaited national championship in baseball and a stunning basketball victory over No. 1 Kentucky at the Colonial Center.
Football history is also under revision, with the Gamecocks winning their first SEC East title, defeating four of ESPN’s top 15 rated programs of all time in a single year, including the top-ranked defending national champion Alabama Crimson Tide, and matching their biggest home win total ever at seven games. Go ahead and add to the list the fifth highest single game point total (69), achieved against Troy last week, the first USC team to boast both a 1000 yard running back and a wide receiver in Marcus Lattimore and Alshon Jeffery, and a record seventh consecutive year of bowl eligibility. This list of edits is pretty impressive as it stands, but there’s one little bit of the Gamecock football history book that obviously still needs some work, and that is the chapter on Clemson. Against all probability USC has not defeated the Tigers in consecutive seasons since 1970. Yes, you read that correctly. It has been 40 years since South Carolina actually beat Clemson twice in a row on the football field. r That, of course, opens the door to yet another history making opportunity this weekend, when the Gamecocks, who whipped the Tigers 34-17 last year in Columbia, will face them again in Clemson in the annual rivalry game. Students’ grades are a private matter, but it certainly seems that this Gamecock team has embraced these assignments this semester. This bodes well for the Clemson matchup, because the Tigers, on the other hand, are failing. To put it bluntly, as Carolina’s program rises, Clemson’s is clearly on the way down,
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and this game should highlight that fact for all to see. The Tigers’ 7-6 record last season was their worst since 2002, and it would take a win over the Gamecocks or a bowl victory just to match that failure this year. Needless to say, this is highly unlikely, and so we will probably see Clemson sink to its lowest level in a decade as the Gamecocks do the opposite. Looking closer, we see that Clemson did not even beat a BCS school until the sixth week of the 2010 season, and that they are only bowl eligible at this point by using the exemption clause and including their win over Presbyterian, a 2-9 division-II school. Indeed, the combined record of every team that Clemson has defeated this year comes to a pitiful 28-38, revealing the Tigers as anything but fierce or scary. While not bad defensively, Clemson’s offense is simply horrible, ranking 80th in the nation in passing yards, 61st in rushing and 77th in total scoring. Though USC has a horrible pass defense, the unfortunate truth for Clemson is that quarterback Kyle Parker (who we’ve had the pleasure of beating on both the football and baseball field this year) ranks a lowly 88th in the nation in passing efficiency, making this a beneficial matchup for the Gamecocks. Needless to say our run defense, at 7th in the country, should have no problem with the Tigers. Clemson’s only hope is for the game to be a low scoring, defensive battle. They have held their last six opponents to 16 points or less, including losses to Florida State and Boston College. However, with USC coming off of a scoring-fest against Troy, and with Alshon Jeffery, Marcus Lattimore and even Stephen Garcia finding their groove at this point, the Tigers will simply not be able to handle us like they have handled the weaker ACC schools on their schedule. The bottom line is that the Gamecocks have too much for the Tigers this year, and probably for several years to come, which should allow us to begin erasing our long streak of failure in this rivalry. In fact, if there is ever to be payback for that painful 63-17 stomping we took in Columbia in 2003, this year’s mismatch would be a good candidate, as it has true blowout potential.
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summer, the Palmetto State standout is also a terrific baseball player, having won a national championship over the summer with his Diamond Devils AAU squad. Carson told GamecockCentral.com after he committed that having the opportunity to play two sports in Columbia was a big draw. “[USC was] recruiting me for both sports, and I wanted to keep my talent instate,” he said. The outfielder and running back, who got from home to first on the diamond in a blazing 4.25 seconds during the summer months, spurned several other major offers in picking USC, including Auburn, North Carolina and Tennessee. On the gridiron, USC assistant coaches Brad Lawing and Jay Graham recruited Carson, while Chad Holbrook recruited for baseball.
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SEC Championship Trumps Clemson Win BY CHRISTOPER THOMPSON
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t’s a dilemma the Gamecocks have never faced before.
And make no mistake — it’s a nice problem to have. Still, it’s an issue squarely facing the Carolina program, its players and fans, this Saturday at Death Valley: how the Gamecocks will react to playing in the biggest game of the year … when it’s no longer the biggest game of the year. This will be a tough one for Palmetto State residents to swallow, but it’s time to face the facts: an SEC championship trumps a win over your arch rival. Even if that rival lives right down the street and waves an orange flag in your face every weekend. Steve Spurrier likes to say the next game’s the most important one on the schedule, and in this case he’s right — the next one, the one in Atlanta on Dec. 4, is the game that matters most. Yes, it matters even more than the one being staged in the Upstate this weekend, even if this is the one that decides bragging rights in your office for the next 365 days. To appreciate this theory takes some perspective, and this shouldn’t be construed as
corner country about our fierce rivalry — chances are, they’ve got one of their own that’s just as heated. Heck, we don’t even have a name for ours; other states have the Iron Bowl, the Civil War and, simply, the Big Game. And the Hardee’s Trophy certainly doesn’t compare to Paul Bunyan’s Axe, does it? But an SEC championship transcends state lines. It makes the winning school a national story, and that recognition gets cited by analysts repeatedly in the ensuing years. It becomes a calling card for success. True, the cachet of a conference title this year could never be compared to the pride athletes and alumni feel for a lifetime when they’ve vanquished their most hated foe. But champions are measured by the championships they’ve won, and those championships are the memories that make the most lasting
Champions are measured by the championships they’ve won, and those championships are the memories that make the most lasting impressions.
downplaying the magnitude of the CarolinaClemson series. For years, it’s been the game each November. But, for many of those years, it was the only game these fan bases had to celebrate at the end of a season. Not anymore. Clemson made the game a little less relevant last season by winning the ACC Atlantic division, and now Carolina’s changing the dynamics of the rivalry even more by virtue of its SEC East championship. What’s changing? Now, there’s a bigger payoff to consider after the Clemson game ends, the prestige plus a large pot of gold at the end of the BCS rainbow that goes to a conference champion. And there’s an awfully sweet bowl (pun intended) in New Orleans that would host the Gamecocks with a win over Auburn. The Carolina-Clemson game has a storied past full of dramatic moments, with heroes and villains alike taking their turn in the series spotlight. However, the impact of its outcome generally ends at the state’s borders. Try telling someone in another part of the
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impressions. Think about the only historical precedent the Gamecocks have to draw upon, the 1969 ACC crown. That’s all you ever hear mentioned, that Carolina won the conference title that season. Did you also know that in 1969, Carolina went on to beat Clemson (good omen), then lost in Atlanta (oops, bad omen) at the old Peach Bowl? Probably not. Here’s a more current scenario: Did university officials put up a banner or a sign at the stadium when Carolina beat Clemson last year? Of course not. But how quickly do you think they’d clear out space on one of the ramps at Williams-Brice if the Gamecocks beat those other Tigers next weekend in the Georgia Dome? Still don’t believe me? When you were celebrating your way onto Bluff Road on Nov. 28, 2009, were you crowing about Palmetto State domination, or did you derisively chant “ACC Champs”? Ah, ha. Case closed.
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1 Alshon Jeffery 3 Akeem Auguste 3 Jarvis Giles 4 Jason Barnes 5 Stephen Garcia 5 Stephon Gilmore 6 Melvin Ingram 7 Corey Addison 7 Dylan Thompson 8 Lamar Scruggs 9 Sharrod Golightly 9 Ace Sanders 10 Brian Maddox 10 Cadarious Sanders 11 Seth Strickland 12 Andrew Clifford 12 C.C. Whitlock 13 Nick Jones 14 Connor Shaw 15 Payton Brady 15 Patrick Fish 16 Shaq Wilson 17 Chris Culliver 18 Dion LeCorn 18 Jay Wooten 19 DeAngelo Smith 20 Cedrick Snead 21 DeVonte Holloman 21 Marcus Lattimore 22 Bryce Sherman 23 Brandan Davis 24 Quin Smith 25 Alonzo Winfield 26 Antonio Allen 27 Victor Hampton 28 Eric Baker 28 Jared Shaw 29 Chaun Gresham 30 Bret Morgan 31 Kenny Miles 31 Matt O’Brien 32 Reginald Bowens 33 Damario Jeffery 34 Spencer Lanning 35 Jimmy Legree 36 D.J. Swearinger 39 Marty Markett 40 Calvin Lee 41 Josh Dickerson 42 Eric Davis 42 Travian Robertson 43 Jacob Baker 43 Qua Gilchrist 44 Tony Straughter 45 Rodney Paulk 46 Joey Scribner-Howard 46 Dalton Wilson 47 Patrick DiMarco 48 Matt Coffee 49 Blake Baxley 50 Billy Byrne 50 A.J. Cann 51 Walker Inabinet 52 Aldrick Fordham 53 Corey Robinson 54 Connor McLaurin 55 T.J. Johnson 57 C.J. Heinz 57 Tramell Williams 58 Ryland Culbertson 59 Charles Turner 60 Terrence Campbell 61 Travis Ford 62 Davis Moore 63 Chris Vaughn 65 Ryan Broadhead 66 Hutch Eckerson
WR 6-4 233 SO St. Matthews, S.C./Calhoun County FS 5-10 191 JR Hollywood, Fla./Cham-Madonna/Frk Union Mil. TB 5-11 186 SO Tampa, Fla./Gaither WR 6-4 211 JR Charlotte, N.C./Independence QB 6-2 227 JR Lutz, Fla./Jefferson CB 6-1 189 SO Rock Hill, S.C./South Pointe DT 6-2 264 JR Hamlet, N.C./Richmond County SS 6-0 204 RS FR Jacksonville, Fla./Andrew Jackson QB 6-2 209 FR Boiling Springs, S.C./Boiling Springs WR 6-3 227 RS FR Jacksonville Beach, Fla./Fletcher SS 5-10 181 FR Decatur, Ga./Southwest Dekalb WR 5-7 166 FR Bradenton, Fla./Manatee TB 5-11 229 SR Anderson, S.C./T.L. Hanna CB 5-11 180 FR LaGrange, Ga./Troup County QB 6-2 191 SO Laurens, S.C./Laurens QB 6-2 219 RS FR Tampa, Fla./Wharton CB 5-10 178 JR Chester, S.C./Chester WR 5-8 189 FR Moore, S.C./Byrnes QB 6-1 202 FR Flowery Branch, Ga./Flowery Branch QB 6-2 210 SO Lincolnton, N.C./E. Lin./Chas. S./Campbell P 5-11 170 FR Shelby, N.C./Burns LB 5-11 229 JR Jacksonville, Fla./First Coast CB 6-1 201 SR Garner, N.C./Garner WR 5-11 217 SR Ocala, Fla./Trinity Catholic PK 6-3 198 JR Laurinburg, N.C./Scotland Cty/N. Carolina WR 6-0 181 RS FR Kingsland, Ga./Camden County WR 5-7 181 JR Garner, N.C./Garner SS 6-2 228 SO Rock Hill, S.C./South Pointe TB 6-0 218 FR Duncan, S.C./Byrnes TB 5-4 155 SO Winston-Salem, N.C./Carver CB 5-11 174 JR Columbia, S.C./Dutch Frk/Carson-Newman LB 6-0 233 RS FR Lenoir, N.C./Hibriten SS 6-0 218 SO Winston-Salem, N.C./Carver Spur 6-2 205 JR Ocala, Fla./Trinity Catholic/Fork Union Mil. CB 5-9 188 FR Darlington, S.C./Darlington TB 5-11 190 JR Jacksonville, Fla./Ed. H. White/Frk Un. Mil. FS 5-10 182 SO Fort Mill, S.C./Fort Mill/Newberry DE 6-1 238 RS FR Auburn, Ga./Apalachee FS 5-10 180 SO Hudson, Mass./Hudson/Dean College TB 5-10 192 SO Lawrenceville, Ga./Brookwood FS 5-11 182 RS FR New Milford, N.J./Bergen Catholic LB 6-2 240 SO Holly Springs, N.C./Garner Spur 6-3 220 SO Columbia, S.C./Columbia P/PK 5-11 192 SR Rock Hill, S.C./York Comprehensive CB 5-11 178 RS FR Beaufort, S.C./Beaufort FS 5-11 201 SO Greenwood, S.C./Greenwood CB 5-10 168 JR York, S.C./York Comprehensive LB 6-3 225 SO Chapin, S.C./Chapin/Alabama LB 6-1 225 SR Kingsland, Ga./Camden Cnty/Georgia Mil. P 6-2 172 SO Newberry, S.C./Newberry DT 6-4 293 JR Laurinburg, N.C./Scotland County FB 5-9 189 SO Ridgeland, S.C./Thomas Heyward Academy LB 6-1 231 SO Abbeville, S.C./Abbeville/Butler County CC LB 6-0 201 SR Madison, Fla./Madison Cnty/Georgia Mil. LB 6-0 225 SR Columbia, S.C./Richland Northeast PK 6-1 207 JR Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork/Carson-Newman FB 6-1 220 SO Williston, S.C./Williston-Elko FB/TE 6-1 243 SR Altamonte Springs, Fla./Lake Brantley FB 5-11 225 FR Mary Esther, Fla./Fort Walton Beach Spur 5-9 198 SR Columbia, S.C./Lexington LB 5-11 223 RS FR Palm Harbor, Fla./East Lake OG 6-3 286 FR Bamberg, S.C./Bamberg-Ehrhardt DS 5-9 194 SO Columbia, S.C./Hammond School DE 6-4 263 SO Jamestown, S.C./Timberland OT 6-6 317 FR Havelock, N.C./Havelock LB 6-0 225 RS FR Raleigh, N.C./Garner OC 6-4 302 SO Aynor, S.C./Aynor P 6-2 200 SO Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork/Tennessee OG 6-0 299 FR Jacksonville, Fla./Lee DS 6-4 260 FR Laurens, S.C./Laurens Academy DS 6-4 250 SR Roebuck, S.C./Dorman OG 6-3 305 JR Austell, Ga./South Cobb OL 6-4 250 RS FR Fork, S.C./Lake View/Coastal Carolina DS/LB 6-1 212 RS FR Buford, Ga./Mill Creek/Emory & Henry DS 6-0 272 JR Columbia, S.C./Irmo OC 6-5 264 JR Leesburg, Ga./Lee County OT 6-4 281 SR Lumberton, N.C./Lumberton
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Hgt. Wgt. Cl.
Hometown/High School/Last College
No. Name
Pos.
Hgt. Wgt. Cl.
Hometown/High School/Last College
67 Ronald Patrick 68 Kyle Nunn 69 Matthew Grooms 70 Byron Jerideau 73 Rokevious Watkins 75 Steven Singleton 76 Jarriel King 77 Garrett Chisolm 78 Cody Gibson 80 DeMario Bennett 81 Tori Gurley 81 Adam Yates 82 D.L. Moore 83 Cliff Matthews 84 Kyle Madden 85 Kevin White 86 Blair Lowery 87 Justice Cunningham 89 Mike Triglia 90 Joshua Newton 90 Chaz Sutton 91 Ladi Ajiboye 92 Byron McKnight 94 Kenny Davis 95 Corey Simmons 97 J.T. Surratt 98 Devin Taylor 99 Jordan Butler
OC OT DS DT OG OG OT OT OT WR WR PK WR DE TE WR WR TE TE PK DE DT DE DT DE DT DE PK
6-1 6-5 6-0 6-0 6-4 6-2 6-5 6-6 6-6 6-2 6-5 6-1 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-4 6-1 6-5 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-7 6-1
Cocoa, Fla./Cocoa Sumter, S.C./Sumter McColl, S.C./Marlboro County Green Pond, S.C./Colleton County/Fort Scott C.C. Fairburn, Ga./Creekside/Georgia Military Buford, Ga./Buford/Georgia Military N. Charleston, S.C./N. Charleston/Georgia Military Charleston, S.C./West Ashley/Pikeville College Tallahassee, Fla./Lincoln Douglas, Ga./Coffee County Rock Hill, S.C./Rock Hill/New Hampton Prep Sparks, MD/Hereford Bowling Green, Ky./Bowling Green Cheraw, S.C./Cheraw Powder Springs, Ga./Harrison/UCF N. Charleston, S.C./Ft Dorch./Newberry Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork Pageland, S.C./Central Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School Aiken, S.C./South Aiken Savannah, Ga./Jenkins/Fork Union Military Riverdale, Ga./Banneker/Hargrave Military Laurinburg, N.C./Scotland County Newberry, S.C./Newberry Lawrenceville, Ga./Grtr Atlanta Christian Winston-Salem, N.C./Parkland Beaufort, S.C./Beaufort Myrtle Beach, S.C./Myrtle Beach
292 FR 304 JR 244 SR 339 SO 325 JR 303 SR 324 SR 303 SR 269 FR 174 RS FR 230 SO 217 SO 211 SO 268 SR 248 SO 206 JR 190 SO 268 SO 239 SO 193 SO 244 RS FR 290 SR 235 JR 303 SO 253 FR 300 FR 249 SO 175 FR
coaches
Head Coach Spurs & SS/Recruiting Coord/ Special Teams Coord Shawn Elliott Offensive Line/Running Game Coordinator Craig Fitzgerald Director of Football Strength & Conditioning Jay Graham Running Backs/Asst. Special Teams Coordinator Johnson Hunter Tight Ends/Assistant Special Teams Coordinator Ellis Johnson Asst. Head Coach/Asst. Coach Defense/Linebackers Brad Lawing Defensive Line G.A. Mangus Quarterbacks Jamie Speronis Director of Football Operations Steve Spurrier, Jr. Receivers Lorenzo Ward Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Mike Gasparato Graduate Assistant Dennis Thomas Graduate Assistant Orus Lambert Graduate Assistant Robbie Liles Director of High School Relations Scott Morgan Graduate Assistant 11/15/10 Coordinator for Patrick Shine Administrative Recruiting Defense Scott Spurrier Graduate Assistant Steve Spurrier Shane Beamer
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPTH CHART
depth
Offense
SOUTH CAROLINA DEDEPTH CHART WR 1 8
WR WR WR WR LT
81 9 80 1 8 82 4 81 9 68 80 76
Alshon Jeffery Lamar Scruggs
Tori Gurley Ace Sanders DeMario Bennett Alshon Jeffery Lamar Scruggs D.L. Moore Jason Barnes Tori Gurley Ace Sanders Kyle Nunn DeMario Bennett Jarriel King
6-4 233 SO-1L St. Matthews, S.C. 6-3 227 FR-RS Jacksonville Beach, Fla.
6-5 230 SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C. Offense 5-7 166 FR-HS Bradenton, Fla. 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-5 5-7 6-5 6-2 6-5
174 233 227 211 211 230 166 304 174 324
FR-RS SO-1L FR-RS SO-1L JR-2L SO-1L FR-HS JR-2L FR-RS SR-2L
Douglas, Ga. St. Matthews, S.C. Jacksonville Beach, Fla. Bowling Green, Ky. Charlotte, N.C. Rock Hill, S.C. Bradenton, Fla. Sumter, S.C. Douglas, Ga. North Charleston, S.C.
98 92
Devin Taylor Byron McKnight
DT
42 52
Travian Robertson Aldrick Fordham
DE DT
98 91 92 94 70 42 52 83 6 91 90 94 70 41 45 83 6 44 90 24
Devin Taylor Ladi Ajiboye Byron McKnight Kenny Davis Byron Jerideau Travian Robertson Aldrick Fordham Cliff Matthews Melvin Ingram Ladi Ajiboye Chaz Sutton Kenny Davis Byron Jerideau Josh Dickerson Rodney Paulk Cliff Matthews Melvin Ingram Tony Straughter Chaz Sutton Quin Smith
DT DE DT
6-7 249 SO-1L Beaufort, S.C. 6-5 235 JR-2L Laurinburg,11/15/10 N.C.
6-4 293 JR-2L Laurinburg, N.C. Defense 6-4 263 SO-1L Jamesown, S.C. 6-7 6-1 6-5 6-3 6-0 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-4 6-2 6-0 6-4 6-0
249 290 235 303 339 293 263 268 264 290 244 303 339 225 225 268 264 201 244 233
SO-1L Beaufort, S.C. SR-3L Riverdale, Ga. JR-2L Laurinburg, N.C. SO-SQ Newberry, S.C. –OR– SO-JC Green Pond, S.C. JR-2L Laurinburg, N.C. SO-1L Jamesown, S.C. SR-3L Cheraw, S.C. JR-2L Hamlet, N.C. SR-3L Riverdale, Ga. FR-RS Savannah, Ga. SO-SQ Newberry, S.C. –OR– SO-JC Green Pond, S.C. SR-1L Kingsland, Ga. JR-2L Columbia, S.C. SR-3L Cheraw, S.C. JR-2L Hamlet, N.C. SR-1L Madison, Fla. FR-RS Savannah, Ga. SO-1L Lenoir, N.C.
WR LG
82 D.L. Moore 77 Garrett Chisolm 4 Jason Barnes 73 Rokevious Watkins
6-4 6-6 6-4 6-4
211 303 211 325
SO-1L SR-1L JR-2L JR-SQ
Bowling Green, Ky. Charleston, S.C. Charlotte, N.C. Fairburn, Ga.
LT C
68 Kyle Nunn 55 T.J. Johnson 76 Jarriel King 67 Ronald Patrick
6-5 6-4 6-5 6-1
304 302 324 292
JR-2L SO-1L SR-2L FR-HS
Sumter, S.C. Aynor, S.C. North Charleston, S.C. Cocoa, Fla.
LG RG
77 Garrett Chisolm 73 Rokevious Watkins 73 Rokevious Watkins 60 Terrence Campbell
6-6 6-4 6-4 6-3
303 325 325 305
SR-1L JR-SQ JR-SQ JR-1L
Charleston, S.C. Fairburn, Ga. Fairburn, Ga. Austell, Ga.
CRT
55 T.J. Johnson 66 Ronald Hutch Eckerson 67 Patrick 68 Kyle Nunn
6-4 302 SO-1L Aynor, S.C. 6-4 292 281 FR-HS SR-3L Cocoa, Lumberton, 6-1 Fla. N.C. 6-5 304 JR-2L Sumter, S.C.
RG TE
73 47 60 87 89 66 68 5 14 47 87 47 89 10
Rokevious Watkins Patrick DiMarco Terrence Campbell Justice Cunningham Mike Triglia Hutch Eckerson Kyle Nunn Stephen Garcia Connor Shaw Patrick DiMarco Justice Cunningham Patrick DiMarco Mike Triglia Brian Maddox
6-4 325 6-1 243 6-3 305 6-3 268 6-4 239 6-4 281 6-5 304 6-2 227 6-0 202 6-1 243 6-3 268 6-1 243 6-4 239 5-11 229
JR-SQ SR-3L JR-1L SO-1L SO-1L SR-3L JR-2L JR-2L FR-HS SR-3L SO-1L SR-3L SO-1L SR-3L
Fairburn, Ga. Altamonte Springs, Fla. Austell, Ga. Pageland, S.C. Jacksonville, Fla. Lumberton, N.C. Sumter, S.C. Lutz, Fla. Flowery Branch, Ga. Altamonte Springs, Fla. Pageland, S.C. Altamonte Springs, Fla. Jacksonville, Fla. Anderson, S.C.
5 21 14 10 31 47 10
Stephen Garcia Marcus Lattimore Connor Shaw Brian Maddox Kenny Miles Patrick DiMarco Brian Maddox
6-2 227 6-0 218 6-0 202 5-11 229 5-10 192 6-1 243 5-11 229
JR-2L FR-HS FR-HS SR-3L SO-1L SR-3L SR-3L
Lutz, Fla. Duncan, S.C. Flowery Branch, Ga. Anderson, S.C. Lawrenceville, Ga. Altamonte Springs, Fla. Anderson, S.C.
TB
21 10 31
Marcus Lattimore Brian Maddox Kenny Miles
6-0 218 FR-HS Duncan, S.C. 5-11 229 SR-3L Anderson, S.C. 5-10 192 SO-1L Lawrenceville, Ga.
KO
18 46
Jay Wooten 6-3 198 JR-SQ Laurinburg, N.C. Joey Scribner-Howard 6-1 207 JR-SQ Irmo, S.C.
PK
34 18
Spencer Lanning Jay Wooten
KO P
18 Jay Wooten 6-3 198 JR-SQ Laurinburg, N.C. 34 Spencer Lanning 5-11 192 SR-2L Rock Hill, S.C. 46 Joey Scribner-Howard 6-1 207 JR-SQ Irmo, S.C. 18 Jay Wooten 6-3 198 JR-SQ Laurinburg, N.C.
KR DS
22 Bryce Sherman 59 Charles Turner 36 D.J. Swearinger 51 Walker Inabinet
5-4 155 SO-1L Winston-Salem, N.C. 6-4 250 SR-3L Roebuck, S.C. 5-11 201 SO-1L Greenwood, S.C. 5-9 194 SO-SQ Columbia, S.C.
PK
34 18
Spencer Lanning Jay Wooten
5-11 192 SR-2L Rock Hill, S.C. 6-3 198 JR-SQ Laurinburg, N.C.
PR H
9 Ace Sanders 11 Seth Strickland 5 Stephon Gilmore 9 Ace Sanders
5-7 6-2 6-1 5-7
P
34 18
Spencer Lanning Jay Wooten
5-11 192 SR-2L Rock Hill, S.C. 6-3 198 JR-SQ Laurinburg, N.C.
DS
59 51
Charles Turner Walker Inabinet
6-4 250 SR-3L Roebuck, S.C. 5-9 194 SO-SQ Columbia, S.C.
H
11 9
Seth Strickland Ace Sanders
6-2 191 SO-SQ Laurens, S.C. 5-7 166 FR-HS Bradenton, Fla.
RT QB TE FB QB TB FB
MLB DE WLB MLB SPUR
41 Josh Dickerson 26 Antonio Allen 45 Rodney Paulk 33 Damario Jeffery
6-1 6-2 6-0 6-3
225 205 225 220
SR-1L JR-1L JR-2L SO-1L
Kingsland, Ga. Ocala, Fla. Columbia, S.C. Columbia, S.C.
WLB CB
44 Tony Straughter 5 Stephon Gilmore 24 Quin Smith 3 Akeem Auguste
6-0 201 6-1 189 6-0 233 5-10 191
SR-1L SO-1L SO-1L JR-2L
Madison, Fla. Rock Hill, S.C. Lenoir, N.C. Hollywood, Fla.
SPUR FS
26 Antonio Allen 3 Akeem Auguste 33 Damario Jeffery 36 D.J. Swearinger
6-2 205 5-10 191 6-3 220 5-11 201
JR-1L JR-2L SO-1L SO-1L
Ocala, Fla. Hollywood, Fla. Columbia, S.C. Greenwood, S.C.
CB SS
5 Stephon Gilmore 36 D.J. Swearinger 3 Akeem Auguste 21 DeVonte Holloman
6-1 189 SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C. 5-11 201 SO-1L Greenwood, S.C. 5-10 191 JR-2L Hollywood, Fla. 6-2 228 SO-1L Charlotte, N.C.
FS CB
3 Akeem Auguste 39 Marty Markett 36 D.J. Swearinger 12 C.C. Whitlock
5-10 191 5-10 168 5-11 201 5-10 178
SS
36 21
D.J. Swearinger DeVonte Holloman
5-11 201 SO-1L Greenwood, S.C. 6-2 228 SO-1L Charlotte, N.C.
CB
39 12
Marty Markett C.C. Whitlock
5-10 168 Jr.-SQ York, S.C. 5-10 178 JR-2L Chester, S.C.
22 36
Bryce Sherman D.J. Swearinger
5-4 155 SO-1L Winston-Salem, N.C. 5-11 201 SO-1L Greenwood, S.C.
9 5
Ace Sanders Stephon Gilmore
5-7 166 FR-HS Bradenton, Fla. 6-1 189 SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C.
JR-2L Jr.-SQ SO-1L JR-2L
Hollywood, Fla. York, S.C. Greenwood, S.C. Chester, S.C.
Specialists KR
PR Specialists
5-11 192 SR-2L Rock Hill, S.C. 6-3 198 JR-SQ Laurinburg, N.C.
Information courtesy USC Athletics
166 191 189 166
FR-HS Bradenton, Fla. SO-SQ Laurens, S.C. SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C. FR-HS Bradenton, Fla.
usc VS clemsonu
nusc VS clemson
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STATS (as of NOV. 20, 2010)
South Carolina Overall team Statistics
TEAM STATISTICS SC OPP SCORING 370 235 Points Per Game 33.6 21.4 FIRST DOWNS 232 201 Rushing 107 71 Passing 115 122 Penalty 10 8 RUSHING YARDAGE 1771 1057 Yards gained rushing 2047 1398 Yards lost rushing 276 341 Rushing Attempts 424 353 Average Per Rush 4.2 3.0 Average Per Game 161.0 96.1 TDs Rushing 25 9 PASSING YARDAGE 2643 2756 Comp-Att-Int 197-290-12 242-375-8 Average Per Pass 9.1 7.3 Average Per Catch 13.4 11.4 Average Per Game 240.3 250.5 TDs Passing 18 17 TOTAL OFFENSE 4414 3813 Total Plays 714 728 Average Per Play 6.2 5.2 Average Per Game 401.3 346.6 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 43-886 59-1216 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 15-45 23-191 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 8-207 12-40 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 20.6 20.6 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 3.0 8.3 INT RETURN AVERAGE 25.9 3.3 FUMBLES-LOST 20-7 22-13 PENALTIES-Yards 59-434 62-493 Average Per Game 39.5 44.8 PUNTS-Yards 42-1847 48-2019 Average Per Punt 44.0 42.1 Net punt average 37.0 40.3 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 31:07 28:53 3RD-DOWN Conversions 71/137 61/157 3rd-Down Pct 52% 39% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 2/3 11/23 4th-Down Pct 67% 48% SACKS BY-Yards 36-228 25-135 MISC YARDS -12 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 48 28 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 12-16 13-16 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 1-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (41-48) 85% (27-39) 69% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (34-48) 71% (17-39) 44% PAT-ATTEMPTS (46-48) 96% (24-25) 96% ATTENDANCE 536675 279502 Games/Avg Per Game 7/76668 4/69876 Neutral Site Games 0/0
Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th South Carolina 114 112 65 79 Opponents 33 70 56 76
Stats courtesy USC Athletics
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Total 370 235
South Carolina Overall defensive Statistics
| Tackles | Sacks | Pass defense | Fumbles | blkd
## Defensive Leaders
5A 2D 36 26 41 3A 17 98 91 42 24 83 44 45 33 6 12 23 39 52 70 7 16 29 25 49 90 35 4J 94 4D 87 59 20 5B 92 89 18 32 9 10 34 TM 21
Stephon Gilmore D. Holloman D.J. Swearinger Antonio Allen Josh Dickerson Akeem Auguste Chris Culliver Devin Taylor Ladi Ajiboye T. Robertson Quin Smith Cliff Matthews Tony Straughter Rodney Paulk Damario Jeffery Melvin Ingram C.C. Whitlock Brandan Davis Marty Markett Aldrick Fordham Byron Jerideau Corey Addison Shaq Wilson Chaun Gresham Alonzo Winfield Blake Baxley Chaz Sutton Jimmy Legree Jacob Baker Kenny Davis Dalton Wilson J. Cunningham Charles Turner Cedrick Snead Billy Byrne Byron McKnight Mike Triglia Dion LeCorn Reginald Bowens Ace Sanders Brian Maddox Spencer Lanning TEAM M. Lattimore Total.......... Opponents......
gp ua
11 11 11 9 11 11 7 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 7 11 4 6 1 10 9 11 4 6 5 7 9 11 10 7 2 8 11 10 4 11 11 11 7 10 11 11
52 47 43 29 26 26 28 24 12 21 18 20 17 22 19 14 16 8 9 5 4 6 3 6 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 . 2 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 511 477
a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds bu pd qbh rcv-yds ff
7 8 12 21 22 13 6 10 21 11 13 9 12 7 8 9 3 3 1 4 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 . 2 1 . 3 . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . 220 250
59 55 55 50 48 39 34 34 33 32 31 29 29 29 27 23 19 11 10 9 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 731 727
6.0 - 27 3.0 - 23 2.0 - 2 . 2.0 - 2 . 9.5 - 32 2.5 - 17 5.0 - 8 . 2.5 - 13 1.0 - 6 2.5 - 9 1.0 - 7 12.0 - 52 7.5 - 39 4.0 - 15 2.0 - 13 9.0 - 29 3.0 - 19 1.0 - 2 . 5.5 - 23 3.5 - 19 1.0 - 1 . 4.0 - 15 2.5 - 8 1.0 - 5 . 9.0 - 61 8.0 - 58 . . 1.0 - 12 . . . . . 2.0 - 5 1.0 - 4 . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 - 15 1.0 - 15 . . . . 1.0 - 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 - 330 36 - 228 60 - 196 25 - 135
Overall Individual Statistics Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td M. Lattimore 10 209 1089 23 1066 5.1 17 Brian Maddox 11 56 320 10 310 5.5 2 Stephen Garcia 11 85 318 146 172 2.0 6 Connor Shaw 7 26 142 26 116 4.5 0 Kenny Miles 11 27 84 8 76 2.8 0 Ace Sanders 11 5 63 7 56 11.2 0 Stephon Gilmore 11 1 14 0 14 14.0 0 Jarvis Giles 3 2 12 0 12 6.0 0 Tori Gurley 11 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 Dalton Wilson 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 Bryce Sherman 11 2 0 2 -2 -1.0 0 Seth Strickland 11 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 TEAM 7 8 0 50 -50 -6.2 0 Total.......... 11 424 2047 276 1771 4.2 25 Opponents...... 11 353 1398 341 1057 3.0 9 Passing gp Stephen Garcia 11 Connor Shaw 7 Andrew Clifford 2 Seth Strickland 11 Stephon Gilmore 11 Total.......... 11 Opponents...... 11
effic 160.7 125.4 -8.0 323.8 0.0 156.7 137.0
Receiving gp no. Alshon Jeffery 11 70 Alshon Jeffery 11 70 Tori Gurley 11 39 Ace Sanders 11 21 M. Lattimore 10 18 D.L. Moore 11 12 Patrick DiMarco 11 11 Brian Maddox 11 8 J. Cunningham 11 5 Jason Barnes 11 5 Lamar Scruggs 9 3 Kenny Miles 11 2 Mike Triglia 11 1 DeMario Bennett 5 1 DeAngelo Smith 2 1 Total.......... 11 197 Opponents...... 11 242
comp-att-int pct 175-257-9 68.1 19-28-2 67.9 1-2-1 50.0 2-2-0 100.0 0-1-0 0.0 197-290-12 67.9 242-375-8 64.5 yds 1210 1210 384 291 287 130 97 51 59 54 53 12 10 4 1 2643 2756
avg 17.3 17.3 9.8 13.9 15.9 10.8 8.8 6.4 11.8 10.8 17.7 6.0 10.0 4.0 1.0 13.4 11.4
lg avg/g 58 106.6 38 28.2 22 15.6 24 16.6 11 6.9 53 5.1 14 1.3 8 4.0 5 0.5 0 0.0 0 -0.2 0 -0.4 0 -7.1 58 161.0 54 96.1
yds td lg avg/g 419 16 72 219.9 2 200 1 21 28.6 10 0 10 5.0 14 1 15 1.3 0 0 0 0.0 2643 18 72 240.3 2756 17 72 250.5 td 7 7 4 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 17
lg 72 72 25 51 48 20 26 23 19 16 39 7 10 4 1 72 72
avg/g 110.0 110.0 34.9 26.5 28.7 11.8 8.8 4.6 5.4 4.9 5.9 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.5 240.3 250.5
2 - 89 2 4 2 - 13 3 5 1 - 22 2 3 . 3 3 . . . . 2 2 . 2 2 1 - 24 8 9 . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . 1 1 . 1 1 . 3 3 . 1 1 1-3 2 3 . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 56 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 207 33 41 12 - 40 25 37
1 . 1 2 1 . . 8 4 2 . 5 . 2 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 30 34
1 - 13 . . 1-0 1-0 . . 2-5 . 1-0 . . 1 - 52 . . . . . . 1-0 1-0 . 2-0 . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . 1-1 . . . . . . . . 13 - 71 7-0
1 1 1 2 . . 1 . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7
kick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
saf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Punt Returns Stephon Gilmore Ace Sanders TEAM Total.......... Opponents......
no. 9 5 1 15 23
yds 47 -4 2 45 191
avg 5.2 -0.8 2.0 3.0 8.3
td 0 0 0 0 0
lg 19 5 0 19 35
Interceptions D. Holloman Stephon Gilmore Chaz Sutton C.C. Whitlock Devin Taylor D.J. Swearinger Total.......... Opponents......
no. 2 2 1 1 1 1 8 12
yds 13 89 56 3 24 22 207 40
avg 6.5 44.5 56.0 3.0 24.0 22.0 25.9 3.3
td 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 1
lg 13 80 56 3 24 22 80 17
Kick Returns Bryce Sherman Chris Culliver D.J. Swearinger Dalton Wilson Total.......... Opponents......
no. yds 26 540 12 261 3 62 2 23 43 886 59 1216
avg 20.8 21.8 20.7 11.5 20.6 20.6
td 0 0 0 0 0 1
lg 37 37 23 12 37 99
Fumble Returns Tony Straughter Stephon Gilmore Devin Taylor Byron McKnight Total.......... Opponents......
no. 1 1 1 1 4 0
avg 52.0 13.0 5.0 1.0 17.8 0.0
td 0 0 0 1 1 0
lg 52 13 5 1 52 0
TOTAL OFFENSE Stephen Garcia M. Lattimore Connor Shaw Brian Maddox Kenny Miles Ace Sanders Stephon Gilmore Jarvis Giles Seth Strickland Andrew Clifford Tori Gurley Bryce Sherman TEAM Total.......... Opponents......
yds 52 13 5 1 71 0
GP Plays Rush 11 342 172 10 209 1066 7 54 116 11 56 310 11 27 76 11 5 56 11 2 14 3 2 12 11 3 -4 2 2 0 11 1 5 11 2 -2 7 8 -50 11 714 1771 11 728 1057
Pass Total 2419 2591 0 1066 200 316 0 310 0 76 0 56 0 14 0 12 14 10 10 10 0 5 0 -2 0 -50 2643 4414 2756 3813
Avg/G 235.5 106.6 45.1 28.2 6.9 5.1 1.3 4.0 0.9 5.0 0.5 -0.2 -7.1 401.3 346.6
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