Vanderbilt Commodores vs South Carolina Gamecocks Match Player Stats On Sep 14, 2013

SportsDirect Inc. staff
Sep 15, 2013

No. 14 South Carolina 35, Vanderbilt 25: Connor Shaw threw for 284 yards and three touchdowns and the Gamecocks held off a late rally by the visiting Commodores.

Bruce Ellington had eight catches for 111 yards and a second-quarter touchdown that gave South Carolina (2-1, 1-1 SEC) a 28-0 lead. Shaw rushed for 84 yards and Mike Davis added 77 yards and a score as the Gamecocks overcame three turnovers.

Austyn Carta-Samuels went 12-of-22 for 147 yards with a touchdown and a costly interception after Vanderbilt (1-2, 0-2 SEC) cut the deficit to 10. Jordan Matthews had eight catches for 106 yards and Wesley Tate added 71 yards rushing.

The Gamecocks scored on their first four possessions, getting two passing touchdowns from Shaw and running scores from Davis and backup quarterback Dylan Thompson. Vanderbilt's Steven Clarke returned an interception 69 yards to set up Jerron Seymour's 1-yard touchdown with 3:38 left in the second quarter and Carey Spear added a career-long 54 yard field goal to get the Commodores within 28-10.

South Carolina pushed the lead to 35-10 on Brandon Wilds' 33-yard touchdown but Vanderbilt got back in the game when Carta-Samuels had a scoring run and pass separated by 13 seconds in the fourth quarter thanks to a South Carolina fumbled kickoff. The Commodores then recovered a punt that touched a Gamecock player, but Jimmy Legree's interception at the goal line ended Vanderbilt's threat.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Gamecocks have won 13 straight home games, tying the program's second longest streak (1986-88). The school record is 15 between 1978-80. ... Spear's field goal before halftime was the third-longest in Vanderbilt history, only trailing 55-yarders from Steve Yenner (1995) and Hawkins Golden (1973). ... South Carolina recorded two touchdown drives of more than 90 yards for the first time since a 2001 game against The Citadel.
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