Oct. 17, 2005

South Carolina’s football game at Tennessee on Saturday, October 29, will be televised nationally by either ESPN or ESPN2, it was announced today. Game time is set for 7:45 p.m. ET at Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium/Shields-Watkins Field.

Tennessee owns a 19-2-2 advantage in the all-time series, including a perfect 12-0 mark when the teams have met in Knoxville. The Volunteers have won the last 12 meetings between the two schools, with USC’s last win coming in Columbia on Oct. 31, 1992 by a 24-23 score. The last time the teams met in Knoxville, the game went into overtime, with UT surviving by a 23-20 count.

The game will mark the fifth nationally-televised contest for South Carolina in the first year of the “Steve Spurrier Era.” It will be their fourth appearance on ESPN or ESPN2 this season.