South Carolina vs. Clemson Post-Game Notes

Dec. 1, 2013

GENERAL

No. 10/9 South Carolina’s 31-17 victory over No. 6/4 Clemson extends the Gamecocks’ winning streak to five games over the Tigers, their longest in the 111-year history of the Palmetto State rivalry. South Carolina has won all five contests in the stretch by double digits.
The win also increases the South Carolina home winning streak to 18, extending its school record. The streak is the longest current home winning streak in the country.
After tonight’s victory, the Gamecocks have won 41 games in the last four years, extending the school record. After logging 10 wins just once in school history prior to the 2011 season (1984), the Gamecocks have now posted a 10-win season for the third-straight year.
South Carolina has won 14-straight games against non-conference foes.
Tonight’s announced attendance of 84,174 is a season high and the seventh-highest total all time.
South Carolina has scored 62 points off turnovers while allowing none for Clemson in the last five years.

OFFENSE

Senior quarterback Connor Shaw earned his school-record 26th career victory as the starting quarterback for the Garnet & Black. Shaw is 26-5 as a starter and is 17-0 in his starts at Williams-Brice Stadium. Shaw is now fifth in school history in career pass completions with 458 after going 14-for-26 tonight.
The Gamecocks’ first drive and score of the night was 17 plays, the longest scoring drive by plays of the season and the fourth-most by plays in the Steve Spurrier era.
Freshman wide receiver Pharoh Cooper completed the first touchdown pass of his career to sophomore tailback Brandon Wilds in the fourth quarter.
With his four receptions on the night, junior wide receiver Bruce Ellington became the 14th Gamecock in school history to log 100 receptions in his career.
With his fourth-quarter touchdown, sophomore tailback Mike Davis tallied his 11th touchdown of the season, tying him with Derek Watson (2000) and Marcus Lattimore (2012) for the sixth-most in a season at South Carolina.
Junior fullback Connor McLaurin’s 15-yard reception for a first down in the first quarter was his first career reception.

DEFENSE

Junior defensive end Jadeveon Clowney moved into third place in school history with 24.0 career sacks after recording one in tonight’s contest.
Junior defensive tackle Kelcy Quarles set a new career high with 2.5 sacks on the night.
Sophomore linebacker Kaiwan Lewis recorded the first sack and the first forced fumble of his career.
The Gamecocks had three interceptions in the contest, a total also recorded at UCF and vs. Mississippi State earlier this season. Junior strong safety Brison Williams nabbed the first of the night for his third career interception. Fourth-quarter interceptions were hauled in by freshman linebacker Skai Moore, the second of his career, and by redshirt freshman linebacker T.J. Holloman, the third of his career.
Senior defensive end Chaz Sutton forced a fumble in the fourth quarter and collected the fumble recovery. It was his fourth career forced fumble and the first fumble recovery of his career.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Freshman wide receiver Pharoh Cooper rattled off a 55-yard kickoff return to start the second half for the Gamecocks’ longest kick return of the season. Cooper had 80 return yards on two kick returns and 98 total all-purpose yards.
South Carolina recovered fumbles on two punt returns. Freshman linebacker Skai Moore recovered the muffed punt at the end of the first quarter for his first career fumble recovery. Freshman wide receiver Kwinton Smith collected a fumbled punt in the fourth quarter for the first of his career.
Freshman placekicker Elliot Fry improved to 15-of-18 on the year with his 21-yard field goal in the second quarter.