Nov. 15, 2014

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SCORE BY QUARTERS
Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
South Carolina	10	0	0	7	6	23
Florida	0	10	7	0	3	20

VIDEO COVERAGE
Highlights
Coach Spurrier
Coach Ward
Dylan Thompson
J.T. Surratt	Jonathan Walton
M. Davis, B. Wilds	Carlton Heard

TEAM STAT COMPARISON
1st Downs	19	15
Total Yards	301	278
Passing	206	60
Rushing	95	218
Penalties-Yards	6-67	10-75
3rd Down Conversions	8-17	3-14
4th Down Conversions	0-3	0-0
Turnovers	1	1
Time of Possession	31:42	28:18

PASSING LEADERS
South Carolina	COM	ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Dylan Thompson	22	41	206	0	0
Pharoh Cooper	0	1	0	0	0
Florida	COM	ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Treon Harris	5	11	60	1	0

RUSHING LEADERS
South Carolina	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Mike Davis	15	56	3.7	1	10
Brandon Wilds	12	34	2.8	1	20
Florida	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Treon Harris	20	111	5.6	0	22
Matt Jones	18	63	3.5	1	11

RECEIVING LEADERS
South Carolina	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Pharoh Cooper	4	40	10.0	0	30
Jerell Adams	4	23	5.8	0	9
Florida	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Demarcus Robinson	3	20	6.7	1	11
Latroy Pittman Jr.	1	32	32.0	0	32

SCORING SUMMARY
1st Quarter				SC	UF
	TD	12:00	Brandon Wilds 20 yd RUSH PAT KICK by Elliott Fry (GOOD)	7	0
	FG	02:15	Elliott Fry 31 yd	7	7
2nd Quarter				SC	UF
	FG	06:37	Francisco Velez 34 yd	10	3
	TD	00:24	Demarcus Robinson 11 yd PASS from Treon Harris PAT KICK by Francisco Velez (GOOD)	10	10
3rd Quarter				SC	UF
	TD	01:56	Matt Jones 1 yd RUSH PAT KICK by Francisco Velez (GOOD)	10	17
4th Quarter				SC	UF
	FG	00:12	Mike Davis 0 yd FUMB PAT KICK by Elliott Fry (GOOD)	17	17
Overtime				SC	UF
	FG	15:00	Austin Hardin 35 yd	17	20
	TD	15:00	Dylan Thompson 4 yd RUSH	23	20

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – After enduring so many heartaches for the season, it would be South Carolina (5-5, 3-5 SEC) that would play the role of spoiler Saturday afternoon, beating the Florida Gators (5-4, 4-4 SEC) 23-20 in overtime. Dylan Thompson would keep it on a read option from four yards out to shock The Swamp and send the Gamecocks home a winner.

With under three minutes to play in the game, South Carolina was faced with a 4th-and-10 at the Florida 41. A bad snap forced a hurried throw and an incompletion to give the home side the ball with 2:32 to play. After three run plays to take the clock all the way down to 46 seconds, the Gators would punt from their own 43.

Junior Carlton Heard would barrel in untouched on the punt attempt, snuffing it out and putting the offense on the Florida 34 yard line. It was the first blocked punt for the program since Devin Taylor at N.C. State in September of 2009.

A pass out to the left sideline to Mike Davis would get a quick 27 yards right off the bat, as the team would have to move fast with 46 seconds to play and no timeouts. Four plays later after the pitch and catch, Davis would fall on a fumbled option pitch in the end zone for a touchdown and a 17-17 game. The Gators would kneel on the ensuing possession to take it to overtime.

In the extra frame, Florida opened with a four-play drive leading to 35-yard field goal to put the pressure on the Carolina offense. Mike Davis would tote it four plays in a row, converting a 3rd-and-3 to the Florida 14 to keep the drive rolling. Two plays later, facing third down at the 4-yard line, Thompson ran untouched to the left for the instant win.

Overtime would have never happened had it not been for another clutch play from the Gamecock special teams earlier on in the fourth quarter. With the home side ahead 17-10 and 3:40 left to play, Francisco Velez lined up to attempt a field goal from the 32 to make it a two-possession game. It would be knocked back by Brison Williams to keep it just a seven-point lead.

It appeared to be an all-too-familiar theme for South Carolina early on, as it would dominate the first quarter but would allow the Gators to storm back as the game wore on. Thompson orchestrated an eight play, 85-yard drive on the opening possession of the game, capitalized by a 20-yard touchdown run from Brandon Wilds. Elliott Fry added a 32-yard field goal in the team’s next possession to put the Gamecocks up 10-0, and Carolina would ultimately hold the ball for 11:30 of the opening quarter.

The Gators would use a potent run game to score the next 17 points and force the miraculous comeback from the Gamecocks. Quarterback Treon Harris ran 20 times for 111 yards, and the home side would total 219 yards rushing to just 60 passing on the day.

The Gamecocks would total 301 yards of offense on 80 plays while limiting Florida to 278 on 60, respectively. It is the first road win for the team since Vanderbilt on Sept. 20 and the first win at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium since 2010.

GAME CHANGER

Carlton Heard came through untouched to block a Florida punt with 39 seconds to go in the game, setting up the game-tying touchdown for South Carolina to send it to overtime.

KEY STAT 278 yards allowed by the defense is the fewest in any game so far this season. The previous low was 280 against Missouri.

NOTABLES

• Junior tailback Mike Davis moved into 10th all-time in school history in career rushing. He now has 2,333 rushing yards in his career. Davis carried 15 times for 56 yards. He is 39 yards shy of Kevin Long (1973-76) for ninth all-time in school history at 2,372.
• Sophomore linebackers Skai Moore and Jonathan Walton were both credited for a career-high 12 tackles. That is the most tackles by a Gamecock player in a game this season and the most since Kaiwan Lewis had 12 last year at Georgia, Sept. 7, 2013.
• Senior quarterback Dylan Thompson was 22-for-41 for 206 passing yards. He now has 2,794 passing yards on the year and is 68 shy of Stephen Garcia’s mark of 2,862 in 2009 for fifth-most in a season in school history.

UP NEXT The team will return home next Saturday, Nov. 22 as it hosts South Alabama. The game will kickoff at noon and will be broadcasted on FOX Sports South.