GAME THREAD: NCAAF: MISSISSIPPI ST (3-1) at SOUTH CAROLINA (3-1)

NCAAF: MISSISSIPPI ST at SOUTH CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NCAAF MISSISSIPPI ST 21
SOUTH CAROLINA (16) 31 5:11 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MISSISSIPPI ST at SOUTH CAROLINA

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SOUTH CAROLINA (16) 31 4:33 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MISSISSIPPI ST at SOUTH CAROLINA

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SOUTH CAROLINA (16) 31 4:04 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MISSISSIPPI ST at SOUTH CAROLINA

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SOUTH CAROLINA (16) 31 3:57 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MISSISSIPPI ST at SOUTH CAROLINA

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SOUTH CAROLINA (16) 31 3:42 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MISSISSIPPI ST at SOUTH CAROLINA

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SOUTH CAROLINA (16) 31 3:02 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MISSISSIPPI ST at SOUTH CAROLINA

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SOUTH CAROLINA (16) 31 2:30 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MISSISSIPPI ST at SOUTH CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NCAAF MISSISSIPPI ST 21
SOUTH CAROLINA (16) 31 1:29 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MISSISSIPPI ST at SOUTH CAROLINA

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SOUTH CAROLINA (16) 31 0:58 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MISSISSIPPI ST at SOUTH CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NCAAF TD SOUTH CAROLINA
MIKE DAVIS 12 YD RUN
(RYAN SUCCOP KICK)

MISSISSIPPI ST 21
SOUTH CAROLINA (16) 38 0:58 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MISSISSIPPI ST at SOUTH CAROLINA

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SOUTH CAROLINA (16) 38 0:51 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MISSISSIPPI ST at SOUTH CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NCAAF MISSISSIPPI ST 21
SOUTH CAROLINA (16) 38 0:28 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: MISSISSIPPI ST at SOUTH CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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MISSISSIPPI ST 7 7 7 0 21
SOUTH CAROLINA (16) 7 10 7 14 38 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: SOUTH CAROLINA - TD, MIKE DAVIS 3 YD RUN (RYAN
SUCCOP KICK), 4:38. SOUTH
CAROLINA 7-0
MISSISSIPPI ST - TD, AUBREY BELL 28 YD PASS FROM
JOSH RIDDELL (ADAM CARLSON
KICK), 9:43. MISSISSIPPI ST
7-7
2ND QUARTER: SOUTH CAROLINA - TD, KENNY MCKINLEY 20 YD PASS FROM
CHRIS SMELLEY (RYAN SUCCOP
KICK), 1:32. SOUTH CAROLINA
14-7
MISSISSIPPI ST - TD, ANTHONY DIXON 1 YD RUN (ADAM
CARLSON KICK), 12:40.
MISSISSIPPI ST 14-14
SOUTH CAROLINA - FG, RYAN SUCCOP 45 YD, 14:58.
SOUTH CAROLINA 17-14
3RD QUARTER: MISSISSIPPI ST - TD, ANTHONY DIXON 2 YD RUN (ADAM
CARLSON KICK), 6:04.
MISSISSIPPI ST 21-17
SOUTH CAROLINA - TD, KENNY MCKINLEY 27 YD PASS FROM
CHRIS SMELLEY (RYAN SUCCOP
KICK), 11:17. SOUTH CAROLINA
24-21
4TH QUARTER: SOUTH CAROLINA - TD, MIKE DAVIS 2 YD RUN (RYAN
SUCCOP KICK), 0:53. SOUTH
CAROLINA 31-21
SOUTH CAROLINA - TD, MIKE DAVIS 12 YD RUN (RYAN
SUCCOP KICK), 14:02. SOUTH
CAROLINA 38-21</div>

 

NCAAF: MISSISSIPPI ST at SOUTH CAROLINA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NCAAF
MISSISSIPPI ST 21
SOUTH CAROLINA (16) 38 FINAL</div>

 

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Ticker) -- Chris Smelley gave SouthCarolina's offense a boost.


Smelley passed for two touchdowns and Mike Davis ran for threemore as the 16th-ranked Gamecocks held off Mississippi Statewith a 38-21 victory in a Southeastern Conference matchup onSaturday afternoon.


Kenny McKinley caught two TDs for South Carolina (4-1, 2-1 SECEast), which rebounded from a 28-16 loss at second-rankedLouisiana State last Saturday.


After the offense stalled against the Tigers last week, SouthCarolina coach Steve Spurrier benched fifth-year senior BlakeMitchell in favor of Smelley, who relieved Mitchell last weekand went 12-of-26 for 174 yards, a touchdown and a pick.

After a blocked punt gave the Gamecocks the ball at the theBulldogs' 27-yard line, Smelley found McKinley on the next playfor the go-ahead TD to make it 24-21 with 3:43 left in the thirdquarter.


The duo also hooked up for a 20-yard score to snap a 7-7 tie onthe first possession of the second quarter. McKinley had fourcatches for 107 yards.


Davis capped a 12-play, 69-yard drive with a three-yard plungeto start the scoring at the 10:22 mark of the opening quarter.The junior running back, who ran for 59 yards on 18 carries,added two fourth-quarter scores - the last one to provide thefinal margin.


Anthony Dixon had two touchdowns for Mississippi State (3-2, 1-2West), which had its three-game winning streak snapped. TheBulldogs' lone loss entering Saturday's play also came againstLSU.

 

NCAAF: MISSISSIPPI ST at SOUTH CAROLINA

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MISSISSIPPI ST 7 7 7 0 21
SOUTH CAROLINA (16) 7 10 7 14 38 FINAL

SOUTH CAROLINA-TD, M Davis 3 YD RUN (R Succop KICK) 4:38 1st Qtr
MISSISSIPPI ST-TD, A Bell 28 YD PASS FROM J Riddell (A Carlson
KICK) 9:43 1st Qtr
SOUTH CAROLINA-TD, K McKinley 20 YD PASS FROM C Smelley (R
Succop KICK) 1:32 2nd Qtr
MISSISSIPPI ST-TD, A Dixon 1 YD RUN (A Carlson KICK) 12:40 2nd
Qtr
SOUTH CAROLINA-FG, R Succop 45 YD 14:58 2nd Qtr
MISSISSIPPI ST-TD, A Dixon 2 YD RUN (A Carlson KICK) 6:04 3rd
Qtr
SOUTH CAROLINA-TD, K McKinley 27 YD PASS FROM C Smelley (R
Succop KICK) 11:17 3rd Qtr
SOUTH CAROLINA-TD, M Davis 2 YD RUN (R Succop KICK) 0:53 4th Qtr
SOUTH CAROLINA-TD, M Davis 12 YD RUN (R Succop KICK) 14:02 4th
Qtr


MISSISSIPPI ST SOUTH CAROLINA
First downs 18 21
Rushed-yards 42-140 35-123
Passing yards 118 279
Sacked-yards lost 2-27 2-9
Return yards 15 53
Passes 12-27-1 19-37-1
Punts 7-39.1 4-33.5
Fumbles-lost 1-0 1-0
Penalties-yards 9-87 11-94
Time of possession 30:21 29:39


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: MISSISSIPPI ST-Anthony Dixon 22-83, Christian Ducre 15-68,
Arnil Stallworth 1-6, - Team 1-MINUS 2, Wesley Carroll 2-MINUS 4, Josh
Riddell 1-MINUS 11. SOUTH CAROLINA-Mike Davis 18-59, Cory Boyd 11-58,
Chris Smelley 5-7, Chris Culliver 1-MINUS 1.

PASSING: MISSISSIPPI ST-Josh Riddell 9-21-101- 1, Wesley Carroll
3-6-17- 0. SOUTH CAROLINA-Chris Smelley 19-37-279- 1.

RECEIVING: MISSISSIPPI ST-Tony Burks 2-44, Aubrey Bell 1-28, Co-Eric
Riley 3-20, Eric Butler 1-11, Jamayel Smith 1-9, Arnil Stallworth 1-5,
Jeremy Jones 1-3, Jason Husband 1-0, Christian Ducre 1-MINUS 2. SOUTH
CAROLINA-Kenny McKinley 4-107, Jared Cook 4-66, Freddie Brown 3-50,
Mike Davis 3-16, Dion Lecorn 2-12, Cory Boyd 0-10, Patrick DiMarco
1-9, Weslye Saunders 1-6, Lanard Stafford 1-3.


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COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Ticker) -- Chris Smelley gave SouthCarolina's offense a boost.


Smelley passed for two touchdowns and Mike Davis ran for threemore as the 16th-ranked Gamecocks held off Mississippi Statewith a 38-21 victory in a Southeastern Conference matchup onSaturday afternoon.


Kenny McKinley caught two TDs for South Carolina (4-1, 2-1 SECEast), which rebounded from a 28-16 loss at second-rankedLouisiana State last Saturday.


But after this Saturday's win, Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrieralready is looking forward to next week's contest vs. Kentucky.

"Kentucky obviously is one of the best offensive teams in theconference. That will be a fun game, one of the biggest we'vehad it in a while," Spurrier said. "We're trying to maximizethis season. We'll play good players, it doesn't matter whetherthey are first year or fourth year. We're trying to win achampionship."


After the offense stalled against the Tigers last week, Spurrierbenched fifth-year senior Blake Mitchell in favor of Smelley,who relieved Mitchell last week and went 12-of-26 for 174 yards,a touchdown and a pick.


After a blocked punt gave the Gamecocks the ball at the theBulldogs' 27-yard line, Smelley found McKinley on the next playfor the go-ahead TD to make it 24-21 with 3:43 left in the thirdquarter.


"Eric (Norwood, who blocked the punt) is one of our bestplayers," Spurrier said. "That's why we've got him on puntblock. We've got to put our best players in to make plays. Hegot a game ball."


The duo also hooked up for a 20-yard score to snap a 7-7 tie onthe first possession of the second quarter. McKinley had fourcatches for 107 yards.


"I felt good the whole time," Smelley said. "I have beenpracticing for weeks. I was comfortable the whole time. Idon't worry, I can't think about mistakes and play quarterback."

Davis capped a 12-play, 69-yard drive with a three-yard plungeto start the scoring at the 10:22 mark of the opening quarter.The junior running back, who ran for 59 yards on 18 carries,added two fourth-quarter scores - the last one to provide thefinal margin.


Anthony Dixon had two touchdowns for Mississippi State (3-2, 1-2West), which had its three-game winning streak snapped. TheBulldogs' lone loss entering Saturday's play also came againstLSU.


"We missed a great opportunity," Bulldogs coach Sylvester Croomsaid. "We didn't play with the discipline I expected us to playwith. We had far too many penalties. We had a blocked punt.We didn't tackle well, all things that we work on extensively."