South Carolina walks it off against #11 Tennessee, 27-24

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - A heartbreaker for Tennessee. South Carolina walks it off with a field goal in the final seconds to take down No. 11 Tennessee, 27-24.

The Vols drop their second game of the season.

Tennessee is coming off an emotional win, upsetting then-No. 6 Alabama at home, 26-10. South Carolina got to watch the Volunteers beat the Gamecocks from home as the Gamecocks are coming off a bye week after upsetting Florida in ‘The Swamp’ two weeks ago.

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South Carolina gets the ball to start and three first downs get them beyond midfield. Coming into this game, Tennessee’s defense would need to contain Gamecocks’ quarterback LaNorris Sellars. On a 3rd & 7 on the 39-yard line, Sellars scrambles out of the pocket for 12 yards and a first down. A huge play for South Carolina as they follow it up a handful of plays later with Sellars finds Mazeo Bennett Jr. for a short pass and he takes it to the endzone. South Carolina takes a 7-0 lead not even five minutes into the game.

Tennessee goes three and out and South Carolina took no time to find the end zone, again. On the second play of the drive, Sellers runs it in from 31 yards out. The Gamecocks extend their lead, 14-0, with over eight minutes still to play in the first quarter.

Tennessee’s gets the ball with 8:17 and take the ball all the way down inside the five yard line as the drive goes into the start of the second quarter.

END OF 1ST QUARTER - TENNESSEE, 0 | SOUTH CAROLINA, 14

DeSean Bishop punches it in from one yard out for this 11th touchdown of the season. Tennessee went 18 plays in 9:05 giving the defense a great amount of time to regroup and rest.

Tennessee’s defense looks like it has showed up. After Qua Moss and Amare Campbell tagged up for a tackle for loss, TJ Metcalf intercepts Sellers and Tennessee takes over on the South Carolina 28-yard line. On 3rd & 7, George MacIntyre scrambles for 12 yards for the first down. After Bishop comes up short three times in a row, MacIntyre hands it off to DaSaahn Brame on 4th & 1 for the score. It is all tied up in Columbia.

South Carolina is able to march down the field after converting on a 3rd & 13 and 4th & 6. The Gamecocks find themselves on the Tennessee 7-yard line, 4th & 1 and they go for it. Sellers runs it up the middle for a first down. The defense keeps them from scoring a touchdown, but South Carolina is able to get a field goal out of it.

On Tennessee’s first play of the game, South Carolina’s Vicari Swain is called for targeting on Mike Matthews and is ejected from the game. The Vols get back-to-back first downs and find themselves in the red zone. Matthews lines up in wildcat and runs it in from eight yards out and Tennessee takes its first lead of the game.

HALFTIME - TENNESSEE, 21 | SOUTH CAROLINA, 17

Tennessee will get the ball to start the second half. The Vols were only able to pick up one first down before having to punt it away. South Carolina and Tennessee go back and forth going three and out. The Vols were finally able to get some offense going on a drive. On 4th & 1 on the South Carolina 40, Nathan Robinson comes in for the offense and jumps off sides and Tennessee has to punt it away.

On 3rd & 5, Sellers finds Bennett up the middle and he runs it for 39 yards to the Tennessee 48-yard-line for a first down. On the 4th & 3, South Carolina goes for it and Xavier Gilliam runs Sellers down for the sack. The Volunteers take over on their own 43. Tennessee runs down the play clock to go into the fourth quarter. No score from either team in the third quarter.

END OF 3RD QUARTER - TENNESSEE, 21 | SOUTH CAROLINA, 17

Tennessee goes for it on 4th & 1 to start the final 15 minutes. Bishop pushes through for the first down. On the next play, MacIntyre finds Braylon Staley for a 27 yard gain inside the red zone. On 3rd & 12, MacIntyre connects with Staley right up the middle for a touchdown but a holding call on David Sanders Jr. brings nullifies the call. Tennessee settles for a Cooper Ranvier field goal to go up 24-17.

The Gamecocks gets two first downs on the drive. On 3rd & 10, Moss runs Sellers down as Tennessee tallies its fifth sack of the game.

Tennessee took over with 8:23 and the Vols did all they could to milk the time off of the clock. On 4th & 1 with 3:38 on the clock, Tennessee goes for it on the South Carolina 39 and MacIntyre is sacked, the Gamecocks takeover.

On 2nd & 5, Sellers connects with DJ Black for 14 yards and Ty Redmond gets called for a facemask penalty setting South Carolina up on the Tennessee 27-yard-line. The two-minute timeout comes as South Carolina has 1st & Goal on the 10-yard-line. Sellers breaks the goal line on 3rd & 4 and the game is all tied up.

On 2nd & 4, MacIntyre goes to Brame and pass interference is called on South Carolina giving the Vols an automatic first down. Tennessee picks up its 12th penalty of the game as Radarious Jackson gets called for holding on Javin Gordon’s run. On the next play, MacIntyre fumbles it and South Carolina recovers with 33 seconds left. Tennessee challenges the call, but the ruling is upheld.

South Carolina takes over on the Tennessee 33. On 3rd & 15, Sellers runs it up the middle to the 30 and the Gamecocks take their final timeout with three seconds remaining. Malik Orsen hits it from 48 yards out and walks it off for South Carolina.

FINAL SCORE - TENNESSEE, 24 | SOUTH CAROLINA, 27