South Carolina’s win over Florida, by the numbers
13.3
Percent, Florida’s conversion rate on third downs, on which the Gators went 2-for-15 and faced an average of 9.8 yards to go. South Carolina entered the game allowing opponents to convert on 44.5 percent of third downs, 114th in the country.
12
Number of chunk plays – passes that go for 20 or more yards and rushes that go for 10 or more – for South Carolina. Coach Will Muschamp said after the game his team aims to have eight in a good game. Eight were rushing, four were passing.
469
Offensive yards, the most this season for USC, against a banged-up Florida defense, 220 of which came on the ground. The Gamecocks ran for four scores, their most in a game this year. Running back A.J. Turner accounted for 172 all-purpose yards.
3
Interceptions, the most of Jake Bentley’s career in one game. Bentley took the blame for all of them, citing poor decision making and miscommunication. Florida was unable to capitalize on any of them, scoring no points in the resulting drives.
7
Turnovers combined between the teams, including four in a four-minute stretch in the first quarter. It was a sloppy sequence that included a bad pick by Bentley, a fumble on the ensuing return at the goal line, a muffed punt and another fumble.
20
Career pass breakups, 11 of which have come this season, for senior cornerback Jamarcus King, who recorded one Saturday. He is now tied for eighth in program history for career breakups.
USC-Florida box score
Florida | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | — | 20 |
USC | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | — | 28 |
First Quarter
SC—Bentley 4 run (White kick), 11:30
SC—Denson 24 run (White kick), 02:08
Second Quarter
UF—Pineiro 29 field goal, 14:02
UF—Pineiro 37 field goal, 07:47
SC—Denson 12 run (White kick), 03:40
UF—Perine 18 run (Pineiro kick), 01:18
Third Quarter
SC—Bentley 7 run (White kick), 02:08
Fourth Quarter
UF—Thompson 1 run (Pineiro kick), 03:43
TEAM STATS
Florida | USC | |
FIRST DOWNS | 12 | 24 |
Rushing | 3 | 9 |
Passing | 8 | 13 |
Penalty | 1 | 2 |
NET YARDS RUSHING | 78 | 220 |
Rushing attempts | 22 | 47 |
Average per rush | 3.5 | 4.7 |
Rushing touchdowns | 2 | 4 |
Yards gained rushing | 114 | 245 |
Yards lost rushing | 36 | 25 |
NET YARDS PASSING | 223 | 249 |
Comp.-Att.-Int. | 17-39-1 | 19-29-3 |
Average per attempt | 5.7 | 8.6 |
Average per completion | 13.1 | 13.1 |
Passing touchdowns | 0 | 0 |
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 301 | 469 |
Total offense plays | 61 | 76 |
Average gain per play | 4.9 | 6.2 |
Fumbles: Number-lost | 3-2 | 1-1 |
Penalties: Number-yards | 10-56 | 3-26 |
PUNTS-YARDS | 8-346 | 4-151 |
Average yards per punt | 43.2 | 37.8 |
Net yards per punt | 39.0 | 37.8 |
Inside 20 | 4 | 1 |
50+ yards | 2 | 0 |
Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
Fair catch | 2 | 1 |
KICKOFFS-YARDS | 5-325 | 5-325 |
Average yards per kickoff | 65.0 | 65.0 |
Net yards per kickoff | 40.8 | 40.0 |
Touchbacks | 4 | 5 |
Punt returns: No.-yds | 1-1-0 | 4-34-0 |
Average per return | 0-0 | 8.5 |
Kickoff returns: No.-yds | 0-0 | 1-21 |
Average per return | 0-0 | 21.0 |
INTs: No-yds-TD | 3-71-0 | 1-0-0 |
Possession time | 24:19 | 35:41 |
1st quarter | 7:19 | 7:41 |
2nd quarter | 5:18 | 9:42 |
3rd quarter | 5:10 | 9:50 |
4th quarter | 6:32 | 8:28 |
3rd-down conversions | 2-15 | 5-13 |
4th-down conversions | 2-2 | 1-2 |
Red zone-scores-chances | 4-4 | 3-4 |
Touchdowns | 2-4 | 3-4 |
Field goals | 2-4 | 0-4 |
Sacks by: Number-Yards | 3-13 | 4-29 |
PAT kicks | 2-2 | 4-4 |
Field goals | 2-2 | 0-1 |
Points off turnovers | 3 | 0 |
Florida
RUSHING | No. | Net | TD | Lg | Avg. |
Thompson | 3 | 35 | 1 | 31 | 11.7 |
Perine | 6 | 24 | 1 | 18 | 4.0 |
Zaire | 6 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 3.5 |
Franks | 7 | -2 | 0 | 15 | -0.3 |
PASSING | C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack |
Franks | 10-25-1 | 174 | 0 | 63 | 3 |
Zaire | 7-14-0 | 49 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
RECEIVING | No. | Yds. | TD | Long |
Powell | 5 | 58 | 0 | 17 |
Toney | 3 | 37 | 0 | 23 |
Massey | 2 | 11 | 0 | 10 |
Stephens | 1 | 63 | 0 | 63 |
Hammond | 1 | 37 | 0 | 37 |
Cleveland | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
Swain | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Perine | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Lewis | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Thompson | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
PUNTING | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | In20 |
Townsend | 8 | 346 | 43.2 | 58 | 4 |
RETURNS | No. | Yds. | Long |
Punt | |||
Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions | |||
Gardner | 1 | 46 | 46 |
Henderson | 1 | 25 | 24 |
Joseph | 1 | 0 | 0 |
DEFENSE | Tackles | TFL-Yds | Sack-Yds |
Reese | 12 | – | – |
Taylor | 9 | – | – |
Gardner | 8 | 2-7 | 1-5 |
Jefferson | 7 | 2-4 | 0.5-1 |
Bryan | 6 | – | – |
Wilson | 5 | – | – |
Joseph | 5 | 1-3 | – |
Dawson | 3 | – | – |
Henderson | 2 | – | – |
Stiner | 2 | – | – |
Garcia | 2 | – | – |
Moon | 2 | – | – |
Zuniga | 2 | 1.5-7 | 1.7 |
Putu | 1 | – | – |
Stewart | 1 | – | – |
Farr | 1 | – | – |
Clark | 1 | 0-5.0 | 0.5-0 |
USC
RUSHING | No. | Net | TD | Lg | Avg. |
Turner | 22 | 136 | 0 | 27 | 6.2 |
Denson | 13 | 61 | 2 | 24 | 4.7 |
Bentley | 8 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 1.8 |
Hurst | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 |
Edwards | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 |
Team | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | -2.0 |
PASSING | C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack |
Bentley | 19-29-3 | 249 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
RECEIVING | No. | Yds. | TD | Long |
O. Smith | 5 | 60 | 0 | 23 |
Hurst | 5 | 59 | 0 | 23 |
Edwards | 3 | 48 | 0 | 29 |
Turner | 3 | 36 | 0 | 15 |
S. Smith | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 |
August | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
Dawkins | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
PUNTING | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | In20 |
Charlton | 4 | 151 | 37.8 | 48 | 1 |
RETURNS | No. | Yds. | Long |
Kick | |||
Fenton | 1 | 21 | 21 |
Punt | |||
Lammons | 3 | 34 | 22 |
Team | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Interception | |||
J. Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 |
DEFENSE | Tackles | TFL-Yds | Sack-Yds |
Fenton | 6 | 1-1 | – |
J. Williams | 5 | 1-1 | – |
J. Kinlaw | 4 | 1-2 | – |
Lammons | 4 | – | – |
King | 2 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
Brunson | 2 | – | – |
Sterling | 1 | 1-12 | 1-12 |
Hurst | 1 | – | – |
August | 1 | – | – |
Blackshear | 1 | – | – |
Moore | 1 | – | – |
Wonnum | 1 | 1-7 | 1-7 |
Fennell | 1 | 1-8 | 1-8 |
Thomas | 1 | – | – |
Stallworth | 1 | – | – |
Montac | 1 | – | – |
Bentley | 1 | – | – |
Thompson | 1 | – | – |
This story was originally published November 11, 2017 at 7:43 PM with the headline "South Carolina’s win over Florida, by the numbers."