Numbers and stats from Kentucky's ugly loss to South Carolina

Without knowing the score, one quick look at the box score would tell you everything you needed to know. There was no good, but there was certainly plenty of bad and ugly in Kentucky’s embarrassing 31-6 loss to South Carolina. The stats tell the whole story.

Let’s start at quarterback. Brock Vandagriff finished 3-10 for just 30 passing yards with one interception that South Carolina returned for a touchdown. Granted, the offensive line (which suffered a couple of injuries throughout the afternoon) did Vandagriff no favors. Gavin Wimsatt replaced Vandagriff to start the fourth quarter but threw an interception on his first possession. Of Kentucky’s six completions, none went to Barion Brown — the first game in his Kentucky career without a catch (27 games played).

Running back Demie Sumo-Karngbaye was the lone bright spot on offense for Kentucky. He finished with 70 yards on 17 carries, although most of the production came in the first half. True freshman Jason Patterson tacked on 45 yards on 10 carries.

Kentucky finished with just 183 total yards of offense. The offensive line allowed five sacks, four quarterback hurries, and 11 tackles for loss. This comes after Old Dominion racked up 305 yards against South Carolina just seven days ago. The Gamecocks totaled up 252 yards of offense as redshirt freshman QB LaNorris Sellers finished 11-15 for 159 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception. South Carolina’s 13.8 yards per completion bested Kentucky’s 7.3 yards per completion.

South Carolina suffered more lost yardage due to penalties than Kentucky (70-56), but the Wildcats were hit with more flags overall (11-8). UK won the battle of possession, as well (32:21-27:39). There were seven total fumbles (three for Kentucky) between the two teams, but none were lost.

According to UK statistician Corey Price, this was Kentucky’s worst home loss (25 points) to an unranked SEC foe since the Wildcats lost to Tennessee by 31 points in 2015. Corey has other “fun” stats from the loss too. Like how 31 points were the most allowed following a shutout since 1996 (when Florida scored 65 points) or how Kentucky is 2-8 over its last 10 SEC home games, the program’s worst stretch since 2012-15. The best one? Kentucky had previously never lost to South Carolina by more than 21 points until today.

Check out the box score below for even more depressing numbers.

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