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Kickoff time, TV details set for Tennessee's game at South Carolina

IMG_3593by:Grant Ramey•11/12/22•

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South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer and quarterback Spencer Rattler. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)

Tennessee’s game against South Carolina on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia on November 19 will be a 7 p.m. Eastern Time kickoff and will be televised by ESPN. 

The conference used its six-day window option to finalize the kickoff time after it was announced Monday as either a 7 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. start on either ESPN or SEC Network.

The fifth-ranked Vols (9-1, 5-1 SEC) rolled Missouri 66-24 Saturday on Senior Day at Neyland Stadium. South Carolina (6-4, 3-4) lost 38-6 at Florida.

Tennessee set a single-game program record with 724 total yards of offense against Mizzou. The Vols scored 38 unanswered points in the second half and topped 60 points for the third time this season, with 66 being the highest total during the Josh Heupel era.

Spencer Rattler, the Oklahoma transfer and starting quarterback for South Carolina, completed 18 of 26 passes for 145 yards in the loss at Florida. The Gamecocks ran 23 times for 74 yards as a team. 

Tennessee closes the regular-season schedule with back-to-back road games, at South Carolina and Vanderbilt.

A closer look at South Carolina

South Carolina won 38-17 win at Vanderbilt last week. Rattler completed 16 of 23 passes for 186 yards and three touchdowns in the win. The Gamecocks ran for 208 yards and a touchdown on 35 attempts as a team.

Rattler entered the Florida game with 1,823 passing yards with eight touchdowns and nine interceptions, completing 64.5 percent of his passes. MarShawn Lloyd leads South Carolina on the ground with 100 attempts for 556 yards and nine touchdowns. Antwane Wells Jr. is Rattler’s favorite target, leading the team with 41 receptions for 574 yards and four touchdowns.

Shane Beamer is 13-10 overall and 6-9 in SEC play in his second year at South Carolina. The Gamecocks are 6-4 (3-4 SEC) this season, with losses at Arkansas and at home against Georgia and Missouri.

The loss to Mizzou three weeks ago snapped a four-game winning streak, which included back-to-back victories at Kentucky and at home against Texas A&M.

South Carolina opened the season with a 35-14 win over Georgia State before dropping two straight to Arkansa and Georgia. The Gamecocks answered with wins over Charlotte and South Carolina State, then Kentucky and Texas A&M.

Tennessee-South Carolina: Series History

Tennessee is 28-10-2 in 40 all-time meetings with South Carolina. The Vols have won three straight dating back to 2019 — 45-20 in Knoxville a year ago, 31-27 at South Carolina in 2020 and 41-21 at Neyland Stadium three years ago.

South Carolina won three straight from 2016 to 2018, after Tennessee won three straight form 2013 to 2015. The Vols won 19 of 22 games between 1916 and 2004, with South Carolina’s only win coming in 1992. There were two ties, in 1919 and 1942.

The Vols won 12 in a row between 1993 and 2004, before South Carolina’s 15-14 win in Knoxville in 2005 broke the streak. The Gamecocks won again in 2008, then won three in a row between 2010 and 2012.

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