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Final · Sat. Oct. 24 · Williams–Brice Stadium

South Carolina 27, No. 11 Tennessee 24

South Carolina 4-3 (2-3 SEC) · Tennessee 6-2 (3-2 SEC), per Tennessee Athletics

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South Carolina14301027
Tennessee0210324

South Carolina beat No. 11 Tennessee 27-24 on Saturday, Oct. 24 at Williams-Brice Stadium. South Carolina is 4-3 (2-3 SEC). Tennessee is 6-2 (3-2 SEC).

Quarters: South Carolina 14, 3, 0, 10. Tennessee 0, 21, 0, 3.

LaNorris Sellers finished with 306 total yards, 206 passing and 96 rushing, and three touchdowns, one passing and two rushing. His 4-yard touchdown run with 1:17 left tied the game.

Dylan Stewart's strip-sack forced a fumble that the defense recovered at the Tennessee 34. Malik Orsan then kicked a 48-yard field goal as time expired.

Up next: at Oklahoma (4-3) on Saturday, Oct. 31, 4:15 p.m. ET on SEC Network.

Defensive notables

South Carolina

  • Dylan Stewart's strip-sack forced a fumble, recovered at the Tennessee 34, setting up Malik Orsan's 48-yard field goal as time expired. (AP; Tennessee Athletics)

Sources

  1. AP, "Tennessee-South Carolina score"
  2. Gamecocks Online, "Football vs. Tennessee (10/24/26) box score"
  3. Tennessee Athletics, "No. 11/11 Vols fall in Columbia after late Gamecocks' rally"
  4. Gamecocks Online, "South Carolina at Oklahoma Oct. 31 set for 4:15 p.m. (ET)"
  5. Oklahoma Athletics, "Football vs South Carolina on 10/31/2026"
  6. AP via WTOP, "Oklahoma and South Carolina meet in SEC play"

Score, quarters, records, Sellers' yardage and touchdowns, the tying run, Stewart's fumble, and Orsan's field goal are from Tennessee Athletics and the AP. The Gamecocks Online box score confirms the 27-24 final. Oklahoma's kickoff is the Oct. 19 school announcement (4:15 p.m. ET, SEC Network) plus Oklahoma Athletics (3:15 p.m. CT). Oklahoma's record is 4-3 per the AP. No betting lines. No postgame quotes in this wrap.

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Final: South Carolina 27, No. 11 Tennessee 24. Sellers accounted for three touchdowns. Orsan's 48-yard field goal won it as time expired. (Tennessee Athletics, AP)

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Final at Williams–Brice. South Carolina 27, No. 11 Tennessee 24.

Orsan's 48-yard field goal as time expired.

Unit matchups

Quarterback

Sellers vs an unsettled Vols QB. George MacIntyre is the most recent starter (2-0); Heupel has not named a starter. Tempo is Tennessee's edge. (SI; 247Sports, Oct. 19)

Offensive line

Heupel will test the edges with pace. Conditioning after the bye is the tell.

Receivers

Harbor vs a Heupel skill room built to run past you.

Front seven

You cannot sub late. Tennessee's whole identity is the no-huddle.

Secondary

Don't get stacked. Heupel will take shots over the top if you load.

Special teams

Field position.

Players to watch

  • George MacIntyre QB

    Most recent Vols starter (2-0); Heupel has not named Saturday's starter. (SI; 247Sports, Oct. 19)

    TENN

  • LaNorris Sellers QB

    23 of 35, 279 yards, four TD passes and a 1-yard TD run at Florida on Oct. 10. (ESPN)

    SC

  • Matt Fuller RB

    Don't lose the down-to-down. Explosives will come.

    SC

  • Nyck Harbor WR

    Harbor can answer. The rest of the room has to keep up.

    SC

  • Carter Miller OL

    Pace wears the interior. Bye week has to show.

    SC

  • Dylan Stewart EDGE

    Get home on third-and-long.

    SC

Key injuries

  • Jayden Sellers WR · SC

    Season-ending lower body. Mid-August.

    Out

  • Jayden Gibson WR · SC

    Season-ending lower body. Oklahoma transfer.

    Out

  • Jackson Repp WR · SC

    Walk-on, also lost in the same stretch.

    Out

  • Jacarrius Peak OT · SC

    Expected back (per Beamer); right leg was rolled up at Florida on Oct. 10 and he walked off. (Gamecock247; Jack Veltri and David Cloninger on X)

    Monitor

  • Dylan Stewart EDGE · SC

    Back. The tell for every SEC Saturday — if he dresses, the edge grade jumps.

    Probable

  • Brady Hunt TE · SC

    Full go.

    Available

  • LaNorris Sellers QB · SC

    Full go. The season walks through him.

    Available

  • Nyck Harbor WR · SC

    Gravitational center of a thinned room.

    Available

Opponent injury report not cited yet.

What the tape says

  • Stop DeSean Bishop. He ran for 159 yards against Alabama. (Tennessee Athletics box score)
  • Score early against Heupel.
  • Third-down get-off. Stewart has to wreck a drive.
  • Harbor as the answer, not the only answer. Find a second target.

History

  • Final: South Carolina 27, No. 11 Tennessee 24 on Oct. 24 at Williams-Brice. South Carolina 4-3 (2-3 SEC), Tennessee 6-2 (3-2 SEC). (Tennessee Athletics, AP)
  • Quarters: South Carolina 14-3-0-10, Tennessee 0-21-0-3. Sellers had 306 total yards (206 passing, 96 rushing) and three touchdowns. (Tennessee Athletics)
  • Up next: at Oklahoma, Sat Oct. 31, 4:15 p.m. ET on SEC Network. (Gamecocks Online, Oct. 19; Oklahoma Athletics)

Charted two-deep

Charted names for Josh Heupel's Tennessee. Open a row for the cited notes.