Published Aug 25, 2019
THI Football Central: South Carolina
John Gwaltney  •  TarHeelIllustrated
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GAME DAY INFORMATION

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LINE: South Carolina -8

DATE: Saturday, August 31, 2019

WHERE: Bank of America Stadium (75,525); Charlotte, N.C.

TIME/TV: 3:30 pm/ESPN

LIVE AUDIO: GoHeelsTV (FREE); TuneIn Channel; SIRIUS (121) XM (194) SXM Online (956)

SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS

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SERIES vs. UNC: North Carolina leads South Carolina, 34-18-4

LAST MEETING: South Carolina 17, North Carolina 13 in Charlotte (2015)

LOCATION: Columbia, South Carolina

ENROLLMENT: 34,731

COLORS: Garnet & Black

STADIUM (cap.): Williams-Brice (80,250)

SURFACE: Natural Grass

CONFERENCE: Southeastern Conference

2018 RECORD: 7-6 overall, 4-4 SEC East

HEAD COACH: Will Muschamp (50-38 overall, 22-17 at South Carolina)

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

RETURNING (2018) STATISTICAL LEADERS
As of August 24, 2019
SOUTH CAROLINANORTH CAROLINA

PASSING LEADER

Jake Bentley

259-388 passing, 3171 yards, 27 TD, 14 INT

Jace Ruder

4-5 passing, 80 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT

RUSHING LEADER

Rico Dowdle

123 carries, 674 yards, 4 TD

Michael Carter

84 carries, 595 yards, 2 TD

RECEIVING LEADER

Bryan Edwards

55 receptions, 846 yards, 7 TD

Dazz Newsome

44 receptions, 506 yards, 2 TD

LEADING TACKLER

T.J. Brunson

106 tackles

(59 solo, 47 assisted)

Myles Dorn

55 tackles

(34 solo, 21 assisted)

2018 SEASON STATISTICS
As of August 24, 2019
SOUTH CAROLINANORTH CAROLINA

RECORD

0-0 (0-0 SEC)

0-0 (0-0 ACC)

STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE

N/A

N/A

PRESEASON RANKINGS

AP Poll: #35

Coaches Poll: #42

AP Poll: NR

Coaches Poll: NR

POINTS PER GAME

30.8

27.3

POINTS ALLOWED PER GAME

27.23

34.6

YARDS PASSING

227.9

249.1

PASSING YARDS ALLOWED

229.0

228.9

RUSHING YARDS

152.8

193.0

RUSHING YARDS ALLOWED

195.3

218.8

TOTAL YARDS

425.6

442.1

TOTAL YARDS ALLOWED

424.3

447.6