South Carolina Outlasts Texas A&M 17-9 on a Late Sellers Run
Three field goals do not beat a field goal and a touchdown. Texas A&M kicked three of them, South Carolina scored 10 points in the last nine minutes, and the Gamecocks won 17-9 after trailing 9-7 into the fourth quarter.
Nothing happened in the first quarter, and not much more happened after it. David Olano gave the Aggies a 3-0 lead with a 40-yard field goal at 14:48 of the second, Mazeo Bennett Jr. caught a 1-yard touchdown from LaNorris Sellers to flip it 7-3, and Olano hit from 46 yards as the half ended to cut it to 7-6, so South Carolina went to the break up one. Olano's 44-yarder early in the third gave A&M the lead again at 9-7.
Malik Orsan's 43-yard field goal with 8:14 left put South Carolina up 10-9. Then Sellers took it himself, running 41 yards for the touchdown with 1:19 left to make it 17-9. That was the third lead change of the game, and the last.
The odd part is that Texas A&M had the better numbers: 457 yards to 360, with 206 rushing yards on 43 carries (Rueben Owens had 137 of them) and no turnovers. South Carolina lost a fumble. A&M kicked three field goals and never reached the end zone, which is how 457 yards turn into nine points.
South Carolina is 6-3 and Texas A&M falls to 4-5. Sellers had 25.4 fantasy points, a quiet day for a quarterback who averaged 43.6 over his previous three games. (If you play fantasy with Sellers, you know a 25-point day from him is a quiet one.)