Gamecocks have a Defensive Struggle...Out-Last NC State 7-3

Well,Steve Spurrier does it again,19-1 with season openers, with a 7-3 victory over NC State. The player of the game was Eric Norwood of South Carolina,with 8 tackles and 2 sacks The final back breaker for NC State came with 3:28 on the game clock. After a pass interference call by (SEC) officials that placed the ball on the SC's 32, being behind by 4 a NC State pass into the endzone between 2 SC defenders was dropped by (86) Jay Smith. South Carolina took over on downs at the 3:03 mark after (5)Gilmore(SC) broke up TD pass to (5)Williams(NCSt) The SEC Rocks! Scoring Summary
1ST QUARTER
SCAR 7
NCST 0
09:10
Brian Maddox 1 Yd Run (Spencer Lanning Kick) 3RD QUARTER
SCAR 7
NCST 3
FG
00:55
Josh Czajkowski 43 Yd
Team Stat Comparison: (top)USC vs NC ST
1st Downs
16
11
3rd down efficiency
5-15
5-14
4th down efficiency
2-3
0-1
Total Yards
256
133
Passing
148
74
Comp-Att
13-22
13-25
Yards per pass
5.9
2.4
Rushing
108
59
Rushing Attempts
42
31
Yards per rush
2.6
1.9
Penalties
3-45
4-23
Turnovers
1
1
Fumbles lost
0
1
Interceptions thrown
1
0
Possession
32:25
27:35
South Carolina Passing
S. Garcia
13/22 148 yds 6.7yds 1 int.
North Carolina State Passing
R. Wilson
12/23 74 yds 3.2yds
M. Glennon
1/2
Team
13/25 74yds 3.0
South Carolina Rushing
B. Maddox
23/66 2.9 1td
P. DiMarco
5/19 3.8
S. Garcia
8/16 2.0
J. Giles
5/13 2.6
Team
42/108 2.6
North Carolina State Rushing
J. Eugene
9/36 4.0
T. Baker
8/24 3.0
J. Washington
3/16 5.3
R. Wilson
11/(17)(1.5)
Team
31/59 1.9
South Carolina Receiving
M. Brown
3/54 18.0 33yds
W. Saunders
4/50 12.5 30yds
T. Gurley
4/34 8.5 14yds
A. Jeffery
1/5
P. DiMarco
1/5
Team
13/165 12.7
North Carolina State Receiving
G. Bryan
4/22 5.5 8yds
O. Spencer
1/15
S. Howard
2/13 6.5 7yds
J. Williams
2/10 6yds
T. Baker
2/8 4.0 5yds
D. Davis
1/6
T. Gentry
1/0
Team
13/107 8.2
South Carolina Fumbles
D. Stewart
0/0/1
North Carolina State Interceptions
M. Lemon
1/0/0
South Carolina Tackles
C. Matthews
2/2/2
E. Norwood
2/2/2
D. Taylor
2/1/2
N. Pepper
1/1/1
North Carolina State Tackles
R. Smith
1/1/1
S. McKeen
1/1/1
A. Cole
1/0/1
South Carolina Kick Returns
C. Culliver
2/39 24yds
North Carolina State Kick Returns
T. Graham
2/39 25yds
South Carolina Punt Returns
A. Auguste
2/7 6yds
D. Taylor
1/12
North Carolina State Punt Returns
R. Smith
1/31
T. Graham
1/11
South Carolina Kicking
S. Lanning
0/1
0.0
North Carolina State Kicking
Czajkowski
1/1 43yds
South Carolina Punting
S. Lanning
6/249 55
North Carolina State Punting
J. Ruiz
6/236 52yds