South Carolina Beats No. 11 Tennessee 27-24 on Walk-Off Field Goal

South Carolina beat No. 11 Tennessee 27-24 on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, winning on a 48-yard field goal by Malik Orsan as time expired. The Gamecocks scored 10 points in the last 1:17 to take their first home SEC win in more than a year.

Tennessee led 24-17 late in the fourth quarter. South Carolina stopped the Volunteers on fourth down with 3:35 left and took over at its own 39. The offense went 61 yards in six plays. Quarterback LaNorris Sellers ran the ball in from four yards to tie the game at 24 with 1:17 to play.

Tennessee got the ball back with a chance to win. The drive ended fast. The Gamecocks defense strip-sacked Tennessee quarterback George MacIntyre with under a minute left and recovered the fumble at the Tennessee 34. South Carolina ran the clock down and Orsan made the kick at the gun.

A game that swung twice

South Carolina led 14-0 after the first quarter. Tennessee answered with 21 points in the second quarter and led 21-17 at halftime. Neither team scored in the third quarter. Tennessee stretched the lead to 24-17 on a 37-yard field goal by Cooper Ranvier with 11:46 left, a drive that ended with a field goal after a third Tennessee touchdown in the game was wiped out by a penalty.

Sellers finished with 210 passing yards, one touchdown and one interception. He also led South Carolina in rushing with 96 yards. For Tennessee, MacIntyre completed 16 of 23 passes for 136 yards. Running back DeSean Bishop carried the ball 32 times for 120 yards and a touchdown.

What the result means

South Carolina improves to 4-3 overall and 2-3 in the SEC. It is the ninth win over a ranked team in six seasons for coach Shane Beamer, and his second win over Tennessee in Columbia since 2022. The Gamecocks also beat a ranked Florida team on Oct. 10.

Tennessee falls to 6-2 overall and 3-2 in the SEC. The Volunteers head into a bye week and play Kentucky at home on Nov. 7. A game they led by seven with under two minutes left is the kind of loss that stays with a team through a bye.

The quarter scores tell the shape of the day. South Carolina won the first quarter 14-0, Tennessee won the second 21-3, the third was scoreless, and South Carolina won the fourth 10-3, with all 10 points in the final 77 seconds.