Recap: South Carolina falls to Florida in heated SEC football showdown

Spencer Rattler and the South Carolina Gamecocks lost to the Florida Gators 41-39 Saturday afternoon at Williams-Brice Stadium.

Player Stats

RUSHING—Florida, Mo.Johnson Jr. 11-50, T.Etienne 9-49, Wilson III 3-10, Mertz 6-(minus 7). South Carolina, Ma.Anderson 20-98, Rattler 7-46, J.McDowell 1-17, Da.Joyner 3-6.

PASSING—Florida, Mertz 30-48-0-423. South Carolina, Rattler 23-30-1-313.

RECEIVING—Florida, Pearsall 10-166, Wilson III 6-83, Boardingham 5-55, Mo.Johnson Jr. 3-23, Kh.Jackson 2-52, H.Hansen 2-27, M.Burke 1-14, T.Etienne 1-3. South Carolina, Tr.Knox 8-50, X.Legette 5-110, O.Blake 2-34, Ma.Anderson 2-23, J.McDowell 2-6, Harbor 1-45, Jo.Simon 1-33, Da.Joyner 1-11, Ah.Brown 1-1.

Final score, recap

This story was originally published October 14, 2023 at 2:54 PM with the headline "Recap: South Carolina falls to Florida in heated SEC football showdown."

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Lou Bezjak is the High School Sports Prep Coordinator for The (Columbia) State and (Hilton Head) Island Packet. He previously worked at the Florence Morning News and had covered high school sports in South Carolina since 2002. Lou is a two-time South Carolina Sports Writer of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Support my work with a digital subscription