Texas A&M vs. South Carolina by the numbers
Texas A&M (3-3, 1-2) at South Carolina (4-2, 1-2)
6:30 p.m. CDT Saturday (SEC Network)
Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, Missouri
1 Player in the nation has thrown at least eight interceptions and no more than five TD passes this season – South Carolina QB Spencer Rattler, who has completed 112-of-170 passes for 1,298 yards with five TDs and eight interceptions.
3 Players in the nation have scored TDs on a rush, reception and kickoff return this season, including Texas A&M RB Devon Achane, who has 528 yards and three TDs on 97 carries, 97 yards and one TD on 19 receptions and a 31.9-yard average and one TD on nine kickoff returns. The other players with the TD triple are Arkansas State’s Johnnie Lang and Western Michigan’s Sean Tyler. Achane was the only SEC player to achieve the feat in the 2021 season and is the fourth this century to do so in two seasons, joining Kentucky’s Derrick Locke in 2008 and 2009, South Carolina’s Deebo Samuel in 2016 and 2017 and Ole Miss’ Jerrion Ealy in 2019 and 2020.
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5 Punts have been blocked by South Carolina this season, the most in the nation. Gamecocks S King-Demenian Ford has two of the blocks.
8 Previous games between South Carolina and Texas A&M – all won by the Aggies. Texas A&M won 52-28 in 2014, 35-28 in 2015, 24-13 in 2016, 24-17 in 2017, 26-23 in 2018, 30-6 in 2019, 48-3 in 2020 and 44-14 in 2021. The winner of the South Carolina-Texas A&M game receives the Bonham Trophy, named for James Bonham, a South Carolina alumnus who died at the Battle of the Alamo. The governor of the winning team’s state receives the trophy to display for two weeks until it is returned to the Alamo, where it is on permanent display.
9 Years since South Carolina had a four-game winning streak. The Gamecocks enter Saturday’s game after defeating Charlotte 56-20 on Sept. 24, South Carolina State 50-10 on Oct. 1 and Kentucky 24-14 on Oct. 8 in their previous three games. South Carolina won the final six games of the 2013 season. Since then, the Gamecocks have won three in a row four times.
15 Turnovers have been lost by South Carolina this season – five fumbles and 10 interceptions. Only six teams in the nation have more. Texas A&M has nine takeaways this season with four fumble recoveries and five interceptions.
18 Victories and four losses for Texas A&M against SEC East opponents. South Carolina has a 28-54-1 record against SEC West opponents.
26 Victories without a loss for Texas A&M under coach Jimbo Fisher when the Aggies held the lead at the end of the first quarter. When Texas A&M wasn’t in front after one period, its record under Fisher is 11-17. Texas A&M has scored only 17 points and given up 17 points in the first quarter in 2022. South Carolina has been outscored 28-21 in the first quarter this season.
38 Years since Texas A&M had fewer points six games into a season than the Aggies have in 2022. Texas A&M has scored 129 points this season. That’s the fewest at this point in a campaign since 1984, when the Aggies scored 115 points in the first six games. Texas A&M had a 3-3 record that year, too.
79 Yards on a punt by South Carolina’s Kai Kroeger against Georgia State on Sept. 3, the longest in the nation in the 2022 season by 3 yards.
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.