October 1, 2016 Week 5 · Regular Season Belt defended

Texas A&M defends the belt, 24–13, on the road at South Carolina.

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Recap

Texas A&M's defense proved stingy enough to hold the belt in Columbia, as the Aggies outlasted South Carolina 24-13 in a defensive struggle. A.J. Turner opened the scoring with a 75-yard touchdown run for the Gamecocks, but Trevor Knight answered immediately with a 4-yard touchdown run to tie it up in the first quarter. The Aggies took control in the second half when Trayveon Williams broke free for a 49-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, extending their lead to 20-3. South Carolina managed two field goals from Elliott Fry to make it respectable, and James White added one final Texas A&M touchdown in the fourth quarter to seal the 24-13 victory. Despite South Carolina outgaining the Aggies in total yards and controlling time of possession, Texas A&M's superior third-down conversion rate (9-19 vs 3-14) and opportunistic scoring proved decisive in keeping the belt.

A.J. Turner's 75-yard touchdown run gave South Carolina an early 7-0 lead
Trevor Knight's 4-yard touchdown run tied the game and sparked Texas A&M's offensive momentum
Trayveon Williams' 49-yard touchdown run extended Texas A&M's lead to 20-3 in the third quarter
Texas A&M's defense forced two interceptions of South Carolina quarterbacks to secure the belt

Written by Claude from the box score and play-by-play on this page — a plain-English recap of the numbers below, not a substitute for them.

Full Box Score

Team stats

CFBD box score

South CarolinaTexas A&M

Total yards378422

Rushing yards161216

Passing yards217206

First downs2122

3rd down conv.3/149/19

Turnovers22

Penalties–yards3–205–40

Time of possession31:4728:13

Full team box score from CFBD’s /games/teams data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have team-level stats that far back.

Play By Play

Key plays

CFBD play-by-play

When	Team	Yards	Play
Q1 14:47	South Carolina	+75 yd	A.J. Turner run for 75 yds for a TD, (Elliott Fry KICK)
Q1 13:30	Texas A&M	+33 yd	Trevor Knight pass complete to Jeremy Tabuyo for 33 yds to the SCaro 28 for a 1ST down
Q1 12:31	Texas A&M	+4 yd	Trevor Knight run for 4 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Q1 4:31	South Carolina	+0 yd	Brandon McIlwain pass intercepted Armani Watts return for no gain to the TexAM 23
Q1 0:33	Texas A&M	+44 yd	Daniel LaCamera 44 yd FG MISSED
Q2 9:45	Texas A&M	+29 yd	Trevor Knight pass complete to Jeremy Tabuyo for 29 yds to the TexAM 39 for a 1ST down
Q3 11:37	Texas A&M	+49 yd	Trayveon Williams run for 49 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Q3 15:00	South Carolina	+25 yd	Elliott Fry kickoff for 61 yds , Justin Evans return for 25 yds to the TexAM 29
Q3 9:50	South Carolina	+36 yd	Sean Kelly pass complete to Hayden Hurst for 36 yds to the TexAM 36 for a 1ST down
Q3 6:55	South Carolina	+44 yd	Elliott Fry 44 yd FG MISSED
Q3 5:06	Texas A&M	+7 yd	Trevor Knight run for 7 yds to the TexAM 28 Trevor Knight fumbled, recovered by SCaro Chris Moody , return for 20 yds to the TexAM 28
Q3 3:14	South Carolina	+43 yd	Elliott Fry 43 yd FG GOOD
Q3 3:14	South Carolina	+36 yd	Elliott Fry kickoff for 65 yds , Justin Evans return for 36 yds to the TexAM 36
Q3 1:10	Texas A&M	+0 yd	Trevor Knight pass intercepted Chris Lammons return for no gain to the SCaro 11
Q4 11:40	Texas A&M	+2 yd	James White run for 2 yds for a TD, (Daniel LaCamera KICK)
Q4 10:30	South Carolina	+28 yd	Perry Orth pass complete to K.C. Crosby for 28 yds to the TexAM 26 for a 1ST down
Q4 9:00	South Carolina	-11 yd	Perry Orth sacked by Shaan Washington for a loss of 11 yards to the TexAM 25 Perry Orth fumbled, recovered by SCaro Mason Zandi , return for 0 yards
Q4 8:36	South Carolina	+43 yd	Elliott Fry 43 yd FG MISSED
Q4 4:23	South Carolina	+43 yd	Elliott Fry 43 yd FG GOOD
Q4 6:15	South Carolina	+22 yd	A.J. Turner run for 22 yds to the TexAM 47 for a 1ST down
Q4 1:41	Texas A&M	+35 yd	Daniel LaCamera 35 yd FG GOOD
Q4 0:50	South Carolina	+22 yd	Perry Orth pass complete to Hayden Hurst for 22 yds to the TexAM 36 for a 1ST down

Scoring plays, turnovers, and gains of 20+ yards, pulled from CFBD’s play-by-play. This section only appears for belt games with play-by-play on file (2003 onward).

Box Score

Player stats

CFBD player stats

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	QBR
Perry OrthSouth Carolina	11/18	138	7.7	0	33.6
Sean KellySouth Carolina	1/1	36	36.0	0	100.0
Brandon McIlwainSouth Carolina	9/15	34	2.3	1	7.3
Hayden HurstSouth Carolina	1/1	9	9.0	0	98.6
Trevor KnightTexas A&M	23/40	206	5.2	1	48.0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
A.J. TurnerSouth Carolina	10	113	11.3	1	75
Rico DowdleSouth Carolina	9	47	5.2	0	12
Brandon McIlwainSouth Carolina	12	7	0.6	0	9
David WilliamsSouth Carolina	2	3	1.5	0	2
Jamari SmithSouth Carolina	1	2	2.0	0	2
Perry OrthSouth Carolina	1	-11	-11.0	0	0
Trayveon WilliamsTexas A&M	14	98	7.0	1	49
Trevor KnightTexas A&M	12	84	7.0	1	15
James WhiteTexas A&M	9	27	3.0	1	6
Christian KirkTexas A&M	2	7	3.5	0	4
Keith FordTexas A&M	1	3	3.0	0	3
TeamTexas A&M	1	-3	-3.0	0	0

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Hayden HurstSouth Carolina	5	90	18.0	36
K.C. CrosbySouth Carolina	4	51	12.8	28
Terry GoogerSouth Carolina	3	25	8.3	13
A.J. TurnerSouth Carolina	4	22	5.5	10
Chavis DawkinsSouth Carolina	5	17	3.4	7
Javon CharlestonSouth Carolina	1	12	12.0	12
Jeremy TabuyoTexas A&M	4	89	22.3	33
Christian KirkTexas A&M	12	61	5.1	11
Josh ReynoldsTexas A&M	3	29	9.7	17
Trayveon WilliamsTexas A&M	2	14	7.0	9
Frank IheanachoTexas A&M	2	13	6.5	7

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Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
D.J. SmithSouth Carolina	9	8	0	1	0	0
JaMarcus KingSouth Carolina	7	6	0	0	0	0
Bryson Allen-WilliamsSouth Carolina	7	3	0	0.5	1	0
T.J. HollomanSouth Carolina	5	4	0	0	0	0
Keir ThomasSouth Carolina	5	3	0	0	0	0
Taylor StallworthSouth Carolina	5	2	0	0	0	0
Jonathan WaltonSouth Carolina	4	4	0	1	1	0
Chris LammonsSouth Carolina	4	4	0	0	1	0
T.J. BrunsonSouth Carolina	4	4	0	0	0	1
Darius EnglishSouth Carolina	3	3	1	1	0	1
Rashad FentonSouth Carolina	3	2	0	0	0	0
Marquavius LewisSouth Carolina	3	0	0	0.5	0	0
Antoine WilderSouth Carolina	2	2	0	0	0	0
Jordan DiggsSouth Carolina	2	1	0	1	0	0
D.J. WonnumSouth Carolina	2	1	0	0	0	2
Chaz ElderSouth Carolina	1	1	0	0	0	0
Chris MoodySouth Carolina	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kelsey GriffinSouth Carolina	1	1	0	0	0	0
Javon CharlestonSouth Carolina	1	1	0	0	0	0
Steven MontacSouth Carolina	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dante SawyerSouth Carolina	0	0	0	0	0	1
Shaan WashingtonTexas A&M	11	7	1	2	0	1
Otaro AlakaTexas A&M	7	3	0	1.5	0	0
Armani WattsTexas A&M	6	5	0	0	0	0
Daeshon HallTexas A&M	6	4	2	3.5	0	2
Priest WillisTexas A&M	6	3	0	0	1	0
Nick HarveyTexas A&M	5	4	0	0	0	0
Donovan WilsonTexas A&M	5	3	0	1	1	0
Justin EvansTexas A&M	4	4	0	0	1	0
Claude GeorgeTexas A&M	4	3	0	1	0	0
Zaycoven HendersonTexas A&M	4	2	0	0	0	0
Reggie ChevisTexas A&M	2	1	0	0	0	0
Hardreck WalkerTexas A&M	2	1	0	0	0	0
Josh ReynoldsTexas A&M	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jarrett JohnsonTexas A&M	1	1	0	0	0	1
Richard MooreTexas A&M	1	1	0	0	0	0
Larry PryorTexas A&M	1	1	0	0	0	0
James LockhartTexas A&M	1	1	0	1	0	0
Clifford ChattmanTexas A&M	1	1	0	0	0	0
Alex SezerTexas A&M	0	0	0	0	1	1

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Chris MoodySouth Carolina	0	0	1
JaMarcus KingSouth Carolina	1	1	0
Perry OrthSouth Carolina	1	0	0
Rashad FentonSouth Carolina	1	0	0
Cullen GillaspiaTexas A&M	0	0	1
Trevor KnightTexas A&M	1	1	0
James WhiteTexas A&M	1	0	0

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Chris LammonsSouth Carolina	1	0	0
Armani WattsTexas A&M	1	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
A.J. TurnerSouth Carolina	1	19	19.0	19	0
Justin EvansTexas A&M	3	79	26.3	36	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Elliott FrySouth Carolina	2/4	50.0	43	1/1	7
Daniel LaCameraTexas A&M	1/2	50.0	35	3/3	6

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Rashad FentonSouth Carolina	1	3	3.0	3
JaMarcus KingSouth Carolina	1	2	2.0	2
Christian KirkTexas A&M	2	20	10.0	12

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Sean KellySouth Carolina	5	204	40.8	0	0	48
Shane TripuckaTexas A&M	5	224	44.8	0	0	50

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back.

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