No. 7 Texas A&M (4-1) at South Carolina (2-3)
6 p.m. CST Saturday (ESPN)
Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina
5 Consecutive Texas A&M games have featured LB Buddy Johnson as the Aggies' leading tackler. In topping Texas A&M in tackles in each game this season, Johnson had 12 tackles against Arkansas and Mississippi State, 11 against Vanderbilt and Florida and eight against Alabama.
5 Straight South Carolina games have featured TDs by RB Kevin Harris. He’s scored in every Gamecocks' game this season, running for one TD apiece against Tennessee and Florida to start the season and two each against Vanderbilt, Auburn and LSU over South Carolina’s past three games. Harris also caught a TD pass against Florida. The school record for consecutive games with a rushing TD is eight, set by Marcus Lattimore over the 2011 and 2012 seasons.
6 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 and 30-6 in 2019. 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.
6.02 Yards per carry have been averaged by Texas A&M RB Isaiah Spiller, the best figure in the SEC this season for any player with at least 15 rushing attempts. Spiller has 512 yards and five TDs on 85 rushing attempts. He ranks fourth in the conference in total rushing yards, with South Carolina RB Kevin Harris second. Harris has 535 yards and eight TDs on 93 rushing attempts.
14 Victories and four losses against SEC East opponents for Texas A&M since the Aggies joined the conference in 2012. South Carolina has a 27-50-1 record against SEC West teams. The Gamecocks defeated Auburn 30-22 on Oct. 17. South Carolina hasn’t beaten two SEC West opponents since 2013.
14 Receiving yards are needed by WR Shi Smith to become the ninth player in South Carolina history with 2,000. Bryan Edwards holds the Gamecocks' career record with 3,045 receiving yards compiled from 2016 through 2019. The other South Carolina players with at least 2,000 receiving yards include Kenny McKinley, Alshon Jeffery, Sterling Sharpe, Zola Davis, Robert Brooks, Jermale Kelly and Deebo Samuel.
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14 Victories without a loss for Texas A&M under coach Jimbo Fisher when the Aggies hold the lead at the end of the first quarter. When Texas A&M isn’t in front after one period, its record under Fisher is 7-10.
28 Victories and 28 losses for Will Muschamp as South Carolina’s coach. Including his record from four seasons at Florida, Muschamp has a 56-49 mark as a college head coach.
58.7 Percent of Texas A&M’s third-down snaps have been converted into first downs by the Aggies, the highest rate in the nation for any team with more than one game. Texas A&M is 37-for-63 on third down. South Carolina’s opponents have converted 36.8 percent of their third-down snaps into first downs against the Gamecocks.
144 Passes have been thrown by Texas A&M since the last time QB Kellen Mond was sacked. Vanderbilt recorded the only sack this season against the Aggies on Sept. 26.
159 Games have been played by South Carolina since the Gamecocks shut out their opponent, the longest active streak in the SEC. South Carolina hasn’t posted a shutout since a 34-0 victory over North Carolina State on Aug. 28, 2008. The Gamecocks' streak is the third-longest in SEC history behind Mississippi State’s 178 straight games without a shutout from 1999 through 2013 and a 166-game Ole Miss streak from 1976 into 1991.
8,623 Passing yards for Texas A&M QB Kellen Mond, the most in school history. In three previous games against South Carolina, Mond has completed 64-of-93 passes for 733 yards with two TDs and no interceptions.
10,015 Yards of total offense for Texas A&M QB Kellen Mond, who became the Aggies' all-time leader and the 12th SEC player to reach 10,000 in last week’s victory over Arkansas. With 8,623 passing yards and 1,392 rushing yards, Mond surpassed the school record of 9,989 yards set by Johnny Manziel over the 2012 and 2013 seasons.
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.
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