Sunday, February 5, 2012

GRAPHIC: Offensive struggles in UGA-South Carolina rivalry

By on September 11, 2009

Over the rivalry’s history, and especially since Georgia coach Mark Richt took over in 2001, Georgia-South Carolina has meant hard-nosed, grind-it-out, defensive football. Here’s a look by the numbers:

2 times South Carolina has scored 30 or more points against Georgia since 1894. That’s not a typo. 1894.

4 years since Georgia last scored 20 points against the Gamecocks (2004)

4 combined turnovers per game since 2002

7.5 the average scoring margin during the Richt era

9 combined touchdowns scored in the last four matchups

10 South Carolina’s average points per game during the Mark Richt era

10 combined punts per game over the last five years

25 games decided by seven points or less in the rivalry’s history