FINAL SCORE
South Carolina Gamecocks at Illinois Fighting Illini game details
Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 3:00 PM ET
Camping World Stadium · Attendance 47,129
Put the final score in perspective.
Illinois finished 4 points ahead. The teams combined for 38 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was South Carolina 3, Illinois 7. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Illinois outscored its opponent in 1 and South Carolina in 0. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 South Carolina | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
 Illinois | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 20 | 22 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 9-16 | 8-12 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-3 | 0-1 |
| Total Yards | 390 | 357 |
| Passing | 260 | 174 |
| Comp/Att | 24/35 | 13/22 |
| Yards per pass | 7.4 | 7.9 |
| Rushing | 130 | 183 |
| Rushing Attempts | 33 | 35 |
| Yards per rush | 3.9 | 5.2 |
| Penalties | 6-55 | 2-15 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 31:16 | 28:44 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
South Carolina Gamecocks
passing
| LaNorris Sellers | 24/34 | 260 | 7.6 | 1 | 0 | 63.6 |
| Kai Kroeger | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
rushing
| Oscar Adaway III | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 1 | 36 |
| Jawarn Howell | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | 15 |
| LaNorris Sellers | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 0 | 8 |
| Gage Larvadain | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Juju McDowell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jared Brown | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
receiving
| Joshua Simon | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 1 | 24 |
| Nyck Harbor | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 0 | 17 |
| Dalevon Campbell | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 0 | 60 |
| Oscar Adaway III | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 0 | 9 |
| Mazeo Bennett Jr. | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 9 |
| Michael Smith | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Jawarn Howell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Gage Larvadain | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Juju McDowell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
fumbles
defensive
| Demetrius Knight Jr. | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Thomas Jr. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Emmanwori | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| O'Donnell Fortune | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Debo Williams | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Williams | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Judge Collier | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Stewart | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalon Kilgore | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tonka Hemingway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vicari Swain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DQ Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T.J. Sanders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bam Martin-Scott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Jules | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Huntley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Monkell Goodwine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Barrett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Mack III | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| King-Demenian Ford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Colasurdo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
| Jalon Kilgore | 1 | 14 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Nyck Harbor | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
kicking
| Alex Herrera | 1/2 | 50.0 | 29 | 2/2 | 5 |
punting
| Kai Kroeger | 2 | 105 | 52.5 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Illinois Fighting Illini
passing
| Luke Altmyer | 13/22 | 174 | 7.9 | 1 | 1 | 87.7 |
rushing
| Josh McCray | 13 | 114 | 8.8 | 2 | 60 |
| Aidan Laughery | 16 | 67 | 4.2 | 0 | 11 |
| Ca'Lil Valentine | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jordan Anderson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Altmyer | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 6 |
receiving
| Hank Beatty | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 0 | 59 |
| Zakhari Franklin | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 1 | 15 |
| Collin Dixon | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 27 |
| Malik Elzy | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Alexander Capka-Jones | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Aidan Laughery | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
fumbles
| Josh McCray | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Juice Clarke | 0 | 0 | 1 |
defensive
| Matthew Bailey | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabe Jacas | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Meed | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Torrie Cox Jr. | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Scott | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Kreutz | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaleb Patterson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Scott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mac Resetich | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juice Clarke | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jojo Hayden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Briggs Jr. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ezekiel Holmes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan Moczulski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Elzy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bray | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Malachi Hood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Zardzin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Barna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Kenari Wilcher | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Hank Beatty | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
kicking
| David Olano | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3/3 | 3 |
punting
| Fabrizio Pinton | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 7:24 | Alex Herrera 29 Yd Field Goal | 3 – 0 |
| 1 | 0:00 | Zakhari Franklin 15 Yd pass from Luke Altmyer (David Olano Kick) | 3 – 7 |
| 3 | 10:50 | Oscar Adaway III 36 Yd Run (Alex Herrera Kick) | 10 – 7 |
| 3 | 2:23 | Josh McCray 3 Yd Run (David Olano Kick) | 10 – 14 |
| 4 | 14:56 | Joshua Simon 6 Yd pass from LaNorris Sellers (Alex Herrera Kick) | 17 – 14 |
| 4 | 7:29 | Josh McCray 9 Yd Run (David Olano Kick) | 17 – 21 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 7:05 PM UTCData methodology