South Carolina football wins big in home finale against Wofford

South Carolina defeated Wofford, 56-12, on Saturday in the Gamecocks’ final home game of the season

FINAL: South Carolina 56, Wofford 12

The Gamecocks closed out the scoring with nine seconds left as former wak-on Bradley Dunn scored on a TD run with nine seconds left.

Q4: South Carolina 49, Wofford 12

Jawarn Howell scored his second touchdown of the year on a 27-yard run with 7:04 left. —Scoring drive: 5, plays, 70 yards, 1:32

Q4: South Carolina 42, Wofford 12

Robby Ashford, who came in relief of LaNorris Sellers, scored on a 5-yard TD run with 10:27 left. Sellers started the drive and went over 300 yards passing before letting Ashford come in the game. —Scoring drive: 7, plays, 70 yards, 2:48

Q4: South Carolina 35, Wofford 12

Devery Cagle hit his second field goal, a 28-yarder with 13:29 left. Drive was setup by Wofford recovering a Gamecocks’ fumble on a punt. —Scoring drive: 8, plays, 34 yards, 3:22

Q3: South Carolina 35, Wofford 9

LaNorris Sellers threw his third touchdown pass of the game, a 13-yarder to Gage Larvadain with three minutes left in the third. It was Larvadain’s first TD of the season. —Scoring drive: 11, plays, 70 yards, 5:23

Q3: South Carolina 28, Wofford 9

The Gamecocks scored on their first possession of the third quarter as LaNorris Sellers hit Nyck Harbor on a 26-yard TD pass with 11:31 in the third quarter. —Scoring drive: 9, plays, 82 yards, 3:23

Q2: South Carolina 21, Wofford 9

South Carolina answers Wofford’s score as LaNorris Sellers hit Maurice Brown for 2-yard TD with 20 seconds left in quarter. Big play of drive was Sellers’ 27-yard pass to Dalveon Campbell to Wofford 22. —Scoring drive: 8 plays, 68 yards, 1:21

Q2: South Carolina 14, Wofford 9

Amari Odom threw a 6-yard TD pass to Dylan Djete on third down with 1:48 left in the quarter. The Terriers went for two but Debo Williams picked off Odom. —Scoring drive: 10, plays, 57 yards, 5:06

Q2: South Carolina 14, Wofford 3

LaNorris Sellers scored on a 1-yard run with 12:02 left in the second quarter. The drive was set up by Sellers’ 58-yard pass to Dalevon Campbell. Rocket Sanders also went over 3,000 career rushing yards on the drive. —Scoring drive: 5, plays, 71 yards, 2:12

Q1: South Carolina 7, Wofford 3

Rocket Sanders gave the Gamecocks their first lead with an 11-yard TD run with 1:48 left. It was Sanders’ 13th TD of the season. —Scoring drive: 17 plays, 90 yards, 8:37

Q1: Wofford 3, South Carolina 0

Devery Cagle hit a 27-yard FG to give Wofford the lead on its first drive. Score was set up from a 63-yard pass from Amari Odom to Kyle Watkins. — — Scoring drive: 5 plays, 66 yards, 2:26

Gamecocks’ captains

USC’s captains for Saturday’s game were QB LaNorris Sellers, LB, Debo Williams, DL Alex Huntley and long snapper Hunter Rogers.

Throwback uniform combination

South Carolina will wear its 1980s throwback uniform combination for the second time this year.

The Gamecocks wore them against Akron back in September. The most recognizable throwback element are the stars on the front of a white helmet, made famous during the era of running back George Rogers. The combo includes garnet jerseys and white pants.

Gamecock injury news

USC receiver Jared Brown is out for the game and was spotted on the field in street clothes. Tight end Joshua Simon (leg) also will be out, USC play-by-play man Todd Ellis said on pre-game show.

Simon was spotted on the field pre-game with his right foot in a boot.

Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer said on his pre-game radio interview that Simon and Michael Smith will be limited and Josiah Thompson will play.

Tackle Jatavius Shivers will see time at tight end today, according to Ellis.

Spencer Rattler back at Williams-Brice

Former South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler will return to Williams-Brice Stadium for the Wofford matchup, he announced via social media.

Rattler is currently a member of the New Orleans Saints, who were on a bye this week.

The Oklahoma transfer spent two seasons as Gamecocks QB and finished his USC career fifth all-time in passing yards with 6,212 yards and ranked first in Carolina history in career completion percentage (.675).

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IS THE SOUTH CAROLINA GAME ON TV?

• Who: No. 18 South Carolina (7-3) vs. Wofford (5-6)

• Where: Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, S.C.

• When: 4 p.m. Saturday

• Watch: The game isn’t on traditional television. It can be streamed on the ESPN app via SEC Network Plus or ESPN+

• On-air announce crew: Jay Alter (play-by-play), Rocky Boiman (analyst) and Ashley Stroehlein (sideline reporter)

• Radio: 107.5 FM in the Columbia area (Todd Ellis, play-by-play; Tommy Suggs, analyst; Chet Tucker, sideline) … See all the radio affiliates around South Carolina here.

• Satellite radio: Sirius/XM channel 111 or 192

• Series history: South Carolina has won the past 17 meetings between the teams, dating back to 1917. The Gamecocks lead the series 20-4.