Numbers to Know: SEC Week 8

By Chris Marler

Numbers to Know: Week 8

8: This was Missouri’s 8th straight win on homecoming

1: South Carolina is the first team to score an opening drive touchdown on Oklahoma this season

27: The 32-3 lead South Carolina had at halftime was the largest home halftime deficit for Oklahoma in 27 years dating back to 1997

104-2: Auburn’s record in the last 20 years when leading by 14 or more points in the 2nd Half of a game

12: Targets for Missouri WR Luther Burden against Auburn. That yielded six catches for 49 yards including two for 29 yards on the final drive of the game.

9: Sacks by South Carolina against Oklahoma. That’s the most in any one game for the Gamecocks in the last nine years.

1: Dylan Sampson’s fumble on Tennessee’s first drive was the first of his career on 284 career rush attempts

16: Consecutive first half possessions without a score for Tenenssee dating back to the Tennessee game

61: Tennessee has been held scoreless in the first half for three consecutive games. That’s the first time in 61 years the Vols haven’t scored in the three straight opening halves.

26: Total Penalties in the Alabama-Tennessee game. That’s the most of any SEC game in the last 5 years dating back to Auburn-LSU in 2019 (27)

32: Total Penalties for Alabama in their last two trips to Knoxville

244: Total Penalty yards on Alabama their last 2 trips to Knoxville

38: First Half Offensive yards from Texas against Georgia which was the fewest for the Longhorns in the last 20 years

1: Total games Kalen Deboer has won as a head coach when scoring less than 17 points

8:22: Up 27-10 with 10:40 left in the fourth quarter, LSU finished Arkansas with a 14 play, 80-yard touchdown drive that ate up 8:22 off the clock.

0-11: Texas was 0-for-11 on their first 11 third downs against Georgia

2: Total number of players ejected for Georgia and number of third downs converted for Texas Saturday night in Austin

117: Total games it took Kirby Smart to get to 100 wins which is the fastest of any coach in SEC history.

0: LSU threw zero passing touchdowns on Saturday night against Arkansas. It’s the first time in 21 games they failed to throw for a touchdown and only the fourth time in the last six seasons it’s happened. They still won by 24.

27: Total tackles over the last two games for LSU linebacker Whit Weeks. He’s also recorded three tackles for loss, two sacks, and an interception in that span.

100: Caden Durham rushed for over 100 yards against Arkansas. It’s only the second time LSU has had a 100-yard rusher in a game this season. Both were Durham, and both have come in the last three weeks.