South Carolina Runs Into a Roadblock

Carlos Hall blocked Daniel Weaver’s 32-yard field-goal attempt with 48 seconds left Saturday as Arkansas stunned No. 9 South Carolina, 10-7, at Little Rock, Ark.

“There are ghosts in this stadium,” Razorback Coach Houston Nutt said. “It was one of the loudest games I’ve ever heard, with my headphones on.”

The Razorbacks (3-3, 1-3 in the Southeast Conference) improved to 11-0 in Little Rock under Nutt, who got his second victory in three tries against Lou Holtz, his former coach and boss.

South Carolina (5-1, 4-1) was trying to open 6-0 for the first time since 1988.

“This drives a knife into my heart,” Holtz said. “I was disappointed in the way we played.”

On the field-goal attempt, Nutt said Curt Davis and Jermaine Brooks pushed the offensive linemen backward.

“Carlos and Ken [Hamlin] both must have jumped 12 feet,” he said.

Zak Clark’s 10-yard touchdown pass to Richard Smith put Arkansas in front in the third quarter and completed a 15-play, 69-yard drive.

Clark’s scoring pass went through the hands of linebacker Kalimba Edwards and was caught by Smith between Sheldown Brown and Antione Nesmith with 4:28 left in the third quarter.

The drive consumed 7:28 and followed Corey Jenkins’ 41-yard touchdown run that had put the Gamecocks ahead, 7-3.

Arkansas had the ball for 341/2 minutes and frustrated South Carolina quarterback Phil Petty. Petty, who had completed more than 62% of his passes, threw his first interception of the season and finished 11 of 30.

No. 19 Georgia 30, Vanderbilt 14--The Bulldogs raced to a 21-0 lead behind David Greene’s passing and held off the Commodores at Nashville.

Georgia (4-1, 3-1) had more than 300 yards in the first half in taking a 24-7 lead, and although Vanderbilt (1-4, 0-3) had its chances in the second half the Bulldogs came through with defensive stops when they had to have them.

The Commodores had 436 yards but got nothing on four trips inside the Georgia 15.

Greene completed 19 of 26 passes for 305 yards and two touchdowns. The Bulldogs had 444 yards but lost three fumbles and had 12 penalties.

Mississippi 27, Alabama 24--Eli Manning threw a three-yard touchdown pass to Joe Gunn with 46 seconds left at Oxford, Miss., to lead the Rebels to their first victory over the Crimson Tide in 13 years.

The Rebels (4-1, 2-1) scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to erase a 10-point deficit and end a 10-game losing streak against the Crimson Tide (3-3, 2-2).

Manning finished 22 of 41 for a career-high 325 yards with no interceptions. He has thrown 11 touchdowns and only one interception.

Watts’ running and timely passing had given Alabama a seemingly comfortable lead. The junior ran for 110 yards in 13 carries and threw for 136 and two touchdowns.

Louisiana State 29, Kentucky 25--Rohan Davey connected with freshman Michael Clayton on a six-yard touchdown pass with 13 seconds remaining at Lexington, Ky., as the Tigers averted the upset.

Davey threw for 383 yards and two touchdowns, and LaBrandon Toefield rushed 28 times for 129 yards and a 34-yard score to help the Tigers (3-2, 2-1) end a two-game losing streak.

Kentucky backup quarterback Jared Lorenzen led two second-half scoring drives as the Wildcats (1-5, 0-4) were on the verge of their first conference victory since 1999.

Troy State 21, Mississippi State 9--Demontray Carter caught a touchdown pass and ran for another score to lead the Trojans to a stunning nonconference victory at Starkville, Miss.

Carter, a senior who transferred from Auburn, caught a 37-yard touchdown pass from Brock Nutter early in the second half as the Trojans (2-3) raced to a 21-0 lead. Carter had 90 all-purpose yards and Nutter was 10 of 26 for 130 yards.

Wayne Madkin of Mississippi State (1-4) threw two interceptions and was 12 of 30 for 140 yards.

He was replaced by Kevin Fant late in the game.