Record for Rattler

It had been an underwhelming season for South Carolina junior quarterback Spencer Rattler — a transfer from Oklahoma — until he set a Gamecocks’ record with six touchdown passes against Tennessee.

Rattler came into the game with eight touchdown passes on the season, but he broke the record of five in a game first set by Tommy Suggs in South Carolina’s 49-28 victory over Virginia in 1968.

Others to have matched Suggs’ record with five touchdown passes are Jeff Grantz (vs. Clemson in 1975), Steve Tanneyhill (vs. Louisiana Tech and Vanderbilt in 1995), Sevelle Newton (vs. Florida Atlantic in 2006), Dylan Thompson (vs. Auburn in 2014) and Jake Bentley (vs. Clemson in 2018).

Rattler completed 30 of 37 passes for 438 yards against the Vols without an interception.