South Carolina 45-9 Towson (Sep 12, 2026) Final Score

Team pages: Towson · South Carolina

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Sat, Sep 12 · Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, S.C. · Crowd 78,399SECN+

South Carolina routed Towson 45-9.

We had South Carolina favored. It won.

Next: Towson lost to Morgan State 41-26, Sat Sep 19

Next: South Carolina lost to Mississippi State 41-34, Sat Sep 19

Top comment in the game thread

HE HIT AN OPEN RECEIVER!!!!

Q1 3:02 · r/CFB game thread · Sat, Sep 12

How it swung

Before kickoff, our ratings gave South Carolina a 99% chance, and the closing betting line (South Carolina was a 44.5-point favorite) put it above 99%.

South Carolina led by 7 after the first quarter and by 14 at the half.

Punt return TD

South Carolina · Q3 0:03

FinalSouth Carolina 45-9 TowsonSouth Carolina wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.At the airport: 0.4 in of rain

No single play moved the chance by 20 points.

What fans said, play by play

The line in bold above each quote is written by our model from the thread’s comments and the play-by-play.

Q1 9:37Swain returns punt 58 yards for touchdown, South Carolina leads 7-0No Swain, no gainr/CFB game thread
Q1 5:16South Carolina fans criticize Sellers' underthrows and missed field goalAnother Sellers underthrow My brother in Christ you have got to be better than thatr/CFB game thread
Q1 3:02Quoted at the top of the page.LaNorris will get some NFL GM firedr/CFB game thread
Q2 0:17Sellers throws interception to Cooper as South Carolina fans argue the rulingThat is an obvious interception but we weren’t scoring anyway.r/CFB game thread

South Carolina’s chance to win after every play.

How to read this chart

Starts from the pregame line (South Carolina -44.5), at 99% for South Carolina (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. Outlined diamonds mark rare plays. Under the scores, r/CFB comments per minute from fans with a South Carolina or Towson flair (446 and 45); both sides share one scale, regulation only. A gold diamond marks a play fans were reacting to.

The blue strip under the chart is the weather at the airport. 0.4 in of rain is more than fell in 99% of games since 2018. Measured at Columbia Owens Downtown Airport, 1.5 miles away. Full conditions below.The dashed blue line marks where play stopped for 1 hour 19 minutes in the third quarter. Thunder was reported at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (6.1 miles away) from 8:56 p.m. to 10:06 p.m., around the stoppage.

Watch the plays

The bar and the arrow show South Carolina’s chance to win after each play; the logo is the team the play helped.

Every drive

South Carolina scored on 5 of its 12 drives; Towson on 4 of its 14.

South Carolina’s drives are teal, Towson’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.

“Ouch. The punter's arm is backwards”

A Towson fan

When fans got loud

Busy

Fans peaked in the third quarter.

Jump to the loudest stretch

The jump was busy; the crowd was quiet.

Never in doubt.

Box score

South Carolina 45, Towson 9

Towson covered +44.5 by 8.5. The total, 54, stayed under 57.5.

Towson leaders

Passing Andrew Indorf 16 of 30, 171 yds, 1 TD
Rushing Kahseim Phillips 4 for 15 yds; Jacob Davis 5 for 14 yds
Receiving Aaron Enterline 10 for 123 yds, 1 TD; Jashaun Amin 2 for 22 yds

South Carolina leaders

Passing Lanorris Sellers 10 of 23, 96 yds, 1 INT
Rushing Matthew Fuller 11 for 125 yds, 1 TD; Lanorris Sellers 7 for 119 yds, 1 TD
Receiving Nyck Harbor 2 for 35 yds; Brady Hunt 3 for 22 yds

Play stopped for 79 minutes in the third quarter

87° at kickoff · 0.3 in of rain by radar over the stadium; the airport 1.5 miles away recorded 0.4 in; another 0.3 in fell while play was stopped · wind 4 mph from the south, gusts to 23

0.4 in of rain is more than fell in 99% of games since 2018.

Each gray tick is one game. The black line is the typical game.

Thunder was reported at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (6.1 miles away) from 8:56 p.m. to 10:06 p.m., around the stoppage.

In the game thread, fans talked about the rain.

September game-day temperatures at Williams-Brice Stadium

Drag along the chart, or step through the game.

Third quarter, 12:07 left9:03 p.m.

Towson 3, South Carolina 24 · South Carolina 100% to win

During the stoppage: 0.2 in of rain · wind 5 mph, gusts to 16 · 76°

The clock stopped here for 79 minutes (9:03 p.m. to 10:22 p.m.), and thunder was reported at Columbia Owens Downtown Airport.

Sellers 58-yd TD run, South Carolina leads 24-3

Measured at Columbia Owens Downtown Airport, 1.5 miles away, and Columbia Metropolitan Airport, 6.1 miles away. The paler thunder bar is thunder reported in the vicinity of an airport. Rain is NOAA's radar-and-gauge estimate at the stadium and wind is an airport reading; neither is measured on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; rain radar from NOAA MRMS, through Iowa State University. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Before kickoff

Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.

Recent games

Last two games

Towson · 0-2

Rated 188th in our preseason ratings, 173rd now, up 15 spots.

Two straight losses.

L 15-42 @ Navy #71 of 668

lost by 27 as a 31.5-point underdog

L 18-21 vs Maine #174 of 668

lost by 3 as a 2.5-point favorite

Last three games · 2025 season

South Carolina · 4-8

Rated 16th in our preseason ratings, 17th now.

1-2 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.

L 14-28 vs ClemsonTop 25 #25 of 667

lost by 14 as a 2.5-point favorite

W 51-7 vs Coastal Carolina #154 of 667

won by 44 as a 24.5-point favorite

L 30-31 @ Texas A&MTop 25 #12 of 667

lost by 1 as a 16.5-point underdog

L 14-30 @ Ole MissTop 25 #7 of 667

lost by 16 as a 13.5-point underdog

L 22-29 vs AlabamaTop 25 #4 of 667

lost by 7 as a 12.5-point underdog

L 7-26 vs OklahomaTop 25 #13 of 667

lost by 19 as a 4.5-point underdog

L 10-20 @ LSUTop 25 #13 of 667

lost by 10 as an 8.5-point underdog

W 35-13 vs Kentucky #47 of 667

won by 22 as a 6.5-point favorite

L 20-29 @ MissouriTop 25 #11 of 667

lost by 9 as a 10.5-point underdog

L 7-31 vs VanderbiltTop 25 #37 of 667

lost by 24 as a 2.5-point favorite

W 38-10 vs South Carolina State #148 of 667

won by 28 as a 42.5-point favorite

W 24-11 vs Virginia Tech #41 of 667

won by 13 as a 7.5-point favorite

Week by week

South Carolina

Wk 1Wvs Kent State57-0

Towson

Wk 1Lvs Maine18-21
Wk 1Lat Navy15-42

Line, fans and home field

The betting line, and the fans

Our model and the betting line agree on South Carolina’s chances here.

South Carolina favored by 44.5 · Total 57.5

How games like this usually go

South Carolina by 44.5, and it went to form

Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game

The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 411 games since 2025 with a favorite of 21.5 points or more.

The market

The spread moved 1 point toward South Carolina.

The total rose 3 points.

Weather at kickoff

Warm, with rain. Feels like 82° at kickoff.

Towson at South Carolina · Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026 · Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia

82°feels like at kickoff
0.26 inrain at kickoff
64weather score, Rough

At kickoff, Sept. 12, 2026.

Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better, for the first 3 hours and 20 minutes of the game. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.

Kickoff times that Saturday

Games in this time zone used 7 kickoff times that day, local time (kickoffs within 30 minutes of each other count as one). This game is ringed. At Williams-Brice Stadium that day, a noon kickoff would have scored 72, against 64 at 7 pm.

noon: 72, Rough
1 pm: 63, Rough
2 pm: 55, Rough
3:30 pm: 51, Rough
6 pm: 63, Rough
7 pm: 64, Rough (this game)
7:30 pm: 64, Rough

Weather score at each kickoff time.

Tap a dot to read that kickoff time.

At kickoff, Sept. 12, 2026. Wind is not drawn here; gusts are in each score.

Home field

South Carolina is worth +4.5 points (±4.2) more at home than on the road since 2018 — middle of FBS, 57th percentile.

52% at home, 33% on the road against FBS opponents (26-24 home, 13-26 away).

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads -0.8 at home vs. away over 97 games — inside the ±6.2 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.

Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. The visitors travel about 447 miles to get here.

South Carolina routs Towson 45-9