Kentucky football fell to South Carolina by a score of 31-6 to move to 1-1 on the season and 0-1 in conference play.
The Wildcats came into the matchup looking for its first win over the Gamecocks since 2021, a win that is now vacated.
After the offense stalled out on its first two possessions, South Carolina struck first.
Brock Vandagriff and company responded fast with a 32-yard completion to Dane Key, but the drive was killed by back-to-back sacks by the Gamecock defense.
South Carolina made it a two score game knocking in a field goal with just over eight minutes left in the second quarter.
After run heavy drive moved Kentucky into the redzone, Alex Raynor put the Cats on the scoreboard.
Kentucky’s next drive contained a slew of offensive penalties ending in a punt from its own endzone, leading to another South Carolina touchdown drive.
South Carolina shut down any hopes of Kentucky crawling back into the game with a turnover that led to the Gamecocks piling up points on the scoreboard.
Putting the nail in the coffin, the South Carolina defense came away with one more turnover.
South Carolina and Kentucky each had another possession each going scoreless until time expired.
With the loss Kentucky will now look to its second SEC opponent of the season taking on No. 1 Georgia at Kroger Field on Saturday, Sept. 14, with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET.