Tennessee stormed out of Neyland Stadium's north end zone with black jerseys and jumped to a 14-0 lead before three minutes were off the clock and gave first year head coach Lane Kiffin his first win over a ranked opponent.

Tennessee rolled to a 21-0 lead after the first 17 minutes headlined by two Jonathan Crompton touchdown passes. All three touchdowns came off South Carolina lost fumbles.

The whole game was going to be about turnovers. Lane Kiffin, UT head football coach"The whole game was going to be about turnovers. What we talked about, especially, right before the game as it started to rain and the conditions change, this is going to be about protecting the ball," Kiffin said of Tennessee's ability to force four turnovers and have none themselves.

The scoring started after South Carolina tight end Justice Cunningham fumbled on the third play of the game. Crompton connected with fullback Austin Johnson down the middle of the field for a 38 yard touchdown strike on the second play of the Vols drive.

"As soon as we saw that coverage Austin ran a good route and he did the best," Crompton said of the Vols' first touchdown.

On the ensuing Gamecock drive linebacker Rico McCoy forced his first of two fumbles on the night hitting South Carolina running back Kenny Miles at the Gamecock 27 and was recovered by Wes Brown.

It took longer than two plays, but the Vols' second score came on a dazzling 14-yard Montario Hardesty run, complete with a spin move past a South Carolina defender to find the open field. The New Bern, N.C. native finished the night with 123 yards on 23 rushes, his third 100-yard game of the year.

"It was a rainy day, so all my coach was preaching was making one cut and going and the o-line opened up seams for us to do that today," Hardesty said.

After a South Carolina punt, the Vols had another opportunity to put more points on the board. Tennessee drove all the way to the Gamecock 16, but a Stephon Gilmore sack pushed the Vols back to the 24. Chad Cunningham, pulling double duty for kicker Daniel Lincoln, had his kick blocked by South Carolina's Devin Taylor.

The block was Tennessee's third consecutive blocked kick dating back to their previous game with Alabama where the Vols had two fourth quarter blocked kicks.

After trading punts and moving into the second quarter, South Carolina gave the Vols another short field after McCoy forced his second fumble and the Vols set up shop on the Gamecock 22-yard line. The Vols moved all the way to the 2-yard line and fullback Kevin Cooper caught the 2-yard touchdown pass from Crompton on a fourth-and-goal play with 11:38 of play left before halftime.

Crompton finished the night 12 of 24 passing for 142 yards and the two touchdowns.

"I think that's the story of the game. To get four turnovers on defense and to give up none on offense you're going to win a lot of games," Kiffin said. "It was good to have a game like that for our players to see (turnovers are important)."

The rest of the second quarter saw each team trying to sustain a drive, but South Carolina was

able to breakthrough on the last play of the half with a 47-yard Spencer Lanning field goal.

South Carolina was able to add another 32-yard Lanning field goal in the third quarter, but the Vols took the ensuing kickoff and marched 56 yards in five plays and Hardesty scored his second touchdown of the game giving the Vols a 22-point lead, 28-6.