South Carolina Gamecocks football

South Carolina Gamecocks Football
2024 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
First season1892; 132 years ago
Athletic directorRay Tanner
Head coachShane Beamer
4th season, 29–21 (.580)
StadiumWilliams–Brice Stadium
(capacity: 77,559)
Field surfaceGrass
LocationColumbia, South Carolina
NCAA divisionDivision I FBS
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Past conferencesIndependent (1892–1921)
SoCon (1922–1952)
ACC (1953–1970)
Independent (1971–1991)
All-time record638–613–44[1] (.510)
Bowl record10–15 (.400)
Conference titles1 (1969)
Division titles1 (2010)
RivalriesClemson (rivalry)
North Carolina (rivalry)
Georgia (rivalry)
Tennessee (rivalry)
Missouri (rivalry)
Heisman winnersGeorge Rogers – 1980
Consensus All-Americans4
ColorsGarnet and black[2]
   
Fight song"The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way"
MascotCocky, Sir Big Spur
Marching bandMighty Sound of the Southeast
WebsiteGamecocksonline.com

The South Carolina Gamecocks football program represents the University of South Carolina. The Gamecocks compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference. The team's head coach is Shane Beamer. They play their home games at Williams–Brice Stadium.

From 1953 through 1970, the Gamecocks played in the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing No. 14 in the 1958 final AP poll and winning the 1969 ACC Championship. From 1971 through 1991, they competed as a major independent, producing 1980 Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers, six bowl appearances, and final AP top-25 rankings in 1984 and 1987 (No. 11 and No. 15). Since 1992, they have competed in the Southeastern Conference, winning the SEC East Division in 2010 and posting seven final top-25 rankings, including three top-10 finishes and one top-5 finish.

South Carolina has produced a National Coach of the Year in Joe Morrison (1984), three SEC coaches of the year in Lou Holtz (2000) and Steve Spurrier (2005, 2010), one ACC coach of the year in Paul Dietzel (1969), and two overall #1 NFL Draft picks in George Rogers (1981) and Jadeveon Clowney (2014). They also have five members of the College Football Hall of Fame in former players George Rogers and Sterling Sharpe, and former coaches Holtz and Spurrier as well as former Athletic Director Mike McGee.

  1. ^ "South Carolina Gamecocks football all-time record, wins, and statistics". Winsipedia. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  2. ^ "Colors – Communications and Public Affairs | University of South Carolina". Retrieved July 16, 2019.

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