1963 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1963 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

1963 South Carolina Gamecocks football
1963 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1963 record	1–8–1 (1–5–1 ACC)
Head coach	Marvin Bass (3rd season);
Home stadium	Carolina Stadium; (Capacity: 43,232)
	Seasons ← 1962 1964 →

The 1963 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. In one of the worst seasons in Gamecock history, the Gamecocks finished the season 1–8–1 overall.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Duke	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 14–22	25,000
September 28	Maryland	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 21–13
October 5	at Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	L 7–27
October 12	NC State	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 6–18
October 19	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	T 10–10	16,000
October 26	North Carolina	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	L 0–7
November 2	Tulane*	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 7–20	18,372	^[2]
November 9	at Memphis State*	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	L 0–9	17,006
November 16	at Wake Forest	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 19–20	7,000
November 28	Clemson	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	L 20–24	37,414	^[3]
*Non-conference game

^ "1963 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
^ "Carolina makes Wake Forest losingest club in land". The State. November 2, 1963. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Jim Anderson (November 29, 1963). "Clemson Tigers Beat USC Gamecocks, 24 To 20". The Greenville News. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1963 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2017.

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Venues	Old State Fairgrounds (1894, 1896–1898) Shandon Park (1895) College Park/Davis Field (1899–1925) Melton Field (1926–1934) Williams–Brice Stadium (1934–present)
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People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
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1963 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
North Carolina +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
NC State +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Clemson	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Duke	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Maryland	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
South Carolina	1	–	5	–	1	1	–	8	–	1
Wake Forest	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
Virginia	0	–	5	–	1	2	–	7	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll^[1]