1968 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1968 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1968 South Carolina Gamecocks football
1968 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1968 record	4–6 (4–3 ACC)
Head coach	Paul Dietzel (3rd season);
Home stadium	Carolina Stadium; (Capacity: 42,238)
	Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. The Gamecocks finished the season 4–6 overall.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Duke	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 7–14	42,234
September 28	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 32–27	28,000
October 5	No. 16 Georgia*	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	L 20–21	42,808
October 12	at NC State	Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC	L 12–36	33,400
October 19	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 19–21	28,200
October 26	No. 20 Florida State*	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 28–35	42,038
November 2	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 49–28	25,600
November 9	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 34–21	16,000
November 16	Virginia Tech*	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 6–17	40,137
November 23	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	W 7–3	53,000	^[2]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1968 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
^ "Underdog USC Takes 7-3 Victory Over Clemson". The Greenville News. November 24, 1968. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1968 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 26, 2017.

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1968 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
NC State $	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Clemson	4	–	1	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Virginia	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Duke	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Wake Forest	2	–	3	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
Maryland	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
North Carolina	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll^[1]