1974 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1974 NCAA Division I independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1974 South Carolina Gamecocks football
1974 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Independent
1974 record	4–7
Head coach	Paul Dietzel (9th season);
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium; (Capacity: 54,564)
	Seasons ← 1973 1975 →

The 1974 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent team in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The Gamecocks finished the season 4–7 overall.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, Georgia	L 20–35	47,171
September 21	Duke	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	L 14-20	45,620
September 28	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (rivalry)	L 14-52	50,200
October 5	Houston	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	L 14-24	38,147
October 12	Virginia Tech	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	L 17-31	35,897	^[1]
October 19	at Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium University, Mississippi	W 10-7	32,800
October 26	North Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina (Battle of the Carolinas)	W 31-23	41,512
November 2	at NC State	Carter Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina	L 27-42	41,500
November 9	Appalachian State	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	W 21-18	32,285	^[2]
November 16	Wake Forest	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	W 34-21	27,677
November 23	Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, South Carolina (Palmetto Bowl)	L 21-39	52,575	^[3]

^ "VPI explosion buries Gamecocks in second half". The Charlotte Observer. October 13, 1974. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Gamecocks clip Appalachian". The State. November 10, 1974. Retrieved December 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Henry Freeman (November 24, 1974). "Parker: Seniors Turned Us Around". The Greenville News. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1974 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 10, 2017.

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v t South Carolina Gamecocks football
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)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Clemson Georgia North Carolina
Culture & lore	Spurrier Cocky "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way" Mighty Sound of the Southeast "Sandstorm" The Brawl
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1974 NCAA Division I independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 6 Notre Dame		–		10	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Penn State		–		10	–	2	–	0
Temple		–		8	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		8	–	3	–	0
Utah State		–		8	–	3	–	0
No. 19 Houston		–		8	–	3	–	1
Rutgers		–		7	–	3	–	1
Cincinnati		–		7	–	4	–	0
Memphis State		–		7	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		7	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		6	–	5	–	0
Hawaii		–		6	–	5	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		6	–	5	–	0
Tampa		–		6	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross		–		5	–	5	–	1
Tulane		–		5	–	6	–	0
Colgate		–		4	–	6	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina		–		4	–	7	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		4	–	7	–	0
West Virginia		–		4	–	7	–	0
Army		–		3	–	8	–	0
Dayton		–		3	–	8	–	0
Villanova		–		3	–	8	–	0
Air Force		–		2	–	9	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		2	–	9	–	0
Syracuse		–		2	–	9	–	0
Florida State		–		1	–	10	–	0
Marshall		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll