1979 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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1979 South Carolina Gamecocks football
South Carolina Gamecocks logo.svg
ConferenceIndependent
1979 record8–4
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorRichard Bell (5th season)
Home stadiumWilliams-Brice Stadium
(Capacity: 54,564)
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Florida State   –   –   11 – 1 – 0
No. 7 Pittsburgh   –   –   11 – 1 – 0
UNLV   –   –   9 – 1 – 2
No. 17 Temple   –   –   10 – 2 – 0
Tulane   –   –   9 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   –   8 – 3 – 0
East Carolina   –   –   7 – 3 – 1
No. 20 Penn State   –   –   8 – 4 – 0
South Carolina   –   –   8 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   –   7 – 4 – 0
Notre Dame   –   –   7 – 4 – 0
Southern Miss   –   –   6 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   –   7 – 5 – 0
Colgate   –   –   5 – 4 – 1
Boston College   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Memphis   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Miami   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
North Texas State   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
West Virginia   –   –   5 – 6 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   –   4 – 6 – 1
Louisville   –   –   4 – 6 – 1
William & Mary   –   –   4 – 7 – 0
Illinois State   –   –   3 – 8 – 0
Northeast Louisiana   –   –   3 – 8 – 0
Army   –   –   2 – 8 – 1
Air Force   –   –   2 – 9 – 0
Cincinnati   –   –   2 – 9 – 0
Richmond   –   –   0 – 11 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent team in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks would finish the season 8–4 overall and be invited to the Hall of Fame Classic. The Gamecocks would lose the Classic to Missouri, 14–24.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 8at North Carolina
ESPNL 0–2849,500
September 15Western Michigan
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 24-750,137
September 22Duke
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 35-033,895
September 26at Georgia
W 27-2060,100
October 6Oklahoma State
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 23-1656,405
October 20Ole Miss
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 21-1456,407
October 27at No. 14 Notre Dame
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
L 17-1859,075
November 3NC State
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 30-2856,409
November 10at No. 7 Florida StateNo. 19
L 7-2749,490
November 17No. 17 Wake Forest
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 35-1456,407
November 24No. 13 ClemsonNo. 19
ESPNW 13-956,887[1]
December 29vs. MissouriNo. 16
MizlouL 14-2462,785
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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Roster[]

1979 South Carolina Gamecocks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
G 63 Fred David Sr
C 61 Quay Farr Sr
QB 10 Garry Harper Jr
WR 41 Zion McKinney Sr
TE 47 Willie Scott Jr
RB 38 George Rogers Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 74 Chuck Allen Jr
DT 70 Steve Bernish Sr
DB 23 Lou Biondi Sr
DE 81 Brett Bond Sr
DE 82 Arthur Broussard Sr
DB 21 Andy Hastings Sr
DB 22 Tim Rhino Fr
LB 54 Tim Singleton Sr
LB 23 Scott Wade Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P Ray Feltz
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References[]

  1. ^ Abe Hardesty (November 25, 1979). "Gamecocks trip lunging Tigers". The Greenville News. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1979 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 29, 2017.


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