1981 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1981 South Carolina Gamecocks football
1981 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Independent
1981 record	6–6
Head coach	Jim Carlen (7th season);
Defensive coordinator	Richard Bell (7th season)
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium; (Capacity: 54,564)
	Seasons ← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent team in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks would finish the season 6–6 overall.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, North Carolina		W 23–6	29,300
September 12	Ole Miss	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		L 13-20	56,424
September 19	Duke	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 17-3	56,321
September 26	at No. 17 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (rivalry)		L 0-24	82,100
October 3	No. 4 Pittsburgh	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	ABC	L 28-42	56,495
October 10	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky		W 28-14	57,553
October 17	Virginia	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 21-3	56,101
October 24	at No. 3 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Battle of the Carolinas)		W 31-13	50,500
October 31	NC State	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	ABC	W 20-12	56,517
November 7	Pacific	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		L 21-23	51,679
November 21	No. 2 Clemson	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina (Palmetto Bowl)	ESPN	L 13-29	56,971
December 5	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI		L 10-33	43,958
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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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

1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Pittsburgh		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Penn State		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Miami (FL)		–		–		9	–	2	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		9	–	2	–	1
No. 17 West Virginia		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		–		7	–	3	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Navy		–		–		7	–	4	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Florida State		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Tulane		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
UNLV		–		–		6	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		6	–	6	–	0
Temple		–		–		5	–	5	–	0
Boston College		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Louisville		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
William & Mary		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		4	–	6	–	1
Richmond		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Army		–		–		3	–	7	–	1
North Texas State		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–		1	–	10	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll