1985 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1985 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1985 South Carolina Gamecocks football
1985 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Independent
1985 record	5–6
Head coach	Joe Morrison (3rd season);
Defensive coordinator	Tom Gadd (3rd season)
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium; (Capacity: 72,400)
	Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

The 1985 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent team in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks would finish the season 5–6 overall.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	The Citadel	No. 17	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 56–17	73,500
September 7	Appalachian State	No. 18	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 20–13	73,100	^[1]
September 21	No. 19 Michigan	No. 15	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	ABC	L 3–34	74,200
September 28	at Georgia		Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (rivalry)		L 21–35	82,122
October 5	at Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh		L 7–42	32,277
October 12	Duke		Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 28–7	71,150
October 19	at East Carolina		Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, North Carolina		W 52–10	35,047	^[2]
November 2	NC State		Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		L 17–21	69,100
November 9	at No. 16 Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN	L 14–56	54,121
November 16	Navy		Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 34–31	69,542
November 23	Clemson		Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina (Palmetto Bowl)		L 17–24	75,026	^[3]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

^ "Struggling USC clips Appalachian". The State. September 8, 1985. Retrieved November 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Gamecocks rout Pirates". The Charlotte Observer. October 27, 1985. Retrieved November 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Mike Hunt (November 24, 1985). "Tigers gain bowl berth over USC". The Greenville News. pp. 1C, 4C – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1985 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 26, 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

1985 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Penn State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Miami (FL)		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Florida State		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		7	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Boston College		–		–		4	–	8	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		2	–	7	–	2
Rutgers		–		–		2	–	8	–	1
East Carolina		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Tulane		–		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll