1986 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1986 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1986 South Carolina Gamecocks football
1986 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Independent
1986 record	3–6–2
Head coach	Joe Morrison (4th season);
Defensive coordinator	Tom Gadd (4th season)
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium; (Capacity: 72,400)
	Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

The 1986 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent team in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks would finish the season 3–6–2 overall.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	No. 3 Miami (FL)	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	ESPN	L 14–34	73,500
September 6	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia		L 20-31	34,700
September 13	Western Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 45-24	65,731
September 27	Georgia	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina (rivalry)	ESPN	L 26-31	74,200
October 4	No. 3 Nebraska	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		L 24-27	73,109
October 11	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, Virginia		T 27-27	40,700
October 25	East Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 38-3	68,327
November 1	at No. 16 NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina		L 22-23	50,230
November 8	Florida State	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		L 28-45	71,689
November 15	Wake Forest	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 48-21	64,186
November 22	at No. 19 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, South Carolina (Palmetto Bowl)		T 21-21	82,492	^[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

^ Ron Green (November 23, 1986). "No smiles: USC 21, Clemson 21". The Greenville News. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1986 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 22, 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

1986 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Penn State		–		–		12	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Miami (FL)		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Virginia Tech		–		–		9	–	2	–	1
No. 19 Boston College		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Tulsa		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Florida State		–		–		7	–	4	–	1
Army		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Rutgers		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		3	–	6	–	2
Tulane		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Louisville		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Navy		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Wichita State		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll