1993 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1993 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Eastern Division
	Western Division
	Championship: Florida 28, Alabama 13
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; † – Ineligible for the postseason due to NCAA probation. ; * – Alabama later forfeited all regular-season wins and one tie due to NCAA violations, giving an official record of 1–12 overall and 0–8 SEC. The forfeit of the tie retroactively gave Tennessee a share of the East title.; Rankings from AP Poll

1993 South Carolina Gamecocks football
1993 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
1993 record	5–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Sparky Woods (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Art Wilkins (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Miles Aldridge (1st as DC, 3rd overall season)
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium (c. 72,400, grass)
	Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

The 1993 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by head coach Sparky Woods and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	12:30 p.m.	at No. 14 Georgia		Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (rivalry)	JPS	W 23–21	84,912
September 11	3:00 p.m.	at Arkansas	No. 19	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, Arkansas	PPV	L 17–18	47,321
September 18	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech*		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 34–3	69,208	^[1]
September 23	8:00 p.m.	Kentucky		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	ESPN	L 17–21	65,326
October 2	7:30 p.m.	No. 2 Alabama		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	ESPN	W 6–17 (Alabama Forfeit)	74,718	^[2]^[3]
October 9	1:00 p.m.	East Carolina*		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 27–3	62,307	^[4]
October 16	7:00 p.m.	at Mississippi State		Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	PPV	L 0–23	33,915
October 23	1:00 p.m.	Vanderbilt		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 22–0	58,128
October 30	12:30 p.m.	at No. 8 Tennessee		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	JPS	L 3–55	94,791
November 13	12:30 p.m.	No. 8 Florida		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	JPS	L 26–37	70,188
November 20	12:30 p.m.	No. 24 Clemson*		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina (Palmetto Bowl)	JPS	L 13–16	72,928
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "Gamecocks let secret out, beat La. Tech". The Charlotte Observer. September 19, 1993. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "USC falls". The Greenville News. October 3, 1993. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Dishing out the discipline: SEC". ESPN. November 26, 2001. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
^ "QB shuffle central to USC's 27–3 win". The Charlotte Observer. October 10, 1993. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "College Football Data Warehouse". Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2014-10-22.

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1993 South Carolina Gamecocks football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
1993 record	5–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Sparky Woods (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Art Wilkins (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Miles Aldridge (1st as DC, 3rd overall season)
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium (c. 72,400, grass)
Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

1993 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Eastern Division
No. 5 Florida x$	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Tennessee* x	6	–	1	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
Kentucky	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Georgia	2	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina*	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt*	1	–	7	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Western Division
No. 4 Auburn†	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
No. 14 Alabama* x	5	–	2	–	1	9	–	3	–	1
Arkansas*	3	–	4	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
LSU	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss*	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State*	2	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	2
Championship: Florida 28, Alabama 13
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions † – Ineligible for the postseason due to NCAA probation. * – Alabama later forfeited all regular-season wins and one tie due to NCAA violations, giving an official record of 1–12 overall and 0–8 SEC. The forfeit of the tie retroactively gave Tennessee a share of the East title. Rankings from AP Poll