2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 44–36 vs. Houston
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record8–5 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorTyrone Nix (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumWilliams-Brice Stadium
Seasons
← 2005
2007 →
2006 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$#   7 – 1     13 – 1  
No. 25 Tennessee   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Kentucky   4 – 4     8 – 5  
No. 23 Georgia   4 – 4     9 – 4  
South Carolina   3 – 5     8 – 5  
Vanderbilt   1 – 7     4 – 8  
Western Division
No. 15 Arkansas x   7 – 1     10 – 4  
No. 9 Auburn   6 – 2     11 – 2  
No. 3 LSU  %   6 – 2     11 – 2  
Alabama   2 – 6     6 – 7  
Ole Miss   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Mississippi State   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Championship: Florida 38, Arkansas 28
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–7 (0–6).
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks were led by Steve Spurrier in his second season as USC head coach and played their home games in Williams–Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.

The Gamecocks finished the season 8–5, ending with wins in the Palmetto Bowl and Liberty Bowl.[1] Their eight-win campaign, victory over Clemson, and bowl victory were each the first since 2001.[2][3] All of the team's losses were against top-12 opponents, and four of those losses were within seven points.[1]

Schedule

The October 28 game against Tennessee played host to ESPN's College Gameday, the third year in a row that South Carolina had hosted the program.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 318:00 pmat Mississippi State
ESPNW 15–050,277
September 97:45 pmNo. 12 Georgia
ESPNL 0–1882,513
September 167:00 pmWofford*
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
PPVW 27–2074,286
September 237:00 pmFlorida Atlantic*
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
PPVW 45–670,860
September 287:30 pmNo. 2 Auburn
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
ESPNL 17–2474,374
October 77:00 pmat Kentucky
ESPN2W 24–1761,449
October 213:00 pmat Vanderbilt
PPVW 31–1337,280
October 287:45 pmNo. 8 Tennesseedagger
ESPNL 24–3182,011
November 47:45 pmNo. 12 Arkansas
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
ESPNL 20–2674,926
November 113:30 pmat No. 6 Florida
CBSL 16–1790,703
November 1812:30 pmMiddle Tennessee*
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
PPVW 52–770,442
November 2512:00 pmat No. 24 Clemson*
ESPNW 31–2883,428
December 294:30 pmvs. Houston*
ESPNW 44–3656,103
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

  1. ^ a b "2006 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  2. ^ "South Carolina Gamecocks College Football History, Stats, Records". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "Winsipedia - Clemson Tigers vs. South Carolina Gamecocks football series history". Winsipedia. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "South Carolina Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2009.