1989 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1989 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference Independent
1989 record 6–4–1
Head coach Sparky Woods
Home stadium Williams-Brice Stadium
(Capacity: 72,400)

The 1989 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent team in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season finishing with a 6–4–1 record. The Gamecocks were led by Sparky Woods in his first year as USC head coach following the death of former head coach Joe Morrison. Morrison died of a fatal heart attack in February 1989 following the Gamecocks 1988 season.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 7:00 PM Duke Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC W 27–21   74,232
September 9 7:00 PM Virginia Tech Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC T 17–17   71,842
September 16 1:00 PM at #12 West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV L 45–21   66,015
September 23 7:00 PM Georgia Tech Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC W 21–10   70,018
September 30 1:00 PM at #23 Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 24–20   80,961
October 7 1:30 PM East Carolina Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC W 47–14   65,600
October 21 1:30 PM Western Carolina #24 Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC W 24–3   62,000
October 28 1:00 PM #20 NC State #25 Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC L 20–10   74,248
November 4 2:00 PM at #6 Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL SSN L 35–10   61,852
November 11 2:00 PM at North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 27–20   44,200
November 18 7:30 PM #15 Clemson Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (Battle of the Palmetto State) ESPN L 45–0   74,509
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

References

Griffin, J. C. (1992). The first hundred years: A history of south carolina football. Atlanta, GA: Longstreet Press