2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Liberty Bowl Champions
Liberty Bowl vs. Houston, W 44–36
Conference Southeastern Conference Eastern Division
2006 record 8–5 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach Steve Spurrier
Defensive coordinator Tyrone Nix
Home stadium Williams-Brice Stadium (c. 80,250, grass)
2006 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
#1 Florida x$#   7 – 1         13 – 1  
#25 Tennessee   5 – 3         9 – 4  
Kentucky   4 – 4         8 – 5  
#23 Georgia   4 – 4         9 – 4  
South Carolina   3 – 5         8 – 5  
Vanderbilt   1 – 7         4 – 8  
Western Division
#15 Arkansas x   7 – 1         10 – 4  
#9 Auburn   6 – 2         11 – 2  
#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 college football season of 2006–2007. 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.

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.

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 8:00 pm at Mississippi State Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS ESPN W 15–0   50,277[1]
September 9 7:45 pm #12 Georgia Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC ESPN L 0–18   82,513[1]
September 16 7:00 pm Wofford* Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC PPV W 27–20   74,286[1]
September 23 7:00 pm Florida Atlantic* Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC PPV W 45–6   70,860[1]
September 28 7:30 pm #2 Auburn Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC ESPN L 17–24   74,374[1]
October 7 7:00 pm at Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY ESPN2 W 24–17   61,449[1]
October 21 3:00 pm at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN PPV W 31–13   37,280[1]
October 28 7:45 pm #8 Tennesseedagger Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC ESPN L 24–31   82,011[1]
November 4 7:45 pm #12 Arkansas Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC ESPN L 20–26   74,926[1]
November 11 3:30 pm at #6 Florida Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL CBS L 16–17   90,703[1]
November 18 12:30 pm Middle Tennessee* Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC PPV W 52–7   70,442[1]
November 25 12:00 pm at #24 Clemson* Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Battle of the Palmetto State) ESPN W 31–28   83,428[1]
December 29 4:30 pm vs. Houston* Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl) ESPN W 44–36   56,103[1]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "2006 South Carolina Football" (PDF). University of South Carolina.
  2. ↑ "South Carolina Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on September 16, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2009.
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