2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football

Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl vs. Houston, W 44–36
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	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
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 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	No. 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	No. 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	No. 8 Tennessee	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	ESPN	L 24–31	82,011^[1]
November 4	7:45 pm	No. 12 Arkansas	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	ESPN	L 20–26	74,926^[1]
November 11	3:30 pm	at No. 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 No. 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. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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↑ "South Carolina Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on September 16, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2009.

South Carolina Gamecocks football
Venues	Williams-Brice Stadium (1934–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Clemson Georgia North Carolina
Culture & lore	Cocky "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way" Mighty Sound of the Southeast Sandstorm Clemson–South Carolina football 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

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