2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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.

2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 44–36 vs. Houston
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
2006 record8–5 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorTyrone Nix (2nd season)
Home stadiumWilliams-Brice Stadium (c. 80,250, grass)
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
    1. – 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

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[1]
September 97:45 pmNo. 12 Georgia
ESPNL 0–1882,513[1]
September 167:00 pmWofford*
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
PPVW 27–2074,286[1]
September 237:00 pmFlorida Atlantic*
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
PPVW 45–670,860[1]
September 287:30 pmNo. 2 Auburn
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
ESPNL 17–2474,374[1]
October 77:00 pmat Kentucky
ESPN2W 24–1761,449[1]
October 213:00 pmat Vanderbilt
PPVW 31–1337,280[1]
October 287:45 pmNo. 8 Tennessee
ESPNL 24–3182,011[1]
November 47:45 pmNo. 12 Arkansas
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
ESPNL 20–2674,926[1]
November 113:30 pmat No. 6 Florida
CBSL 16–1790,703[1]
November 1812:30 pmMiddle Tennessee*
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
PPVW 52–770,442[1]
November 2512:00 pmat No. 24 Clemson*
ESPNW 31–2883,428[1]
December 294:30 pmvs. Houston*
ESPNW 44–3656,103[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References
  1. "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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