1958 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1958 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 15
Record7–3 (5–2 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainKing Dixon, Alex Hawkins, Dwight Keith
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Clemson $ 5 1 0 8 3 0
No. 15 South Carolina 5 2 0 7 3 0
Duke 3 2 0 5 5 0
North Carolina 4 3 0 6 4 0
Maryland 3 3 0 4 6 0
Wake Forest 2 4 0 3 7 0
NC State 2 5 0 2 7 1
Virginia 1 5 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1958 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1958 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Warren Giese, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing second in the ACC. The team played home games at Carolina Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.

In their final "Big Thursday" victory ever, South Carolina upset their archrival No. 10 Clemson.[2][3][4]

The 1958 Gamecocks finished the season ranked in the AP Poll for the first time in school history. It would not be done again until 1984.[5]

  1. ^ "1958 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  2. ^ "1958 South Carolina Gamecocks Stats". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "Winsipedia - Clemson Tigers vs. South Carolina Gamecocks football series history". Winsipedia. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
  4. ^ "Clemson-Carolina: The end of Big Thursday". The Clemson Insider. November 21, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
  5. ^ "South Carolina Gamecocks Poll History". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 29, 2023.