1968 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1968 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record4–6 (4–3 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainJohnny Gregory, Benny Galloway
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
NC State $ 6 1 0 6 4 0
Clemson 4 1 1 4 5 1
Virginia 3 2 0 7 3 0
South Carolina 4 3 0 4 6 0
Duke 3 4 0 4 6 0
Wake Forest 2 3 1 2 7 1
Maryland 2 5 0 2 8 0
North Carolina 1 6 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1968 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Led by third-year head coach Paul Dietzel, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of 4–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the ACC. The team played home games at Carolina Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.

The 1968 season remains the last in which South Carolina regularly wore helmets without a gamecock featured on them, instead featuring a garnet 'C'. The gamecock helmets had been worn in 1966 and 1967 and would be reinstated in 1969.[2][3]

  1. ^ "1968 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  2. ^ Adams, Emily. "South Carolina football wears throwback helmets from 1968 for Thursday game vs. S.C. State". The Greenville News. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "South Carolina". HELMET HISTORY. Retrieved September 16, 2024.