1975 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1975 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–5
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorRichard Bell (1st season)
Home stadiumWilliams–Brice Stadium
Seasons
← 1974
1976 →
1975 NCAA Division I independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rutgers     9 2 0
No. 10 Penn State     9 3 0
No. 20 West Virginia     9 3 0
Notre Dame     8 3 0
Virginia Tech     8 3 0
No. 15 Pittsburgh     8 4 0
Boston College     7 4 0
Georgia Tech     7 4 0
Memphis State     7 4 0
Navy     7 4 0
North Texas State     7 4 0
Southern Miss     7 4 0
South Carolina     7 5 0
Colgate     6 4 0
Cincinnati     6 5 0
Hawaii     6 5 0
Syracuse     6 5 0
Temple     6 5 0
Utah State     6 5 0
Indiana State     5 5 0
Dayton     5 6 0
Northeast Louisiana     4 6 1
Tulane     4 7 0
Villanova     4 7 0
Florida State     3 8 0
Air Force     2 8 1
Houston     2 8 0
Miami (FL)     2 8 0
Army     2 9 0
Marshall     2 9 0
Southern Illinois     1 9 1
Holy Cross     1 10 0
Louisville     1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The Gamecocks were led by first-year head coach Jim Carlen and played home games at Williams–Brice Stadium. They finished the season 7–5 overall, but lost the Tangerine Bowl to the Miami Redskins, 20–7.

South Carolina had its first two 1,000-yard rushers in school history: Kevin Long and Clarence Williams. Long eclipsed 1,000 yards in the tenth game of the season against Wake Forest; Williams followed him a week later in the game against Clemson. By 2023, Long's and Williams' final rushing totals in 1975 would remain two of the eight highest single-season rushing totals in program history.[1]

South Carolina's appearance in the Tangerine Bowl was only the third bowl game in school history, and the first since 1969.[2] It would be the first of three bowl games in Carlen's tenure as head coach.[3]

  1. ^ "Kevin Long, the Gamecocks' first 1,000-yard rusher, has died". The Charlotte Observer. September 11, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "South Carolina Gamecocks Bowls". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "South Carolina Gamecocks College Football History, Stats, Records". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.