2005 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

2005 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record7–5 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorTyrone Nix (1st season)
Home stadiumWilliams-Brice Stadium
Seasons
← 2004
2006 →
2005 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 10 Georgia x$   6 2     10 3  
South Carolina   5 3     7 5  
No. 12 Florida   5 3     9 3  
Vanderbilt   3 5     5 6  
Tennessee   3 5     5 6  
Kentucky   2 6     3 8  
Western Division
No. 5 LSU xy   7 1     11 2  
No. 14 Auburn x   7 1     9 3  
No. 8 Alabama   6 2     10 2  
Arkansas   2 6     4 7  
Mississippi State   1 7     3 8  
Ole Miss   1 7     3 8  
Championship: Georgia 34, LSU 14
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–2 (0–2).
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by Steve Spurrier in his first season as USC head coach and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. For leading the Gamecocks to a 5–3 conference record during his first year at South Carolina, Steve Spurrier was named SEC Coach of the Year.[1]

  1. ^ Press, Associated (December 6, 2005). "South Carolina's Steve Spurrier named SEC coach of the year". The Union-Recorder. Retrieved August 6, 2024.