1990 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1990 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–5
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorArt Wilkins (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorRick Whitt (2nd season)
Home stadiumWilliams-Brice Stadium
Seasons
← 1989
1991 →
1990 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Louisville     10 1 1
No. 3 Miami (FL)     10 2 0
No. 4 Florida State     10 2 0
No. 6 Notre Dame     9 3 0
No. 11 Penn State     9 3 0
Louisiana Tech     8 3 1
Southern Miss     8 4 0
Temple     7 4 0
Syracuse     7 4 2
Army     6 5 0
Northern Illinois     6 5 0
South Carolina     6 5 0
Virginia Tech     6 5 0
East Carolina     5 6 0
Southwestern Louisiana     5 6 0
Navy     5 6 0
Memphis State     4 6 1
Boston College     4 7 0
Tulane     4 7 0
West Virginia     4 7 0
Akron     3 7 1
Pittsburgh     3 7 1
Rutgers     3 8 0
Tulsa     3 8 0
Cincinnati     1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent team in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by Sparky Woods in his second year as head coach and played their home games at Williams–Brice Stadium.

Led by quarterback Bobby Fuller,[1] the Gamecocks finished the season with a record of 6–5.[2] Their loss to The Citadel was the program's first loss to a Division I-AA team since 1982, and would be the last until 2015.[3] South Carolina was bowl-eligible, but athletics director King Dixon declined a bowl bid, likely due to the lingering effects of the 1988 steroids scandal.[1] This was Woods' second and final winning season with the Gamecocks; it would be South Carolina's last winning season until 1994.[4]

  1. ^ a b Cloninger, David (October 15, 2016). "Bobby Fuller came to USC with Sparky Woods, earned starting QB job". The State. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  2. ^ "1990 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  3. ^ "FCS wins vs. FBS teams: All-time victories, upsets, wins vs. ranked teams | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  4. ^ "South Carolina Gamecocks College Football History, Stats, Records". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 26, 2024.