1993 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1993 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record5–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorArt Wilkins (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorMiles Aldridge (1st season)
Home stadiumWilliams–Brice Stadium
Seasons
← 1992
1994 →
1993 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eastern Division
No. 5 Florida x$ 7 1 0 11 2 0
No. 12 Tennessee* x 6 1 1 9 2 1
Kentucky 4 4 0 6 6 0
Georgia 2 6 0 5 6 0
South Carolina* 2 6 0 4 7 0
Vanderbilt* 1 7 0 4 7 0
Western Division
No. 4 Auburn 8 0 0 11 0 0
No. 14 Alabama* x 5 2 1 9 3 1
Arkansas* 3 4 1 5 5 1
LSU 3 5 0 5 6 0
Ole Miss* 3 5 0 5 6 0
Mississippi State* 2 5 1 3 6 2
Championship: Florida 28, Alabama 13
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • † – Ineligible for the postseason due to NCAA probation.
    * – Alabama later forfeited all regular-season wins and one tie due to NCAA violations, giving an official record of 1–12 overall and 0–8 SEC. The forfeit of the tie retroactively gave Tennessee a share of the East title.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by head coach Sparky Woods, in his fifth and final season, and played their home games in Williams–Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.

Beginning in 1993, the "Orange Crush" would dominate the end of Gamecock football schedules for eight seasons, with the final three regular season games always consisting of Tennessee, Florida, and Clemson, in that order. South Carolina would go 2–22 in the "Orange Crush" before changes to scheduling in 2001.[1]

South Carolina had a third consecutive losing season for the first time since 1964.[2] As a result, Woods was fired following the season, with one year remaining on his contract. He finished his tenure with a 25–27–3 record, and a 1–4 record against Clemson.[3][4] He was replaced by Brad Scott, who won a national championship and coached the Heisman Trophy winner this season, as an offensive coordinator at Florida State.[5]

  1. ^ "'Crush' no longer just orange". 247Sports. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  2. ^ "South Carolina Gamecocks College Football History, Stats, Records". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  3. ^ Writer, Staff. "COLUMBIA - The end to South Carolina head football coach Sp". Spartanburg Herald Journal. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "Sparky Woods College Coaching Records, Awards and Leaderboards". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  5. ^ Gillespie, Bob. "How the Gamecocks firing Brad Scott turned out so well for Clemson and his son Jeff". The Greenville News. Retrieved September 30, 2024.