2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 44–36 vs. Houston
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record8–5 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorTyrone Nix (2nd season)
Home stadiumWilliams-Brice Stadium
Seasons
← 2005
2007 →
2006 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$#   7 – 1     13 – 1  
No. 25 Tennessee   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Kentucky   4 – 4     8 – 5  
No. 23 Georgia   4 – 4     9 – 4  
South Carolina   3 – 5     8 – 5  
Vanderbilt   1 – 7     4 – 8  
Western Division
No. 15 Arkansas x   7 – 1     10 – 4  
No. 9 Auburn   6 – 2     11 – 2  
No. 3 LSU  %   6 – 2     11 – 2  
Alabama   2 – 6     6 – 7  
Ole Miss   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Mississippi State   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Championship: Florida 38, Arkansas 28
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–7 (0–6).
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks were led by Steve Spurrier in his second season as USC head coach and played their home games in Williams–Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.

The Gamecocks finished the season 8–5, ending with wins in the Palmetto Bowl and Liberty Bowl.[1] Their eight-win campaign, victory over Clemson, and bowl victory were each the first since 2001.[2][3] All of the team's losses were against top-12 opponents, and four of those losses were within seven points.[1]

  1. ^ a b "2006 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  2. ^ "South Carolina Gamecocks College Football History, Stats, Records". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "Winsipedia - Clemson Tigers vs. South Carolina Gamecocks football series history". Winsipedia. Retrieved September 30, 2024.