2012 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Outback Bowl champion
Outback Bowl, W 33–28 vs. Michigan
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEast Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 8
Record11–2 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorSteve Spurrier Jr. (1st as Co OC, 8th overall season)
Co-offensive coordinatorShawn Elliott (1st as OC, 3rd overall season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorLorenzo Ward (1st as DC, 4th overall season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumWilliams-Brice Stadium
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. T–5 Georgia xy   7 1     12 2  
No. 9 Florida x%   7 1     11 2  
No. 8 South Carolina   6 2     11 2  
No. 23 Vanderbilt   5 3     9 4  
Missouri   2 6     5 7  
Tennessee   1 7     5 7  
Kentucky   0 8     2 10  
Western Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#   7 1     13 1  
No. 14 LSU *   6 2     10 3  
No. T–5 Texas A&M   6 2     11 2  
Mississippi State   4 4     8 5  
Ole Miss *   3 5     7 6  
Arkansas   2 6     4 8  
Auburn   0 8     3 9  
Championship: Alabama 32, Georgia 28
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • * Ole Miss and LSU vacated all wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks were led by eighth-year head coach Steve Spurrier and played their home games at Williams-Brice Stadium. They were a member of the East Division of the Southeastern Conference. The season finished with 11–2, 6–2 in SEC to finish in third place in the East Division. They climbed as high as No. 3 in the AP Poll – this was their highest ranking since 1984, and it has not been matched since then.[1] They were invited to the Outback Bowl, where the Gamecocks defeated Michigan 33–28 by a game-winning TD with 11 seconds remaining in the game.

  1. ^ "South Carolina Gamecocks School History".