1979 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 1979 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent team in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks would finish the season 8–4 overall and be invited to the Hall of Fame Classic. The Gamecocks would lose the Classic to Missouri, 14–24.

1979 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Hall of Fame Classic, L 14–24 vs. Missouri
Conference	Independent
1979 record	8–4
Head coach	Jim Carlen (5th season)
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium (Capacity: 54,564)

1979 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Florida State		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 7 Pittsburgh		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
UNLV		–		–				9	–	1	–	2
No. 17 Temple		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
Tulane		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		–				8	–	3	–	0
East Carolina		–		–				7	–	3	–	1
No. 20 Penn State		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
Navy		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				6	–	4	–	1
Syracuse		–		–				7	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		–				5	–	4	–	1
Boston College		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Memphis		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Miami		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
North Texas State		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Villanova		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
West Virginia		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–				4	–	6	–	1
Louisville		–		–				4	–	6	–	1
William & Mary		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Illinois State		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Army		–		–				2	–	8	–	1
Air Force		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Richmond		–		–				0	–	11	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Battle of the Carolinas)	ESPN	L 0–28	49,500
September 15	Western Michigan		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		W 24-7	50,137
September 22	Duke		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		W 35-0	33,895
September 26	at Georgia		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)		W 27-20	60,100
October 6	Oklahoma State		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		W 23-16	56,405
October 20	Ole Miss		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		W 21-14	56,407
October 27	at No. 14 Notre Dame		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN		L 17-18	59,075
November 3	NC State		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)		W 30-28	56,409
November 10	at No. 7 Florida State	No. 19	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		L 7-27	49,490
November 17	No. 17 Wake Forest		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		W 35-14	56,407
November 24	No. 13 Clemson	No. 19	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (Palmetto Bowl)	ESPN	W 13-9	56,887	[1]
December 29	vs. Missouri	No. 16	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Hall of Fame Classic)	Mizlou	L 14-24	62,785
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1979 South Carolina Gamecocks football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class G 63 Fred David Sr C 61 Quay Farr Sr QB 10 Garry Harper Jr WR 41 Zion McKinney Sr TE 47 Willie Scott Jr RB 38 George Rogers Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 74 Chuck Allen Jr DT 70 Steve Bernish Sr DB 23 Lou Biondi Sr DE 81 Brett Bond Sr DE 82 Arthur Broussard Sr DB 21 Andy Hastings Sr DB 22 Tim Rhino Fr LB 54 Tim Singleton Sr LB 23 Scott Wade Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jim Carlen Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. Abe Hardesty (November 25, 1979). "Gamecocks trip lunging Tigers". The Greenville News. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
2. "1979 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 29, 2017.