1998 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 1998 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by head coach Brad Scott and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. Scott was fired following the end of the season, but was quickly hired as an assistant coach by Clemson. Lou Holtz was subsequently hired as South Carolina's new head coach.

1998 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
1998 record	1–10 (0–8 SEC)
Head coach	Brad Scott (5th season)
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium (c. 80,250, grass)

1998 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 1 Tennessee x$#		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 5 Florida %		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 14 Georgia		6	–	2					9	–	3
Kentucky		4	–	4					7	–	5
Vanderbilt		1	–	7					2	–	9
South Carolina		0	–	8					1	–	10
Western Division
Mississippi State xy		6	–	2					8	–	5
No. 16 Arkansas x		6	–	2					9	–	3
Alabama		4	–	4					7	–	5
Ole Miss		3	–	5					7	–	5
LSU		2	–	6					4	–	7
Auburn		1	–	7					3	–	8
Championship: Tennessee 24, Mississippi State 14
– BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:00 PM	Ball State*	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 38–20	78,830
September 12	6:00 PM	No. 13 Georgia	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 3–17	83,411
September 19	7:00 PM	Marshall*	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		L 21–24	78,717
September 26	12:30 PM	Mississippi State	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	JPS	L 0–38	70,052
October 3	2:00 PM	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi		L 28–30	42,884
October 10	7:00 PM	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky		L 28–33	57,739
October 17	1:00 PM	No. 16 Arkansas	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	PPV	L 28–41	67,930
October 24	7:00 PM	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, Tennessee		L 14–17	29,721
October 31	12:30 PM	No. 3 Tennessee	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	JPS	L 14–49	69,523
November 14	12:30 PM	at No. 4 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, Florida	JPS	L 14–33	85,528
November 21	6:30 PM	at Clemson*	Memorial Stadium Clemson, South Carolina (Palmetto Bowl)	ESPN2	L 19–28	84,423
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Coaching staff

• Brad Scott – Head Coach
• – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
• Wally Burnham – Defensive Coordinator
• – Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line
• – Recruiting Coordinator/Linebackers
• – Running Backs
• – Tight Ends
• – Defensive Line
• – Wide Receivers
• – Outside Linebackers
• – Defensive Backs
• – Defensive Video Graduate Assistant
• – Defensive Graduate Assistant
• – Offensive Graduate Assistant
• – Offensive Video Graduate Assistant

References

1. "College Football Data Warehouse". Archived from the original on 2010-09-15. Retrieved 2008-03-20.