2005 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 2005 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by Steve Spurrier in his first season as USC head coach and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.

2005 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record7–5 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorTyrone Nix (1st season)
Home stadiumWilliams-Brice Stadium (c. 80,250, grass)
2005 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 10 Georgia x$  6 –2   10 –3  
South Carolina  5 –3   7 –5  
No. 12 Florida  5 –3   9 –3  
Vanderbilt  3 –5   5 –6  
Tennessee  3 –5   5 –6  
Kentucky  2 –6   3 –8  
Western Division
No. 5 LSU xy  7 –1   11 –2  
No. 14 Auburn x  7 –1   9 –3  
No. 8 Alabama  6 –2   10 –2  
Arkansas  2 –6   4 –7  
Mississippi State  1 –7   3 –8  
Ole Miss  1 –7   3 –8  
Championship: Georgia 34, LSU 14
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–2 (0–2).
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

The September 1 game versus UCF played host to ESPN's College Gameday, the second year in a row that South Carolina had hosted the program. During the show, ESPN personality Lee Corso made disparaging remarks about the viability of the South Carolina football program which were met with derision by the Columbia crowd. In the 2005 season, the Gamecocks defeated Tennessee and Florida, two of the three teams Corso stated they could never beat.[1]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:30 pmUCF*
ESPNW 24–1582,753[2]
September 105:30 pmat No. 9 Georgia
ESPNL 15–1792,476[2]
September 173:30 pmAlabama
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, South Carolina
CBSL 14–3782,968[2]
September 247:00 pmTroy*
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, South Carolina
PPVW 45–2079,125[2]
October 17:00 pmat Auburn
ESPN2L 7–4887,451[2]
October 81:00 pmKentuckydagger
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, South Carolina
PPVW 44–1671,009[2]
October 223:30 pmVanderbilt
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, South Carolina
CSSW 35–2876,427[2]
October 298:00 pmat No. 23 Tennessee
ESPN2/CSSW 16–15107,716[2]
November 512:30 pmat Arkansas
JPSW 14–1065,837[2]
November 1212:30 pmNo. 12 Florida
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, South Carolina
JPSW 30–2283,421[2]
November 197:00 pmClemson*No. 19
ESPN2L 9–1383,368[2]
December 303:30 pmvs. Missouri*
ESPNL 31–3841,332[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References
  1. "ESPN holding grudge against Gamecocks | The Herald". Archived from the original on June 30, 2018.
  2. "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of South Carolina.
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