2007 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 2007 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks were led by Steve Spurrier in his third season as USC head coach and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. The team was bowl eligible at 6–6 but was not selected for a bowl game.

2007 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record6–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorTyrone Nix (3rd season)
Home stadiumWilliams-Brice Stadium (c. 80,250, grass)
2007 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 12 Tennessee xy  6 –2   10 –4  
No. 2 Georgia x%  6 –2   11 –2  
No. 13 Florida  5 –3   9 –4  
South Carolina  3 –5   6 –6  
Kentucky  3 –5   8 –5  
Vanderbilt  2 –6   5 –7  
Western Division
No. 1 LSU x$#  6 –2   12 –2  
No. 15 Auburn  5 –3   9 –4  
Arkansas  4 –4   8 –5  
Mississippi State  4 –4   8 –5  
Alabama  4 –4   7 –6  
Ole Miss  0 –8   3 –9  
Championship: LSU 21, Tennessee 14
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Alabama had 5 victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 2–6 (1–4).
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:05 pmLouisiana–Lafayette*
PPVW 28–1478,234[1]
September 85:45 pmat No. 11 Georgia
ESPN2W 16–1292,746[1]
September 157:00 pmSC State*No. 17
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
PPVW 38–373,095[1]
September 223:30 pmat No. 2 LSUNo. 12
CBSL 16–2892,530[1]
September 2912:30 pmMississippi StateNo. 16
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
LFSW 38–2178,883[1]
October 47:45 pmNo. 8 KentuckyNo. 11
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
ESPNW 38–2376,220[1]
October 133:30 pmat North Carolina*No. 7Chapel Hill, NC (Battle of the Carolinas)ABC[2]W 21–1561,000[1]
October 2012:30 pmVanderbiltdaggerNo. 6
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
PPVL 6–1779,212[1]
October 277:45 pmat TennesseeNo. 15
ESPNL 24–27 OT105,962[1]
November 38:00 pmat ArkansasNo. 23
ESPN2L 36–4870,742[1]
November 107:45 pmNo. 17 Florida
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
ESPNL 31–5181,215[1]
November 247:00 pmNo. 21 Clemson*
ESPN2L 21–2382,410[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References
  1. "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of South Carolina.
  2. ESPN2 To Televise Georgia-Vanderbilt Football Game Oct. 13 - GeorgiaDogs.com—Official Athletic Site of the University of Georgia


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