1966 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 1966 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. The Gamecocks finished the season 1–9 overall.

1966 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1966 record1–9 (1–3 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
(Capacity: 42,238)
1966 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Clemson $  6 1     6 4  
NC State  5 2     5 5  
Maryland  3 3     4 6  
Virginia  3 3     4 6  
Duke  2 3     5 5  
Wake Forest  2 4     3 7  
South Carolina  1 3     1 9  
North Carolina  1 4     2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Paul Dietzel, who coached LSU to the national championship in 1958 and another Southeastern Conference championship in 1961, became South Carolina's coach after four seasons at Army. Ironically, Dietzel's first game leading the Gamecocks was against LSU at Baton Rouge. The Tigers won 28-12.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at LSUL 12–28
September 24Memphis StateL 7-16
October 1GeorgiaL 0-7
October 8at NC StateW 31-21
October 15Wake ForestL 6-10
October 22at TennesseeL 17-29
October 29at MarylandL 2-14
November 5Florida StateL 10-32
November 12at No. 3 AlabamaL 0-24
November 26at ClemsonL 10-3546,000[2]

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References

  1. "1966 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  2. Jim Anderson (November 27, 1966). "Tigers Pluck Gamecocks 35-10, Win ACC Title". The Greenville News. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "1966 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 28, 2017.


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