1971 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 1971 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. The Gamecocks finished the season 6–5 overall.

1971 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceIndependent
1971 record6–5
Head coach
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
(Capacity: 56,140)
1971 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Penn State      11 1 0
Boston College      9 2 0
No. 17 Houston      9 3 0
No. 13 Notre Dame      8 2 0
Utah State      8 3 0
Florida State      8 4 0
Cincinnati      7 4 0
West Virginia      7 4 0
Temple      6 2 1
Air Force      6 4 0
Army      6 4 0
Colgate      6 4 0
Villanova      6 4 1
South Carolina      6 5 0
Southern Miss      6 5 0
Georgia Tech      6 6 0
New Mexico State      5 5 1
Northern Illinois      5 5 1
Syracuse      5 5 1
Dayton      5 6 0
Holy Cross      4 6 0
Miami (FL)      4 7 0
Virginia Tech      4 7 0
Navy      3 8 0
Pittsburgh      3 8 0
Tulane      3 8 0
Marshall      2 8 0
Xavier      1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

After competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference from its founding in 1953 through the spring of 1971, South Carolina withdrew due to a disagreement with the ACC's desire to strengthen its academic requirements. The Gamecocks honored existing contracts with the seven remaining ACC schools for the 1971 season.


Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11No. 17 Georgia TechW 24–754,842
September 18at DukeNo. 19L 12-2835,113
September 25NC StateW 24-648,315
October 2at Memphis StateW 7-320,666
October 9VirginiaW 34-1443,861
October 16MarylandW 35-645,653
October 23at Florida StateL 18-4930,764
October 30No. 7 GeorgiaL 0-2454,613
November 6at No. 11 TennesseeL 6-3563,509
November 20Wake ForestW 24-743,285
November 27ClemsonL 7-1757,242[1]

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Roster

1971 South Carolina Gamecocks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
T 70 Darrell Austin So
WR 7 Jackie Brown Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. Dan Foster (November 28, 1971). "Savage Tigers Slash Gamecocks Before Record 57,242 Crowd". The Greenville News. pp. 1A, 2C via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1971 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 13, 2017.


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