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 college football season of 2007–2008. 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
2007 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
Conf  Overall
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
    1. 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 GeorgiaESPN2W 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. 12CBSL 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 pmVanderbiltNo. 6
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
PPVL 6–1779,212[1]
October 277:45 pmat TennesseeNo. 15ESPNL 24–27 OT105,962[1]
November 38:00 pmat ArkansasNo. 23ESPN2L 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
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References


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