1989 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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The 1989 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent team in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season finishing with a 6-4-1 record. The Gamecocks were led by Sparky Woods in his first year as USC head coach following the death of former head coach Joe Morrison. Morrison died of a fatal heart attack in February 1989 following the Gamecocks 1988 season.

Schedule

September 2Duke

• Williams-Brice Stadium
• Columbia, SC

W 27-21 74,232 September 9Virginia Tech

• Williams-Brice Stadium
• Columbia, SC

T 17-17 71,842 September 16at No. 12 West Virginia

• Mountaineer Field
• Morgantown, WV

L 45-21 66,015 September 23Georgia Tech

• Williams-Brice Stadium
• Columbia, SC

W 21-10 70,018 September 30at No. 12 Georgia

• Sanford Stadium
• Athens, GA

W 24-20 80,961 October 7East Carolina

• Williams-Brice Stadium
• Columbia, SC

W 47-14 65,600 October 21Western Carolina

• Williams-Brice Stadium
• Columbia, SC

W 24-3 62,000 October 28North Carolina State

• Williams-Brice Stadium
• Columbia, SC

L 20-10 74,248 November 4at No. 6 Florida State

• Doak Campbell Stadium
• Tallahassee, FL

L 35-10 61,852 November 11at North Carolina

• Kenan Memorial Stadium
• Chapel Hill, NC

W 27-20 44,200 November 18No. 15 Clemson

• Williams-Brice Stadium
• Columbia, SC (Carolina-Clemson rivalry)

ESPNL 45-0 74,509

References

Griffin, J. C. (1992). The first hundred years: A history of south carolina football. Atlanta, GA: Longstreet Press