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1988 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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1988 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Notre Dame       12 0 0
No. 2 Miami (FL)       11 1 0
No. 3 Florida State       11 1 0
No. 5 West Virginia       11 1 0
Southern Miss       10 2 0
No. 13 Syracuse       10 2 0
Army       9 3 0
Louisville       8 3 0
South Carolina       8 4 0
Northern Illinois       7 4 0
Pittsburgh       6 5 0
Memphis State       6 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana       6 5 0
Rutgers       5 6 0
Akron       5 6 0
Penn State       5 6 0
Tulane       5 6 0
Temple       4 7 0
Tulsa       4 7 0
Boston College       3 8 0
Cincinnati       3 8 0
East Carolina       3 8 0
Navy       3 8 0
Virginia Tech       3 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent team in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. They finished with eight wins and four losses (8–4) and with a loss against Indiana in the 1988 Liberty Bowl. The Gamecocks were led by head coach Joe Morrison in his final season as head coach prior to his dying of a heart attack in February 1989.[1]

Schedule

September 3North CarolinaNo. 19

W 31–1073,275 September 10Western CarolinaNo. 16

  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC

W 38–068,800 September 17East CarolinaNo. 14

  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC

W 17–066,000 September 24No. 6 GeorgiaNo. 14

  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC (Rivalry)

TBSW 23–1074,800 October 1Appalachian StateNo. 8

  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC

W 35–971,380 October 8at Virginia TechNo. 8

W 26–2442,845 October 15at Georgia TechNo. 8

L 0–3445,103 October 29at North Carolina StateNo. 17

ESPNW 23–754,800 November 5No. 5 Florida StateNo. 15

  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC

ESPNL 0–5975,000 November 12Navy

  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC

W 19–766,000 November 19at No. 15 Clemson

JPSL 10–2984,867 December 28vs. Indiana

RaycomL 10–3439,210

Template:CFB Schedule End

Roster

Todd Ellis - QB; Mike Dingle - RB; Harold Green - RB; Robert Brooks - WR; Eddie Miller - WR; Patrick Hinton - LB; Ron Rabune - Safety; Robert Robinson - CB; Kevin Hendrix - DE; Collin Mackie - Kicker;

Coaching staff

References

  1. ^ "Joe Morrison is dead at 51". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. February 6, 1989. p. 19. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  • Griffin, J. C. (1992). The First Hundred Years: A History of South Carolina Football. Atlanta, GA: Longstreet Press