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1954 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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1954 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record6–4 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
(Capacity: 34,000)
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Duke $ 4 0 0 8 2 1
No. 8 Maryland 4 0 1 7 2 1
North Carolina 4 2 0 4 5 1
South Carolina 3 3 0 6 4 0
Clemson 1 2 0 5 5 0
Wake Forest 1 4 1 2 7 1
Virginia 0 2 0 3 6 0
NC State 0 4 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1954 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 1954 college football season. The Gamecocks finished the season 6–4 overall. The season began with a defeat of Army.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at No. 18 Army*W 34–20
October 2West Virginia*No. 15L 6–26
October 9at Furman*W 27–7
October 21Clemson
W 13–8 35,000[3]
October 30Maryland
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
L 0–20
November 6at North CarolinaL 19–21
November 13Virginia
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 27–0
November 20at DukeL 7–26
November 27Wake Forest
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 20–19
December 4at The Citadel*W 19–6
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1954 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/scar/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/16-fb-mg-sec-6.pdf
  3. ^ Jim Anderson (October 22, 1954). "Birds Down Tigers In State Fair Thriller, 13-8". The Greenville News. pp. 1, 20 – via Newspapers.com.