1994 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1994 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Carquest Bowl champion
Carquest Bowl, W 24–21 vs. West Virginia
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	7–5 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach	Brad Scott (1st season)
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium (c. 72,400, grass)

1994 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Eastern Division
No. 7 Florida x$	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	1
No. 22 Tennessee	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Georgia	3	–	4	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Vanderbilt	2	–	6	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Western Division
No. 5 Alabama x	8	–	0	–	0			12	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Auburn	6	–	1	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
No. 24 Mississippi State	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
LSU	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Arkansas	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Championship: Florida 24, Alabama 23
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by head coach Brad Scott and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	8:00 p.m.	Georgia	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina (rivalry)	WIS	L 21–24	73,605
September 10	7:00 p.m.	Arkansas	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	PPV	W 14–0	71,542
September 17	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech*	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 31–6	68,498
September 24	7:00 p.m.	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	PPV	W 23–9	56,900
October 1	8:00 p.m.	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana	PPV	W 18–17	63,281
October 8	1:00 p.m.	East Carolina*	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		L 42–56	70,075
October 15	1:00 p.m.	Mississippi State	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		L 36–41	64,902
October 22	12:30 p.m.	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, Tennessee	JPS	W 19–16	30,419
October 29	1:00 p.m.	Tennessee	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	PPV	L 22–31	74,200
November 12	12:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, Florida	JPS	L 17–48	85,028
November 19	12:00 p.m.	at Clemson*	Memorial Stadium Clemson, South Carolina (Palmetto Bowl)	JPS	W 33–7	85,872
January 2	1:30 p.m.	vs. West Virginia*	Joe Robbie Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida (Carquest Bowl)	CBS	W 24–21	50,833
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

• QB Steve Taneyhill, Jr
• OL Michael Muse

QB Wright Mitchell QB Desi Sargent QB Brandon Bennett* RB Leroy Jeter* RB Rob DeBoer RB Terry Wilburn RB Albert Haynes RB Eddie Miller* WR Robert Brooks* WR David Pitchko WR Asim Penny WR Bralyn Bennett WR Bill Zorr WR Darren Greene WR Mike Whitman* TE Matthew Campbell TE Boomer Foster TE Roderick Howell TE Mathew Campbell TE Ernest Dye* OL Kenny Farrell* OL Jay Killen* OL Antoine Rivens* OL Rich Sweet* OL Vincent Dinkins OL Kevin Rosenkrans OL Cedric Bembery* DL Bobby Brown* DL Marty Dye* DL Troy Duke DL David Turnipseed DL Ernest Dixon* LB James C Mcdougald* LB Eric Brown* LB Gerald Dixon* LB Robert Gibson* LB Keith Franklin LB Joe Reaves LB Keith Emmons LB Toby Cates* DB Jerry Inman* DB Bru Pender* DB Tony Watkins* DB Frank Adams DB Cedric Surratt DB Norman Greene DB Daren Parker P