2005 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 football 2005 South Carolina Gamecocks South Carolina Gamecocks logo.svg 125 Southeastern Conference Eastern Division SEC 7–5 5–3 Steve Spurrier 1st Fun and gun Tyrone Nix 1st John Thompson 1st 4–3 Williams-Brice Stadium Independence Bowl L Lost 31–38 vs. Missouri The 2005 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by Steve Spurrier in his first season as USC head coach and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. For leading the Gamecocks to a 5–3 conference record during his first year at South Carolina, Steve Spurrier was named SEC Coach of the Year.Associated Press 2005-12-06 South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier named SEC coach of the year https://www.unionrecorder.com/sports/south-carolina-s-steve-spurrier-named-sec-coach-of-the-year/article_5c04baa0-d62a-5d4c-9ddf-a7c40c214623.html 2024-08-06 The Union-Recorder en Schedule thumb|The South CarolinaGeorgia game on September 10, 2005 The September 1 game versus UCF played host to ESPN's College Gameday, the second year in a row that South Carolina had hosted the program. During the show, ESPN personality Lee Corso made disparaging remarks about the viability of the South Carolina football program which were met with derision by the Columbia crowd. In the 2005 season, the Gamecocks defeated Tennessee and Florida, two of the three teams Corso stated they could never beat.https://www.heraldonline.com/sports/college/article12190115.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20180630080939/https://www.heraldonline.com/sports/college/article12190115.html 2018-06-30 ESPN holding grudge against Gamecocks The Herald 2005 AP Eastern September 1 7:30 pm w y UCF College GameDay Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina ESPN 24–15 82,753Cumulative Season Statistics http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2005-2006/teamcume.html University of South Carolina September 10 5:30 pm l y Georgia 9 rivalry Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia ESPN 15–17 92,476 September 17 3:30 pm l Alabama Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina CBS 14–37 82,968 September 24 7:00 pm w y Troy Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina PPV 45–20 79,125 October 1 7:00 pm l y Auburn Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama ESPN2 7–48 87,451 October 8 1:00 pm w y Kentucky Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina PPV 44–16 71,009 October 22 3:30 pm w Vanderbilt Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina CSS 35–28 76,427 October 29 8:00 pm w y Tennessee 23 rivalry Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN2/CSS 16–15 107,716 November 5 12:30 pm w y Arkansas Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, Arkansas JPS 14–10 65,837 November 12 12:30 pm w Florida 12 Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina JPS 30–22 83,421 November 19 7:00 pm l y 19 Clemson Palmetto Bowl Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina ESPN2 9–13 83,368 December 30 3:30 pm l y y Missouri Independence Bowl Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana ESPN 31–38 41,332 As part of their penalty for NCAA violations, Alabama has retroactively vacated its 2005 victory over South Carolina. However, the penalty to vacate victories does not result in a loss (or forfeiture) of the affected game or award a victory to the opponent, therefore South Carolina still considers the game a loss in their official records.What does vacating wins really mean? https://www.espn.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/4734/what-does-vacating-wins-really-mean Chris Low ESPN.com June 16, 2009 March 7, 2012 References South Carolina Category:South Carolina Gamecocks football seasons South Carolina Gamecocks football