1976 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1976 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference Independent
1976 record 6–5
Head coach Jim Carlen (2nd season)
Home stadium Williams-Brice Stadium
(Capacity: 54,564)
1976 NCAA Division I Independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh   –    12 –0 –0
No. 17 Rutgers   –    11 –0 –0
San Diego State   –    10 –1 –0
No. 12 Notre Dame   –    9 –3 –0
Colgate   –    8 –2 –0
Boston College   –    8 –3 –0
Cincinnati   –    8 –3 –0
Memphis State   –    7 –4 –0
North Texas State   –    7 –4 –0
Penn State   –    7 –5 –0
Villanova   –    6 –4 –1
South Carolina   –    6 –5 –0
Virginia Tech   –    6 –5 –0
Army   –    5 –6 –0
Florida State   –    5 –6 –0
Illinois State   –    5 –6 –0
Richmond   –    5 –6 –0
West Virginia   –    5 –6 –0
Georgia Tech   –    4 –6 –1
Temple   –    4 –6 –0
Air Force   –    4 –7 –0
Dayton   –    4 –7 –0
Louisville   –    4 –7 –0
Navy   –    4 –7 –0
Indiana State   –    3 –7 –0
Hawaii   –    3 –8 –0
Holy Cross   –    3 –8 –0
Miami (FL)   –    3 –8 –0
Syracuse   –    3 –8 –0
Utah State   –    3 –8 –0
Northeast Louisiana   –    2 –9 –0
Southern Miss   –    2 –9 –0
Tulane   –    2 –9 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent team in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Gamecocks finished the season 6–5 overall.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 4 Appalachian State Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina W 21–10   44,536
September 11 at Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia ABC W 27-17   38,923
September 18 Duke Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina W 24-6   52,237
September 25 at No. 7 Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia (Rivalry) L 12-20   59,925
October 2 at Baylor Baylor Stadium • Waco, Texas L 17-18   34,500
October 9 Virginia Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina W 35-7   47,237
October 16 No. 16 Ole Miss Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina W 10-7   53,079
October 23 No. 12 Notre Dame No. 19 Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina L 6-13   56,721
October 30 NC State Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina W 27-7   50,703
November 13 Wake Forest Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina L 7-10   49,779
November 20 at Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina (Battle of the Palmetto State) L 9-28   54,129
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

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Roster

1976 South Carolina Gamecocks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 10 Ronnie Bass Jr
C 65 Danny Clancy So
G 66 Steve Courson Sr
T 76 Mike Fralic So
T 75 Stan James Jr
WR 40 Philip Logan Jr
RB 32 Kevin Long Sr
WR 41 Zion McKinney Fr
T 78 Jerome Provence Jr
G 61 Tami Tarbush Jr
TE 45 Brad Thomas Jr
RB 33 Clarence Williams Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 71 Charles Barber Sr
DE 80 Scott Blackman Jr
DB 24 Bill Currier Sr
LB 57 John Green Jr
DE 82 Rus Mangari Sr
LB 50 David Prezioso Jr
DB 25 Rick Sanford So
LB 54 Tim Singleton Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 14 Max Runager So
K 15 Steve Young Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Team players in the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Clarence WilliamsRunning back5124San Diego Chargers
Steve CoursonGuard5125Pittsburgh Steelers
Kevin LongRunning back7195New York Jets
Bill CurrierSafety9232Houston Oilers

References

  1. ↑ "1976 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2017.


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