2000 South Carolina Gamecocks football | |
Outback Bowl Champions | |
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Outback Bowl vs. Ohio State, W 24-7 | |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Eastern | |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 21 |
AP | No. 19 |
2000 record | 8-4 (5-3 SEC) |
Head coach | Lou Holtz |
Seasons |
2000 SEC football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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#10 Florida x† | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#20 Georgia | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#19 South Carolina | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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#18 Auburn x | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#22 LSU | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#24 Mississippi State | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Florida 28, Auburn 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – BCS representative as champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2000 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference. The Gamecocks were led by Lou Holtz in his second season as USC head coach and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, SC.
Carolina played their way to one of the biggest turnarounds in college football history by going from a winless season in 1999, to an 8-win campaign in 2000, their first win vs. New Mexico State coming two years to the day since their last win, vs Ball State on September 2, 1998. The turnaround in conference was also one of the biggest in SEC history, going from 0-8 in 1999, to 5-3 in 2000 including a victory against a heavily favored Georgia team that ended the Gamecocks SEC losing streak. USC fans tore down the goalposts at Williams-Brice Stadium on both occasions in celebration. On New Year's Day 2001, the Gamecocks defeated Ohio State in the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida, and finished the season ranked #19 in the AP poll and #21 in the Coaches' Poll.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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September 2* | 7:00 PM | New Mexico State | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC | W 31-0 | 80,814 | |||
September 9 | 3:30 PM | #10 Georgia | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC | ESPN2 | W 21-10 | 83,605 | ||
September 16* | 7:00 PM | Eastern Michigan | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC | W 41-6 | 80,922 | |||
September 23 | 12:30 PM | Mississippi State | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC | JP Sports | W 23-19 | 79,949 | ||
September 30 | 3:00 PM | at Alabama | #23 | Bryant-Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL | L 17-27 | 83,818 | ||
October 7 | 7:00 PM | at Kentucky | Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY | ESPN2 | W 20-17 | 69,334 | ||
October 14† | 11:30 AM | Arkansas | #24 | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC | JP Sports | W 27-7 | 81,935 | |
October 21 | 2:00 PM | at Vanderbilt | #18 | Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN | W 30-14 | 33,369 | ||
October 28 | 12:30 PM | Tennessee | #17 | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC | JP Sports | L 14-17 | 84,200 | |
November 11 | 3:30 PM | at #4 Florida | #21 | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL | CBS | L 21-41 | 85,718 | |
November 18* | 3:30 PM | at #14 Clemson | #25 | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC | ABC | L 14-16 | 85,187 | |
January 1* | 11:00 AM | vs. #18 Ohio State | Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl) | ESPN | W 24-7 | 65,229 | ||
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Coaching staff[]
- Lou Holtz - Head Coach
- Skip Holtz- Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
- Charlie Strong- Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
- - Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line
- - Recruiting Coordinator/Linebackers
- - Running Backs
- - Tight Ends
- - Linebackers
- - Wide Receivers
- - Outside Linebackers
- - Defensive Video Graduate Assistant
- - Defensive Graduate Assistant
- - Offensive Graduate Assistant
- - Offensive Video Graduate Assistant
References[]
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