2008 South Carolina Gamecocks football | |
Outback Bowl vs. Iowa, L 31–10 | |
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Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Eastern Division | |
2008 record | 7–6 (4–4 SEC) |
Head coach | Steve Spurrier |
Defensive coordinator | Ellis Johnson |
Home stadium | Williams-Brice Stadium (c. 80,250, grass) |
Seasons |
2008 SEC football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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#1 Florida x† | 7 | – | 1 | 13 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#13 Georgia | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 2 | – | 6 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#6 Alabama x‡ | 8 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#14 Ole Miss | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 3 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Florida 31, Alabama 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – BCS representative as champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2008 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the college football season of 2008–2009. The team's head football coach was Steve Spurrier, who served his fourth season at USC. The Gamecocks played their home games at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.
Preseason[]
Carolina had their first spring practice on March 21, 2008. It was the first of 15 spring practice sessions for the Gamecocks, who return 54 lettermen in Steve Spurrier's fourth season. The annual Garnet & Black Spring Game is scheduled for 1:00 p.m., Saturday, April 19.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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August 28* | 8:00 pm | NC State | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC | ESPN | W 34–0 | 80,616 | ||
September 4 | 8:30 pm | at Vanderbilt | #24 | Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN | ESPN | L 17–24 | 36,850 | |
September 13 | 3:30 pm | #2 Georgia | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC | CBS | L 7–14 | 83,704 | ||
September 20* | 7:00 pm | Wofford | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC | ESPNGP | W 23–13 | 76,599 | ||
September 27* | 7:00 pm | UAB | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC | ESPNGP | W 26–13 | 78,286 | ||
October 4 | 2:00 pm | at Ole Miss | Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS | ESPNGP | W 31–24 | 54,628 | ||
October 11 | 12:30 pm | at Kentucky | Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY | Raycom | W 24–17 | 70,822 | ||
October 18† | 8:00 pm | #14 LSU | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC | ESPN | L 17–24 | 82,477 | ||
November 1 | 7:00 pm | Tennessee | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC | ESPN2 | W 27–6 | 81,731 | ||
November 8 | 1:00 pm | Arkansas | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC | ESPNGP | W 34–21 | 80,290 | ||
November 15 | 3:30 pm | at #3 Florida | #23 | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL | CBS | L 6–56 | 90,646 | |
November 29* | 12:00 pm | at Clemson | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Battle of the Palmetto State) | ESPN2 | L 14–31 | 81,500 | ||
January 1* | 11:00 am | vs. Iowa | Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl) | ESPN | L 10–31 | 55,117 | ||
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Radio coverage for all games was provided by the Gamecock Sports Radio Network.[2]
Game notes[]
North Carolina State[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Wolfpack | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gamecocks | 0 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 34 |
Vanderbilt[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Gamecocks | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
Commodores | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
Georgia[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
Gamecocks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Wofford[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Terriers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
Gamecocks | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
UAB[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Blazers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
Gamecocks | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
Mississippi[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Gamecocks | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
Rebels | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
Kentucky[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Gamecocks | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
Wildcats | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
LSU[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Tigers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Gamecocks | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Tennessee[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Volunteers | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Gamecocks | 7 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
Arkansas[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Razorbacks | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Gamecocks | 10 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 34 |
Florida[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Gamecocks | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Gators | 21 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 56 |
Clemson[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Gamecocks | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Tigers | 10 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
Players[]
Depth chart[]
These are the projected starters and primary backups for the Outback Bowl on January 1, 2009.
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Key Committed Freshmen
Antonio Allen – DB Akeem Auguste – DB Eric Baker – RB Reggie Bowens – LB Jarrett Burns – ATH Ronald Byrd – DL Kenny Davis – DL Aramis Hillary – QB T.J. Johnson – OL Jarriel King – DL Reid McCollum – QB Kenneth Miles – RB D.L. Moore – WR Darrell Simmons - DB Jay Spearman – DB Chaz Sutton – DL Devin Taylor – DL Mike Triglia – TE Charles Whitlock – DB/WR Elliot Williams - OL Shaq Wilson – LB
Roster[]
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Awards[]
Rankings[]
Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Final | |
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AP | NR | 24 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 24 | NR | NR | NR | ||
Coaches | NR | 24 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 23 | NR | NR | NR | ||
Harris | Not released | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 24 | NR | NR | NR | |||||
BCS | Not released | NR | NR | NR | 25 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Statistics[]
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Scores by quarter[]
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Offense[]
Rushing[]
Name | GP-GS | Att | Gain | Loss | Net | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
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Mike Davis | 12-11 | 163 | 615 | 42 | 573 | 3.5 | 3 | 50 | 47.8 |
Brian Maddox | 7-0 | 32 | 128 | 7 | 121 | 3.8 | 1 | 13 | 17.3 |
Eric Baker | 9-0 | 46 | 191 | 9 | 182 | 4.0 | 0 | 20 | 20.2 |
Bobby Wallace | 8-0 | 25 | 110 | 11 | 99 | 4.0 | 0 | 21 | 14.1 |
Stephen Garcia | 8-3 | 70 | 289 | 91 | 198 | 2.8 | 2 | 25 | 24.8 |
Total | 403 | 1489 | 309 | 1180 | 2.9 | 7 | 50 | 98.3 | |
Opponents | 429 | 1872 | 328 | 1544 | 3.6 | 20 | 80 | 128.7 |
Passing[]
Name | GP-GS | Effic | Cmp-Att-Int | Pct | Yds | TD | Lng | Avg/G |
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Chris Smelley | 12-9 | 114.78 | 169-302-15 | 56.0 | 1922 | 14 | 66 | 160.2 |
Stephen Garcia | 8-3 | 113.60 | 65-122-8 | 53.3 | 832 | 6 | 41 | 107.6 |
Tommy Beecher | 2-1 | 63.8 | 26-14-4 | 53.8 | 126 | 0 | 18 | 63.0 |
Total | 113.9 | 249-452-27 | 55.1 | 2892 | 20 | 66 | 222.5 | |
Opponents | 110.0 | 189-328-14 | 57.0 | 1923 | 9 | 70 | 159.2 |
Receiving[]
Name | GP-GS | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
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Kenny McKinley | 54 | 642 | 11.9 | 4 | 41 | 64.2 | |
Jared Cook | 37 | 573 | 15.5 | 3 | 66 | 44.1 | |
Moe Brown | 30 | 391 | 13.0 | 1 | 34 | 30.1 | |
Jason Barnes | 27 | 346 | 12.8 | 2 | 38 | 28.8 | |
Mike Davis | 24 | 213 | 8.9 | 1 | 18 | 17.8 | |
Weslye Saunders | 16 | 214 | 13.4 | 3 | 27 | 16.5 | |
Dion LeCorn | 14 | 106 | 7.6 | 2 | 20 | 17.7 | |
Joe Hills | 11 | 87 | 7.9 | 1 | 24 | 7.9 | |
Freddie Brown | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 1 | 16 | 9.4 | |
Total | 249 | 2842 | 11.6 | 20 | 66 | 222.5 | |
Opponents | 189 | 2070 | 11.0 | 9 | 70 | 159.2 |
Defense[]
Name | GP | Tackles | Sacks | Pass Defense | Interceptions | Fumbles | Blkd Kick | ||||||||
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Solo | Ast | Total | TFL-Yds | No-Yds | BrUp | QBH | No.-Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Rcv-Yds | FF | |||
Total | 332 | 156 | 488 | 36-140 | 12-81 | 19 | 24 | 8-126 | 15.8 | 46 | 6-81 | 7 | 1 |
Special teams[]
Name | Punting | Kickoffs | |||||||||||
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No. | Yds | Avg | Long | TB | FC | I20 | Blkd | No. | Yds | Avg | TB | OB | |
Spencer Lanning | 22 | 932 | 42.4 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||
Ryan Succop | 40 | 2743 | 68.6 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||
Total | 22 | 932 | 42.4 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 2743 | 68.6 | 15 | 0 |
Name | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||
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No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
Captain Munnerlyn | 15 | 105 | 7.0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 0 | 84 |
Chris Culliver | 19 | 438 | 23.1 | 0 | 50 | |||||
Larry Freeman | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 | |||||
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Coaching staff[]
- Steve Spurrier - Head Coach [87]
- Ellis Johnson - Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers & Assistant Head Coach [88]
- Shane Beamer - Cornerbacks [89]
- Ron Cooper - Safeties [90]
- Robert Gillespie - Running Backs [91]
- John Hunt - Offensive Line [92]
- Brad Lawing - Defensive Line [93]
- David Reaves - Quarterbacks & Recruiting Coordinator [94]
- Ray Rychleski - Special Teams [95]
- Steve Spurrier, Jr. - Wide Receivers [96]
References[]
- ↑ University of South Carolina Official Athletic Site - Football
- ↑ Gamecock Sports Radio Network
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