1971 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
American college football season
1971 South Carolina Gamecocks football | |
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 6–5 |
Head coach |
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Captain | Dickie Harris |
Home stadium |
Carolina Stadium
(capacity: 56,140) |
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||
No. 5 Penn State | – | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||
Boston College | – | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||
No. 17 Houston | – | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||
No. 13 Notre Dame | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||
Utah State | – | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||
Florida State | – | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||
Cincinnati | – | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||
West Virginia | – | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||
Temple | – | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||
Air Force | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||
Army | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||
Colgate | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||
Villanova | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||
South Carolina | – | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||
Southern Miss | – | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||
Georgia Tech | – | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||
New Mexico State | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||
Northern Illinois | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||
Syracuse | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||
Dayton | – | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||
Holy Cross | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||
Miami (FL) | – | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||
Rutgers | – | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||
Virginia Tech | – | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||
Navy | – | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||
Pittsburgh | – | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||
Tulane | – | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||
Marshall | – | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||
Xavier | – | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1971 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season . Led by sixth-year head coach Paul Dietzel , the Gamecocks compiled a record of 6–5. The team played home games at Carolina Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina .
After competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) from its founding in 1953 through the spring of 1971, South Carolina withdrew due to a disagreement with the ACC's desire to strengthen its academic requirements. The Gamecocks honored existing contracts with the seven remaining ACC schools for the 1971 season.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 11 | No. 17 Georgia Tech | W 24–7 | 54,842 | |||
September 18 | at Duke | No. 19 | L 12–28 | 35,113 | ||
September 25 | NC State |
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W 24–6 | 48,315 | ||
October 2 | at Memphis State | W 7–3 | 20,666 | |||
October 9 | Virginia |
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W 34–14 | 43,861 | ||
October 16 | Maryland |
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W 35–6 | 45,653 | ||
October 23 | at Florida State | L 18–49 | 30,764 | |||
October 30 | No. 7 Georgia |
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L 0–24 | 54,613 | ||
November 6 | at No. 11 Tennessee | L 6–35 | 63,509 | [1] | ||
November 20 | Wake Forest |
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W 24–7 | 43,285 | ||
November 27 | Clemson |
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L 7–17 | 57,242 | [2] | |
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Roster
1971 South Carolina Gamecocks football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Defense
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References
- ↑ "Tennessee bowls over South Carolina, 35–6" . The Times and Democrat . November 7, 1971 . Retrieved May 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ Dan Foster (November 28, 1971). "Savage Tigers Slash Gamecocks Before Record 57,242 Crowd" . The Greenville News . pp. 1A, 2C – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "1971 Football Schedule" . Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved July 13, 2017 .
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