2007 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

2007 South Carolina Gamecocks football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	6–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Steve Spurrier (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Tyrone Nix (3rd season)
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium (c. 80,250, grass)
Seasons ← 2006 2008 →

2007 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 12 Tennessee xy	6	–	2	10	–	4
No. 2 Georgia x%	6	–	2	11	–	2
No. 13 Florida	5	–	3	9	–	4
South Carolina	3	–	5	6	–	6
Kentucky	3	–	5	8	–	5
Vanderbilt	2	–	6	5	–	7
Western Division
No. 1 LSU x$#	6	–	2	12	–	2
No. 15 Auburn	5	–	3	9	–	4
Arkansas	4	–	4	8	–	5
Mississippi State	4	–	4	8	–	5
Alabama	4	–	4	7	–	6
Ole Miss	0	–	8	3	–	9
Championship: LSU 21, Tennessee 14
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Alabama had 5 victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 2–6 (1–4). Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks were led by Steve Spurrier in his third season as USC head coach and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. The team was bowl eligible at 6–6 but was not selected for a bowl game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:05 pm	Louisiana–Lafayette*		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	W 28–14	78,234^[1]
September 8	5:45 pm	at No. 11 Georgia		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 16–12	92,746^[1]
September 15	7:00 pm	SC State*	No. 17	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	W 38–3	73,095^[1]
September 22	3:30 pm	at No. 2 LSU	No. 12	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana	CBS	L 16–28	92,530^[1]
September 29	12:30 pm	Mississippi State	No. 16	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	LFS	W 38–21	78,883^[1]
October 4	7:45 pm	No. 8 Kentucky	No. 11	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ESPN	W 38–23	76,220^[1]
October 13	3:30 pm	at North Carolina*	No. 7	Chapel Hill, NC (Battle of the Carolinas)	ABC^[2]	W 21–15	61,000^[1]
October 20	12:30 pm	Vanderbilt	No. 6	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	L 6–17	79,212^[1]
October 27	7:45 pm	at Tennessee	No. 15	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	ESPN	L 24–27 ^OT	105,962^[1]
November 3	8:00 pm	at Arkansas	No. 23	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	ESPN2	L 36–48	70,742^[1]
November 10	7:45 pm	No. 17 Florida		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ESPN	L 31–51	81,215^[1]
November 24	7:00 pm	No. 21 Clemson*		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (Palmetto Bowl)	ESPN2	L 21–23	82,410^[1]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Venues	Old State Fairgrounds (1894, 1896–1898) Shandon Park (1895) College Park/Davis Field (1899–1925) Melton Field (1926–1934) Williams–Brice Stadium (1934–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Clemson Georgia North Carolina Tennessee
Culture & lore	Spurrier Cocky "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way" Mighty Sound of the Southeast "Sandstorm" The Brawl
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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