1991 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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The 1991 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season, finishing with a 3–6–2 record. The team played its home games at Williams–Brice Stadium. The Gamecocks were led by Sparky Woods in his third year as head coach.

ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6–2
Headcoach
OffensivecoordinatorArt Wilkins (3rd season)
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1991 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6–2
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorArt Wilkins (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorTommy West (1st season)
Home stadiumWilliams–Brice Stadium
Seasons
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1992 →
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1991 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 East Carolina – 11–1–0
No. 4 Florida State – 11–2–0
No. 3 Penn State – 11–2–0
No. 21 Tulsa – 10–2–0
Louisiana Tech – 8–1–2
No. 13 Notre Dame – 10–3–0
Akron – 5–6–0
Memphis State – 5–6–0
Army – 4–7–0
Cincinnati – 4–7–0
Southern Miss – 4–7–0
South Carolina – 3–6–2
Southwestern Louisiana – 2–8–1
Louisville – 2–9–0
Northern Illinois – 2–9–0
Tulane – 1–10–0
Navy – 1–10–0
Rankings from AP Poll
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This was the Gamecocks' 21st and final season as an independent. South Carolina joined the Southeastern Conference for the 1992 season after joining the conference in all other sports on July 1, 1991.

Led by returning starting quarterback Bobby Fuller,[1] during a year when "if anything could go bad, it did",[1] South Carolina's three wins were its fewest since 1986.[2] In the season-opener against Duke at home, the Gamecocks were up by two scores near the end of the fourth quarter, but the Blue Devils scored fourteen points in the final seventy seconds to tie the game.[1][3] For the Gamecocks, this would be the first of three consecutive losing seasons in the early 1990s, and the first of seven total losing seasons in the decade.[2]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 77:00 pmDuke
T 24–2471,200[3]
September 141:00 pmat West Virginia
L 16–2151,989[4]
September 217:00 pmVirginia Tech
  • Williams–Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 28–2168,200[5]
September 281:30 pmat East Carolina
L 20–3133,100[6]
October 51:30 pmEast Tennessee State
  • Williams–Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 55–755,832[7]
October 121:30 pmLouisiana Tech
  • Williams–Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
T 12–1252,400[8]
October 191:30 pmGeorgia Tech
  • Williams–Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 23–1467,220[9]
November 24:00 pmNo. 19 NC State
  • Williams–Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
ESPNL 21–3867,900[10]
November 912:00 pmat No. 1 Florida State
JPSL 10–3860,244[11]
November 161:30 pmat North Carolina
L 17–2147,500[12]
November 231:30 pmNo. 14 Clemson
  • Williams–Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC (rivalry)
JPSL 24–4174,200[13]
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Roster

Bobby Fuller* QB Wright Mitchell QB Brandon Bennett* RB Leroy Jeter* RB Rob DeBoer RB Terry Wilburn RB Albert Haynes RB Eddie Miller* WR Robert Brooks* WR David Pitchko WR Asim Penny WR Bralyn Bennett WR Bill Zorr WR Darren Greene WR Mike Whitman* TE Matthew Campbell TE Boomer Foster TE Roderick Howell TE Mathew Campbell TE Ernest Dye* OL Kenny Farrell* OL Jay Killen* OL Antoine Rivens* OL Rich Sweet* OL Vincent Dinkins OL Kevin Rosenkrans OL Cedric Bembery* DL Bobby Brown* DL Marty Dye* DL Troy Duke DL David Turnipseed DL Ernest Dixon* LB Eric Brown* LB Gerald Dixon* LB Robert Gibson* LB Keith Franklin LB Joe Reaves LB Keith Emmons LB Toby Cates* DB Jerry Inman* DB Bru Pender* DB Tony Watkins* DB Frank Adams DB Cedric Surratt DB Norman Greene DB Daren Parker P Harold Staley LS

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