1968 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
American college football season
| 1968 South Carolina Gamecocks football | |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 4–6 (4–3 ACC) |
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| Captain | Johnny Gregory, Benny Galloway |
| Home stadium | Carolina Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1968 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Led by third-year head coach Paul Dietzel, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of 4–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the ACC. The team played home games at Carolina Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.
The 1968 season remains the last in which South Carolina regularly wore helmets without a gamecock featured on them, instead featuring a garnet 'C'. The gamecock helmets had been worn in 1966 and 1967 and were reinstated in 1969.[2][3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | Duke | L 7–14 | 42,234 | [4] | |
| September 28 | at North Carolina | W 32–27 | 28,000 | [5] | |
| October 5 | No. 16 Georgia* |
| L 20–21 | 42,800 | [6] |
| October 12 | at NC State | L 12–36 | 33,400 | [7] | |
| October 19 | at Maryland | L 19–21 | 28,200 | [8] | |
| October 26 | No. 20 Florida State* |
| L 28–35 | 42,038 | [9] |
| November 2 | at Virginia | W 49–28 | 25,600 | [10] | |
| November 9 | at Wake Forest | W 34–21 | 16,000 | [11] | |
| November 16 | VPI* |
| L 6–17 | 40,137 | [12] |
| November 23 | at Clemson |
| W 7–3 | 53,247 | [13][14] |
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References
- ^ "1968 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ^ Adams, Emily. "South Carolina football wears throwback helmets from 1968 for Thursday game vs. S.C. State". The Greenville News. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ "South Carolina". HELMET HISTORY. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ "Duke pulls shocker on USC 14–10". The Daily Progress. September 22, 1968. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Last period touchdowns pull SC past Tar Heels". Florence Morning News. September 29, 1968. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia edges S.C." Asheville Citizen-Times. October 6, 1968. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "N.C. State rolls over Gamecocks". The Roanoke Times. October 13, 1968. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Maryland nips South Carolina in last quarter". The Daily Times. October 20, 1968. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Seminoles top Gamecocks in 35 to 28 cliffhanger". The News and Observer. October 27, 1968. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Suggs in 5 TD passes as S. Car. wins". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. November 3, 1968. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "South Carolina whips Wake Forest, 34–21". The Danville Register. November 10, 1968. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gamecocks bow to VPI by 17–6". The News and Observer. November 17, 1968. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Underdog USC Takes 7–3 Victory Over Clemson". The Greenville News. November 24, 1968. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Clemson Football Media Guide - 1969". Clemson University. 1968. p. 9. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
- ^ "1968 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
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