1989 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1989 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Independent
1989 record	6–4–1
Head coach	Sparky Woods
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium (Capacity: 72,400)

The 1989 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent team in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season finishing with a 6–4–1 record. The Gamecocks were led by Sparky Woods in his first year as USC head coach following the death of former head coach Joe Morrison. Morrison died of a fatal heart attack in February 1989 following the Gamecocks 1988 season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 PM	Duke		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		W 27–21	74,232
September 9	7:00 PM	Virginia Tech		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		T 17–17	71,842
September 16	1:00 PM	at #12 West Virginia		Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV		L 45–21	66,015
September 23	7:00 PM	Georgia Tech		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		W 21–10	70,018
September 30	1:00 PM	at #23 Georgia		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 24–20	80,961
October 7	1:30 PM	East Carolina		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		W 47–14	65,600
October 21	1:30 PM	Western Carolina	#24	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		W 24–3	62,000
October 28	1:00 PM	#20 NC State	#25	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		L 20–10	74,248
November 4	2:00 PM	at #6 Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	SSN	L 35–10	61,852
November 11	2:00 PM	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC		W 27–20	44,200
November 18	7:30 PM	#15 Clemson		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (Battle of the Palmetto State)	ESPN	L 45–0	74,509
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

References

Griffin, J. C. (1992). The first hundred years: A history of south carolina football. Atlanta, GA: Longstreet Press