2012_South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football_team

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks football
2012 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Outback Bowl champion
Outback Bowl, W 33–28 vs. Michigan
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	East Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 8
Record	11–2 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach	Steve Spurrier (8th season);
Co-offensive coordinator	Steve Spurrier Jr. (1st as Co OC, 8th overall season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Shawn Elliott (1st as OC, 3rd overall season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Lorenzo Ward (1st as DC, 4th overall season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

American college football season

The 2012 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks were led by eighth-year head coach Steve Spurrier and played their home games at Williams-Brice Stadium. They were a member of the East Division of the Southeastern Conference. The season finished with 11–2, 6–2 in SEC to finish in third place in the East Division. They climbed as high as No. 3 in the AP Poll – this was their highest ranking since 1984, and it has not been matched since then.^[1] They were invited to the Outback Bowl, where the Gamecocks defeated Michigan 33–28 by a game-winning TD with 11 seconds remaining in the game.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 pm	at Vanderbilt	No. 9	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	ESPN	W 17–13	38,393
September 8	12:21 pm	East Carolina*	No. 9	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	SECN	W 48–10	77,006
September 15	7:00 pm	UAB*	No. 8	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	SECRN	W 49–6	77,963
September 22	3:30 pm	Missouri	No. 7	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	CBS	W 31–10	80,836
September 29	7:00 pm	at Kentucky	No. 6	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	ESPN2	W 38–17	49,810
October 6	7:00 pm	No. 5 Georgia	No. 6	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry) (College GameDay)	ESPN	W 35–7	85,199‡
October 13	8:00 pm	at No. 9 LSU	No. 3	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	ESPN	L 21–23 ‡	92,734
October 20	3:30 pm	at No. 3 Florida	No. 9	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (College GameDay)	CBS	L 11–44	90,833
October 27	12:00 pm	Tennessee	No. 17	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	ESPN	W 38–35	80,250
November 10	12:00 pm	Arkansas	No. 12	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	CBS	W 38–20	78,772
November 17	1:00 pm	Wofford*	No. 12	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	W 24–7	79,982
November 24	7:00 pm	at No. 12 Clemson*	No. 13	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (Palmetto Bowl)	ESPN	W 27–17	84,513
January 1	1:00 pm	vs. No. 19 Michigan*	No. 11	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl)	ESPN	W 33–28	54,527
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll All times are in Eastern time

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2012 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. T–5 Georgia xy	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 9 Florida x%	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 8 South Carolina	6	–	2	11	–	2
No. 23 Vanderbilt	5	–	3	9	–	4
Missouri	2	–	6	5	–	7
Tennessee	1	–	7	5	–	7
Kentucky	0	–	8	2	–	10
Western Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#	7	–	1	13	–	1
No. 14 LSU *	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. T–5 Texas A&M	6	–	2	11	–	2
Mississippi State	4	–	4	8	–	5
Ole Miss *	3	–	5	7	–	6
Arkansas	2	–	6	4	–	8
Auburn	0	–	8	3	–	9
Championship: Alabama 32, Georgia 28
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant * Ole Miss and LSU vacated all wins due to NCAA violations. Rankings from AP Poll

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	9	9	8	7	6	6	3	9	17	11	12	12	13	11	11	8
Coaches	9	9	9	8	6	6	3	8	16	11	11	11	12	10	10	7
Harris	Not released						3	7	16	11	11	11	12	10	10	Not released
BCS	Not released							7	13	8	8	9	12	10	10	Not released