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1982 South Carolina

4–⁠7, coached by Richard Bell.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1982, game by game: won vs. Pacific 41–6; won vs. Richmond 30–10; lost vs. Duke 17–30; lost vs. No. 7 Georgia 18–34; won vs. Cincinnati 37–10; lost vs. Furman 23–28; lost at No. 14 LSU 6–14; lost at NC State 3–33; lost vs. No. 12 Florida State 26–56; won vs. Navy 17–14; lost at No. 10 Clemson 6–24+35−30Won 41–6 vs. Pacific+35PacificWon 30–10 vs. Richmond+20RichmondLost 17–30 vs. Duke-13DukeLost 18–34 vs. No. 7 Georgia-16No. 7 GeorgiaWon 37–10 vs. Cincinnati+27CincinnatiLost 23–28 vs. Furman-5FurmanLost 6–14 at No. 14 LSU-8No. 14 LSULost 3–33 at NC State-30NC StateLost 26–56 vs. No. 12 Florida State-30No. 12 Florida StateWon 17–14 vs. Navy+3NavyLost 6–24 at No. 10 Clemson-18No. 10 Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsPacificW 41–⁠669%
Sep 11vsRichmondW 30–⁠1077%
Sep 18vsDukeL 17–⁠3066%
Sep 25vs7GeorgiaL 18–⁠3437%
Oct 2vsCincinnatiW 37–⁠1059%
Oct 16vsFurmanL 23–⁠2864%
Oct 23at14LSUL 6–⁠1436%
Oct 30atNC StateL 3–⁠3343%
Nov 6vs12Florida StateL 26–⁠5628%
Nov 13vsNavyW 17–⁠1446%
Nov 20at10ClemsonL 6–⁠2414%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Clemson 24–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 80th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1982.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
224–⁠259
Coach
Richard Bell
Elo
1461 −74 this season
SP+ rating
0.4 No. 58 of 109; offense No. 55, defense No. 64
SRS
0.8 No. 54 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dave Fagg

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 3Andrew Provence DTAtlanta Falcons