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1984 South Carolina

10–⁠2, coached by Joe Morrison, finished No. 11 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1984, game by game: won vs. The Citadel 31–24; won vs. Duke 21–0; won vs. No. 12 Georgia 17–10; won vs. Kansas State 49–17; won vs. Pittsburgh 45–21; won at Notre Dame 36–32; won vs. East Carolina 42–20; won at NC State 35–28; won vs. No. 11 Florida State 38–26; lost at Navy 21–38; won at Clemson 22–21; lost vs. No. 9 Oklahoma State 14–21+32−17Won 31–24 vs. The Citadel+7The CitadelWon 21–0 vs. Duke+21DukeWon 17–10 vs. No. 12 Georgia+7No. 12 GeorgiaWon 49–17 vs. Kansas State+32Kansas StateWon 45–21 vs. Pittsburgh+24PittsburghWon 36–32 at Notre Dame+4Notre DameWon 42–20 vs. East Carolina+22East CarolinaWon 35–28 at NC State+7NC StateWon 38–26 vs. No. 11 Florida State+12No. 11 Florida StateLost 21–38 at Navy-17NavyWon 22–21 at Clemson+1ClemsonLost 14–21 vs. No. 9 Oklahoma State-7No. 9 Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsThe CitadelW 31–⁠2478%
Sep 22vsDukeW 21–⁠062%
Sep 29vs12GeorgiaW 17–⁠1036%
Oct 6vsKansas StateW 49–⁠1781%
Oct 13vsPittsburghW 45–⁠2162%
Oct 20atNotre DameW 36–⁠3249%
Oct 27vsEast CarolinaW 42–⁠2076%
Nov 3atNC StateW 35–⁠2868%
Nov 10vs11Florida StateW 38–⁠2645%
Nov 17atNavyL 21–⁠3874%
Nov 24atClemsonW 22–⁠2136%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvs9Oklahoma StateGator BowlL 14–⁠2142%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 21–⁠14 in the Gator Bowl; No. 11 in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 17
  2. Wk 8: 11
  3. Wk 9: 9
  4. Wk 10: 5
  5. Wk 11: 5
  6. Wk 12: 2
  7. Wk 13: 9
  8. Wk 14: 7
  9. Wk 15: 7
  10. Final: 11

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 1984.

Consensus All-AmericanDel Wilkes, OG

Walter Camp Coach of the YearJoe Morrison, coach

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
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AP final
No. 11 peak No. 2
Points
371–⁠258
Coach
Joe Morrison
Elo
1611 +112 this season
SP+ rating
13.3 No. 20 of 106; offense No. 8, defense No. 61
SRS
13.0 No. 13 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Offensive coordinator
Frank Sadler
Defensive coordinator
Tom Gadd