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1992 South Carolina

5–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Sparky Woods.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1992, game by game: lost vs. No. 14 Georgia 6–28; lost vs. Arkansas 7–45; lost vs. East Carolina 18–20; lost at Kentucky 9–13; lost at No. 9 Alabama 7–48; won vs. No. 15 Mississippi State 21–6; won at Vanderbilt 21–17; won vs. No. 16 Tennessee 24–23; won vs. Louisiana Tech 14–13; lost at No. 11 Florida 9–14; won at Clemson 24–13+15−41Lost 6–28 vs. No. 14 Georgia-22No. 14 GeorgiaLost 7–45 vs. Arkansas-38ArkansasLost 18–20 vs. East Carolina-2East CarolinaLost 9–13 at Kentucky-4KentuckyLost 7–48 at No. 9 Alabama-41No. 9 AlabamaWon 21–6 vs. No. 15 Mississippi State+15No. 15 Mississippi Sta…Won 21–17 at Vanderbilt+4VanderbiltWon 24–23 vs. No. 16 Tennessee+1No. 16 TennesseeWon 14–13 vs. Louisiana Tech+1Louisiana TechLost 9–14 at No. 11 Florida-5No. 11 FloridaWon 24–13 at Clemson+11Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vs14GeorgiaL 6–⁠2844%
Sep 12vsArkansasL 7–⁠4559%
Sep 19vsEast CarolinaL 18–⁠2034%
Sep 26atKentuckyL 9–⁠1334%
Oct 3at9AlabamaL 7–⁠4812%
Oct 17vs15Mississippi StateW 21–⁠629%
Oct 24atVanderbiltW 21–⁠1746%
Oct 31vs16TennesseeW 24–⁠2328%
Nov 7vsLouisiana TechW 14–⁠1344%
Nov 14at11FloridaL 9–⁠1419%
Nov 21atClemsonW 24–⁠1329%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Clemson 24–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
160–⁠240
Coach
Sparky Woods
Elo
1499 +15 this season
SP+ rating
2.5 No. 53 of 105; offense No. 80, defense No. 22
SRS
−1.8 No. 60 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Art Wilkins
Defensive coordinator
Tommy West

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 1Ernest Dye OTPhoenix Cardinals

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama8–⁠013–⁠01
Georgia6–⁠210–⁠28
Florida6–⁠29–⁠410
Tennessee5–⁠39–⁠312
Ole Miss5–⁠39–⁠316
Mississippi State4–⁠47–⁠523
Arkansas3–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
South Carolina3–⁠55–⁠6
Auburn2–⁠5–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt2–⁠64–⁠7
LSU1–⁠72–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.