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1993 South Carolina

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Sparky Woods. Officially 5–⁠6. Alabama forfeited to South Carolina.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1993, game by game: won at No. 14 Georgia 23–21; lost at Arkansas 17–18; won vs. Louisiana Tech 34–3; lost vs. Kentucky 17–21; lost vs. No. 2 Alabama 6–17; won vs. East Carolina 27–3; lost at Mississippi State 0–23; won vs. Vanderbilt 22–0; lost at No. 8 Tennessee 3–55; lost vs. No. 8 Florida 26–37; lost vs. No. 24 Clemson 13–16+31−52Won 23–21 at No. 14 Georgia+2No. 14 GeorgiaLost 17–18 at Arkansas-1ArkansasWon 34–3 vs. Louisiana Tech+31Louisiana TechLost 17–21 vs. Kentucky-4KentuckyLost 6–17 vs. No. 2 Alabama-11No. 2 AlabamaWon 27–3 vs. East Carolina+24East CarolinaLost 0–23 at Mississippi State-23Mississippi Sta…Won 22–0 vs. Vanderbilt+22VanderbiltLost 3–55 at No. 8 Tennessee-52No. 8 TennesseeLost 26–37 vs. No. 8 Florida-11No. 8 FloridaLost 13–16 vs. No. 24 Clemson-3No. 24 Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4at14GeorgiaW 23–⁠2125%
Sep 11atArkansasL 17–⁠1850%
Sep 18vsLouisiana TechW 34–⁠361%
Sep 23vsKentuckyL 17–⁠2173%
Oct 2vs2AlabamaL 6–⁠17won by forfeit26%
Oct 9vsEast CarolinaW 27–⁠368%
Oct 16atMississippi StateL 0–⁠2348%
Oct 23vsVanderbiltW 22–⁠065%
Oct 30at8TennesseeL 3–⁠5520%
Nov 13vs8FloridaL 26–⁠3729%
Nov 20vs24ClemsonL 13–⁠1646%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Clemson 16–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 78th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 19
Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
188–⁠214
Coach
Sparky Woods
Elo
1469 −31 this season
SP+ rating
1.8 No. 54 of 105; offense No. 83, defense No. 22
SRS
1.7 No. 49 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Art Wilkins
Defensive coordinator
Miles Aldridge

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 3Corey Louchiey OTBuffalo Bills

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Ernest DixonLBAP-2; Coaches-1

Second team

  • Brandon BennettRBCoaches-2
  • Stacy EvansDTCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn8–⁠011–⁠04
Florida7–⁠111–⁠25
Tennessee6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠112
Alabama5–⁠2–⁠19–⁠3–⁠114
Kentucky4–⁠46–⁠6
Arkansas3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss3–⁠55–⁠6
LSU3–⁠55–⁠6
Mississippi State2–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2
Georgia2–⁠65–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt1–⁠74–⁠7

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