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1995 South Carolina

4–⁠6–⁠1 (2–⁠5–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Brad Scott.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1995, game by game: lost at Georgia 23–42; lost at Arkansas 21–51; won vs. Louisiana Tech 68–21; lost vs. Kentucky 30–35; tied vs. No. 14 LSU 20–20; won vs. Kent State 77–14; won at Mississippi State 65–39; won vs. Vanderbilt 52–14; lost at No. 5 Tennessee 21–56; lost vs. No. 3 Florida 7–63; lost vs. No. 24 Clemson 17–38+63−56Lost 23–42 at Georgia-19GeorgiaLost 21–51 at Arkansas-30ArkansasWon 68–21 vs. Louisiana Tech+47Louisiana TechLost 30–35 vs. Kentucky-5KentuckyTied 20–20 vs. No. 14 LSU0No. 14 LSUWon 77–14 vs. Kent State+63Kent StateWon 65–39 at Mississippi State+26Mississippi Sta…Won 52–14 vs. Vanderbilt+38VanderbiltLost 21–56 at No. 5 Tennessee-35No. 5 TennesseeLost 7–63 vs. No. 3 Florida-56No. 3 FloridaLost 17–38 vs. No. 24 Clemson-21No. 24 Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atGeorgiaL 23–⁠4240%
Sep 9atArkansasL 21–⁠5149%
Sep 16vsLouisiana TechW 68–⁠2163%
Sep 23vsKentuckyL 30–⁠3572%
Sep 30vs14LSUT 20–⁠2043%
Oct 7vsKent StateW 77–⁠1481%
Oct 14atMississippi StateW 65–⁠3941%
Oct 21vsVanderbiltW 52–⁠1476%
Oct 28at5TennesseeL 21–⁠5619%
Nov 11vs3FloridaL 7–⁠6323%
Nov 18vs24ClemsonL 17–⁠3844%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Clemson 38–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
4–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠5–⁠1 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
401–⁠393
Coach
Brad Scott
Elo
1483 −42 this season
SP+ rating
0.4 No. 60 of 107; offense No. 8, defense No. 99
SRS
0.9 No. 55 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
John Eason
Defensive coordinator
Wally Burnham

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 4Stanley Pritchett RBMiami Dolphins
Rd 5James Dexter OTArizona Cardinals

All-SEC

3 second team

Second team

  • James DexterOTAP-2
  • Eric SullivanDTAP-2
  • Ben WashingtonDBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida8–⁠012–⁠12
Tennessee7–⁠111–⁠13
Arkansas6–⁠28–⁠5
Alabama5–⁠38–⁠321
Auburn5–⁠38–⁠422
LSU4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Ole Miss3–⁠56–⁠5
Georgia3–⁠56–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠5–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠64–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠73–⁠8
Vanderbilt1–⁠72–⁠9

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