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1996 South Carolina

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

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1996, game by game: won vs. UCF 33–14; won vs. Georgia 23–14; lost vs. East Carolina 7–23; lost vs. Mississippi State 10–14; lost at No. 20 Auburn 24–28; won at Kentucky 25–14; won vs. Arkansas 23–17; won at Vanderbilt 27–0; lost vs. No. 6 Tennessee 14–31; lost at No. 1 Florida 25–52; won at No. 22 Clemson 34–31+27−27Won 33–14 vs. UCF+19UCFWon 23–14 vs. Georgia+9GeorgiaLost 7–23 vs. East Carolina-16East CarolinaLost 10–14 vs. Mississippi State-4Mississippi Sta…Lost 24–28 at No. 20 Auburn-4No. 20 AuburnWon 25–14 at Kentucky+11KentuckyWon 23–17 vs. Arkansas+6ArkansasWon 27–0 at Vanderbilt+27VanderbiltLost 14–31 vs. No. 6 Tennessee-17No. 6 TennesseeLost 25–52 at No. 1 Florida-27No. 1 FloridaWon 34–31 at No. 22 Clemson+3No. 22 Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsUCFW 33–⁠1477%
Sep 14vsGeorgiaW 23–⁠1459%
Sep 21vsEast CarolinaL 7–⁠2351%
Sep 28vsMississippi StateL 10–⁠1464%
Oct 5at20AuburnL 24–⁠2823%
Oct 12atKentuckyW 25–⁠1452%
Oct 19vsArkansasW 23–⁠1760%
Oct 26atVanderbiltW 27–⁠059%
Nov 2vs6TennesseeL 14–⁠3129%
Nov 16at1FloridaL 25–⁠5212%
Nov 23at22ClemsonW 34–⁠3130%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Clemson 34–⁠31; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 38th-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 1996.

Led the nationMarcus Robinson: yards per catch (24.0)

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
245–⁠238
Coach
Brad Scott
Elo
1526 +37 this season
SP+ rating
7.6 No. 42 of 111; offense No. 65, defense No. 30
SRS
3.8 No. 45 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
John Eason
Defensive coordinator
Wally Burnham

Drafted in 1997

The 1997 draft
Rd 3Duce Staley RBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 4Marcus Robinson WRChicago Bears

All-SEC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1996 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1996 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida8–⁠012–⁠11
Tennessee7–⁠110–⁠29
LSU6–⁠210–⁠212
Alabama6–⁠210–⁠311
Auburn4–⁠48–⁠424
South Carolina4–⁠46–⁠5
Georgia3–⁠55–⁠6
Mississippi State3–⁠55–⁠6
Kentucky3–⁠54–⁠7
Ole Miss2–⁠65–⁠6
Arkansas2–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠82–⁠9

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