2004 South Carolina

6–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Lou Holtz. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat South Florida 34–⁠3Sep 18
By 31 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 4	atVanderbilt	W 31–⁠6	56%
Sep 11	vs3Georgia	L 16–⁠20	34%
Sep 18	vsSouth Florida	W 34–⁠3	50%
Sep 25	vsTroy	W 17–⁠7	63%
Oct 2	atAlabama	W 20–⁠3	41%
Oct 9	vsOle Miss	L 28–⁠31	65%
Oct 16	atKentucky	W 12–⁠7	66%
Oct 30	vs11Tennessee	L 29–⁠43	46%
Nov 6	vsArkansas	W 35–⁠32	55%
Nov 13	atFlorida	L 14–⁠48	38%
Nov 20	atClemson	L 7–⁠29	36%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Clemson 29–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 42nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

Wk 7: 25

Record: 6–⁠5
Conference: 4–⁠4 tied for 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final: Unranked peak No. 25
Points: 243–⁠229
Coach: Lou Holtz
Elo: 1510 +38 this season
SP+ rating: 6.4 No. 48 of 120; offense No. 84, defense No. 28
SRS: 2.9 No. 49 of 119 in Division I-A
Recruiting class: No. 29

Offensive coordinator: Skip Holtz
Defensive coordinator: Rick Minter
Offense: Spread
Defense: 4–⁠3

How good, play by play

Offense40th of 118
Defense22nd of 118

	EPA per play	Success	Explosiveness	FBS rank
Offense		-0.03	36%	0.96	40th of 118
Defense		-0.11	37%	0.97	22nd of 118

How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

	Points per trip inside the 40	Average start	Havoc
Offense		-0.1	own 28	3% allowed
Defense		-0.1	own 32	3% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2004 class

Marque Hall DT	★★★★	No. 73
Kevin Mainord SDE	★★★	No. 821
Antonio Lamar RB	★★	No. 1839
Benjamin Iannacchione OG	★★	No. 1993
Chris Hampton S	★★	No. 1993

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2004 class by position

	Signed	Stars	Rating
Running backs	1	2.0	0.744
Offensive line	1	2.0	0.722
Defensive line	2	3.5	0.886
Linebackers	1	2.0	0.722
Defensive backs	1	2.0	0.722
Whole class	6	2.5	0.781

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2005

The 2005 draft

Rd 1	Troy Williamson WR	Minnesota Vikings
Rd 7	Rodriques Wilson LB	Chicago Bears
Rd 7	Darrell Shropshire DT	Atlanta Falcons

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Troy WilliamsonWRAP-1; Coaches-2

Second team

Ko SimpsonSCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 2004 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2004 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Auburn	8–⁠0	13–⁠0	2
Tennessee	7–⁠1	10–⁠3	13
Georgia	6–⁠2	10–⁠2	7
LSU	6–⁠2	9–⁠3	16
Florida	4–⁠4	7–⁠5
South Carolina	4–⁠4	6–⁠5
Alabama	3–⁠5	6–⁠6
Arkansas	3–⁠5	5–⁠6
Ole Miss	3–⁠5	4–⁠7
Mississippi State	2–⁠6	3–⁠8
Vanderbilt	1–⁠7	2–⁠9
Kentucky	1–⁠7	2–⁠9

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