1957 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 1957 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. The Gamecocks finished the season 5–5 overall.

1957 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1957 record5–5 (2–5 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
(capacity: 42,517)
1957 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 NC State $ 5 0 17 1 2
No. 16 Duke 5 1 16 3 2
Clemson 4 3 07 3 0
North Carolina 4 3 07 3 0
Maryland 4 3 05 5 0
Virginia 2 4 03 6 1
South Carolina 2 5 05 5 0
Wake Forest 0 7 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21No. 10 DukeL 14–2640,000
September 28Wofford*
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 26–0
October 5at No. 20 Texas*W 27–2137,000
October 12Furman*
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 58–13
October 24Clemson
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC (rivalry)
L 0–1344,020[2]
November 2Maryland
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
L 6–1018,000
November 9at North CarolinaL 6–28
November 16at VirginiaW 13–0
November 23No. 20 NC State
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
L 26–29
November 30at Wake ForestW 26–73,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[3]

References

  1. "1957 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. Jim Anderson (October 25, 1957). "Tigers Take To Air To Upset Birds, 13-0". The Greenville News. pp. 1, 19 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "1957 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
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