1954 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 1954 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 1954 college football season. The Gamecocks finished the season 6–4 overall. The season began with a defeat of Army.

1954 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1954 record6–4 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
(capacity: 34,000)
1954 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 14 Duke $ 4 0 08 2 1
No. 8 Maryland 4 0 17 2 1
North Carolina 4 2 04 5 1
South Carolina 3 3 06 4 0
Clemson 1 2 05 5 0
Wake Forest 1 4 12 7 1
Virginia 0 2 03 6 0
NC State 0 4 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at No. 18 Army*W 34–20
October 2West Virginia*No. 15L 6–2631,000
October 9at Furman*W 27–7
October 21Clemson
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC (rivalry)
W 13–835,000[2]
October 30Maryland
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
L 0–2024,000
November 6at North CarolinaL 19–21
November 13Virginia
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 27–0
November 20at DukeL 7–613,000
November 27Wake Forest
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
W 20–1910,000
December 4at The Citadel*W 19–6
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1954 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. Jim Anderson (October 22, 1954). "Birds Down Tigers In State Fair Thriller, 13-8". The Greenville News. pp. 1, 20 via Newspapers.com.
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