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2013 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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American college football season

2013South Carolina Gamecocks football

Palmetto Bowl champion
Capital One Bowl,W 34–24 vs.Wisconsin
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	East Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
Record	11–2 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach	Steve Spurrier (9th season)
Co-offensive coordinators	Steve Spurrier Jr. (2nd season) Shawn Elliot (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Lorenzo Ward (2nd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium
Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

2013 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 5 Missouri x	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 4 South Carolina	6	–	2	11	–	2
Georgia	5	–	3	8	–	5
No. 24 Vanderbilt	4	–	4	9	–	4
Florida	3	–	5	4	–	8
Tennessee	2	–	6	5	–	7
Kentucky	0	–	8	2	–	10
Western Division
No. 2 Auburn xy$	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 7 Alabama x%	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 14 LSU *	5	–	3	10	–	3
No. 18 Texas A&M	4	–	4	9	–	4
Mississippi State	3	–	5	7	–	6
Ole Miss *	3	–	5	8	–	5
Arkansas	0	–	8	3	–	9
Championship:Auburn 59, Missouri 42
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant * LSU and Ole Miss vacated all wins (except for Ole Miss'Music City Bowl win) due to NCAA violations. Rankings fromAP Poll

The2013 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented theUniversity of South Carolina in the2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks competed as a member of theSoutheastern Conference (SEC) as part of itsEast Division. The team was led by head coachSteve Spurrier, inhis ninth year, and played its home games atWilliams–Brice Stadium inColumbia, South Carolina.

Entering the season, the Gamecocks had lost a school-record thirteen players to the last twoNFL drafts,^[1] but returned several key players such as senior quarterbackConnor Shaw,^[2] defensive sensationJadeveon Clowney,^[3] wide receiverBruce Ellington,^[4] and running backMike Davis.^[5] South Carolina started highly ranked, like the previous two seasons, but lost an early contest on the road at No. 11Georgia, the program's first loss to the Bulldogs since2009.^[6]^[7] The Gamecocks won their next four games but then stumbled again, losing on the road tounranked Tennessee, the program's first loss to an unranked team since2011.^[6] They subsequently fell to No. 20 in the country, their lowest ranking since2010.^[6]^[8]

However, South Carolina had its best finish to a season in program history.^[9] On the road at undefeated No. 5Missouri, the Gamecocks started 0–17.^[10] An injured Connor Shaw subsequently came in to replaceDylan Thompson, and engineered a 17-point comeback in the fourth quarter to send the game toovertime.^[10] South Carolina won in double overtime after Missouri's kicker missed a field goal, giving the Gamecocks the first overtime victory in school history,^[6]^[10]^[11] known since as the "Miracle at Mizzou".^[12]^[13]^[14] The Gamecocks won the next three games at home against unranked teams, climbing back into the top ten.^[6] In the highest-rankedPalmetto Bowl ever, South Carolina beat No. 6Clemson at home, a school-record fifth consecutive victory against the Tigers.^[6]^[15] Connor Shaw won his final home game, finishing 17–0 at Williams–Brice Stadium.^[2] South Carolina was invited to play No. 19Wisconsin in theCapital One Bowl to end the season.^[6] The Gamecocks defeated the Badgers, with Shaw scoring all five of his team's touchdowns in the final game of his college career.^[6]^[16] South Carolina finished with eleven wins, becoming only the twelfth team in college football history to win eleven games in three straight seasons.^[17]^[18] The Gamecocks finished the season ranked No. 4, which remains the highest final ranking in school history.^[19]^[20]

The 2013 Gamecocks had statistically the best offense in school history, averaging 34.1 points and a school-record 452.3 yards per game.^[21]^[22] Connor Shaw was a semifinalist for theDavey O'Brien Award,^[23] while Mike Davis had the fourth highest single-season rushing total in school history.^[24]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	6:00 pm	North Carolina*	No. 6	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ESPN	W 27–10	81,572
September 7	4:30 pm	at No. 11Georgia	No. 6	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 30–41	92,746
September 14	7:00 pm	Vanderbilt	No. 12	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ESPN	W 35–25	81,371
September 28	12:00 pm	atUCF*	No. 12	Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL	ABC	W 28–25	47,605
October 5	7:30 pm	Kentucky	No. 13	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	SECRN	W 35–28	82,313
October 12	12:21 pm	atArkansas	No. 14	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	SECTV	W 52–7	66,302
October 19	12:00 pm	atTennessee	No. 11	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	ESPN	L 21–23	95,736
October 26	7:00 pm	at No. 5Missouri	No. 20	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (Mayor's Cup)	ESPN	W 27–24^2OT	67,124
November 2	12:21 pm	Mississippi State	No. 14	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	SECTV	W 34–16	82,111
November 16	7:00 pm	Florida	No. 11	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ESPN2	W 19–14	83,853
November 23	1:00 pm	No. 11 (FCS)Coastal Carolina*	No. 12	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	W 70–10	81,411
November 30	7:00 pm	No. 6Clemson*	No. 10	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (Palmetto Bowl)	ESPN2	W 31–17	84,174
January 1, 2014	1:00 pm	vs. No. 19Wisconsin*	No. 8	Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium Orlando, FL (Capital One Bowl)	ABC	W 34–24	56,629
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game All times are inEastern time

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	6	6	13	12	12	13	14	11	20	14	13	11	12	10	8	8	4
Coaches	7	6	14	13	13	12	12	9	20	16	15	12	11	9	7	8	4
Harris	Not released							11	20	17	15	12	12	10	8	8	Not released
BCS	Not released								21	14	12	10	11	10	8	9	Not released

v t e South Carolina Gamecocks football
Venues	Old State Fairgrounds (1894, 1896–1898) Shandon Park (1895) College Park/Davis Field (1899–1913, 1915–1925) League Park (1914) Melton Field (1926–1934) Williams–Brice Stadium (1934–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Clemson Georgia North Carolina Tennessee
Culture & lore	Spurrier Cocky "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way" Mighty Sound of the Southeast "Sandstorm" The Brawl Steroid scandal
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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Tar Heels	0	7	3	0	10
#6 Gamecocks	17	3	7	0	27

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#6 Gamecocks	3	21	0	6	30
#11 Bulldogs	10	14	10	7	41

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Commodores	0	10	0	15	25
#12 Gamecocks	21	7	7	0	35

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#12 Gamecocks	0	0	14	14	28
Knights	7	3	0	15	25

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Awards

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North Carolina

Georgia

Vanderbilt

UCF

Kentucky

Arkansas

Tennessee

Missouri

Mississippi State

Florida

Coastal Carolina

Clemson

Wisconsin (Capital One Bowl)

Rankings

Coaching staff

References