1984 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
American college football season
Summary
The 1984 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Joe Morrison, the team played its home games at Williams–Brice Stadium. After only three eight-win seasons in program history and three consecutive non-winning seasons, the 1984 Gamecocks made a run at a national championship. South Carolina started the season 9–0, including wins over No. 12 Georgia, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and No. 11 Florida State, and were ranked No. 2 in the country. However, in the tenth game of the season, they lost to an unranked Navy team, which had a losing record. In the final two games of the season, South Carolina defeated archrival Clemson, becoming the first team in school history to win ten games, and then lost to No. 9 Oklahoma State in the Gator Bowl, finishing the season with a 10–2 record.
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