1950 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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1950 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference Southern Conference
Record3–4–2 (2–4–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Captain Dave Sparks
Home stadium Carolina Municipal Stadium
(capacity: 17,600)
Seasons
  1949
1951  
1950 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Washington and Lee $ 6 0 08 3 0
No. 10 Clemson 3 0 19 0 1
VMI 5 1 06 4 0
Wake Forest 6 1 16 1 2
Maryland 4 1 17 2 1
Duke 5 2 07 3 0
North Carolina 3 2 13 5 2
George Washington 4 3 05 4 0
NC State 4 4 15 4 1
William & Mary 3 3 04 7 0
The Citadel 2 3 04 6 0
South Carolina 2 4 13 4 2
Furman 2 4 02 8 1
West Virginia 1 3 02 8 0
Davidson 1 5 03 6 0
Richmond 1 8 02 8 0
VPI 0 8 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 South Carolina Gamecocks football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1950 college football season. In their tenth season under head coach Rex Enright, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 3–4–2 with a mark of 2–4–1 in conference play, placing 12th in the SoCon. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 No. 16 Duke L 0–1428,000
September 30at Georgia Tech *W 7–025,000 [2]
October 6at Furman W 21–6 [3]
October 19 No. 12 Clemson
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC (rivalry)
T 14–1435,000 [4]
October 26at George Washington W 34–2013,400 [5]
November 3 Marquette
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
T 13–13
November 11 The Citadel
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
L 7–19
November 18 North Carolina
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC (rivalry)
L 7–1425,000
November 25 Wake Forest
  • Carolina Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
L 7–1414,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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