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Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Eastern Division | |
Record | 0–11 (0–8 SEC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Skip Holtz (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Charlie Strong (1st season) |
Home stadium | Williams-Brice Stadium (c. 80,250, grass) |
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No. 12 Florida x | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Tennessee | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Georgia | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 8 Alabama x$ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Mississippi State | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 22 Ole Miss | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 Arkansas | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Alabama 34, Florida 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1999 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by Lou Holtz in his first season as head coach and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.
In 1999, South Carolina went 0–11, surpassing the previous season as the worst record in program history. [1] This was the Gamecocks' first winless season in over a hundred years. South Carolina finished the 1990s with a 41–67–3 record. [2]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 4 | 7:30 pm | at No. 24 NC State * | ESPN | L 0–10 | 51,500 | |
September 11 | 5:00 pm | at No. 12 Georgia | ESPN2 | L 9–24 | 86,117 | |
September 18 | 7:00 pm | East Carolina * | L 3–21 | 82,605 | ||
September 25 | 7:00 pm | at No. 23 Mississippi State | L 0–17 | 37,693 | ||
October 2 | 7:00 pm | Ole Miss |
| PPV | L 10–36 | 81,600 |
October 9 | 1:00 pm | Kentucky |
| PPV | L 10–30 | 73,150 |
October 16 | 7:00 pm | at Arkansas | L 14–48 | 55,123 | ||
October 23 | 7:00 pm | Vanderbilt |
| L 10–11 | 74,806 | |
October 30 | 1:00 pm | at No. 4 Tennessee | CSS | L 7–30 | 105,941 | |
November 13 | 12:30 pm | No. 4 Florida |
| JPS | L 3–20 | 73,951 |
November 20 | 12:30 pm | Clemson * |
| JPS | L 21–31 | 83,523 |
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