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2012 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

American college football season

American college football season

FieldValue
modefootball
year2012
teamSouth Carolina Gamecocks
imageSouth Carolina Gamecocks logo.svg
image_size125
conferenceSoutheastern Conference
divisionEast Division
short_confSEC
CoachRank7
APRank8
record11–2
conf_record6–2
head_coachSteve Spurrier
hc_year8th
cooff_coach1Steve Spurrier Jr.
cooc1_year1st
cooff_coach2Shawn Elliott
cooc2_year1st
off_schemeFun and gun
def_coachLorenzo Ward
dc_year1st
def_scheme4–2–5
stadiumWilliams-Brice Stadium
bowl[Outback Bowl](2013-outback-bowl)
bowl_resultW 33–28 vs. [Michigan](2012-michigan-wolverines-football-team)
championPalmetto Bowl champion

The 2012 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks were led by eighth-year head coach Steve Spurrier and played their home games at Williams–Brice Stadium. They were a member of the East Division of the Southeastern Conference. The season finished with 11–2, 6–2 in SEC to finish in third place in the East Division.

South Carolina started the season 6–0, capped off by a blowout win over No. 5 Georgia at home. By this point, the Gamecocks were on a school-record ten-game winning streak dating back to last season and were subsequently ranked No. 3 in the country. This was the program's highest ranking since 1984, and the 2012 Gamecocks began receiving comparisons to that 1984 team, which started 9–0 and came close to winning a national championship. This ten-game winning streak and No. 3 ranking in 2012 has not been matched or surpassed by the program since. Back-to-back losses on the road to top-10 opponents (No. 9 LSU and No. 3 Florida) sent South Carolina plummeting in the rankings and out of national championship contention. The Gamecocks rebounded, winning the rest of their games in the regular season, including against archrival No. 12 Clemson. They were invited to the Outback Bowl, where the Gamecocks defeated No. 19 Michigan 33–28 by a game-winning touchdown with eleven seconds remaining in the game. South Carolina finished the season with eleven wins and ranked in the top ten for only the second time in school history.

Sophomore defensive end Jadeveon Clowney emerged as the best defensive player in college football. Clowney had thirteen sacks and 23.5 tackles for loss, both school records. He won the Ted Hendricks Award and finished sixth in Heisman Trophy voting. Clowney was a unanimous All-American, only the second in program history. He won the ESPY Award for best play of the sporting year for his Outback Bowl tackle on Michigan running back Vincent Smith, since regarded as one of the greatest plays in college football history.

Preseason

On April 14, 2012, the Black squad defeated the Garnet squad, 38–24, in the annual Garnet & Black Spring Game, in front of a crowd of 34,513. Quarterback Connor Shaw finished the day 6–7 for 128 yards and two touchdowns for the Black team, while Garnet QB Dylan Thompson was 15–20 for 168 yards and a rushing touchdown.

Schedule

The October 6 game against Georgia played host to ESPN's College GameDay, the school's sixth time hosting the popular ESPN show.

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  • ‡ New Williams–Brice Stadium Attendance Record

As part of their penalty for NCAA violations, LSU has retroactively vacated its 2012 victory over South Carolina. However, the penalty to vacate victories does not result in a loss (or forfeiture) of the affected game or award a victory to the opponent, therefore South Carolina still considers the game a loss in their official records.

Game summaries

Vanderbilt

East Carolina

UAB

Missouri

Kentucky

Georgia

LSU

Florida

Tennessee

Arkansas

Wofford

at No. 11 Clemson ([[Clemson-South Carolina rivalry#Football|rivalry]])

;First quarter

  • (5:27) CLEM – Tajh Boyd 3-yard run (Chandler Catanzaro kick) (''Drive: 16 plays, 85 yards, 6:14; '''Clemson 7-0''''')
  • (1:46) SC – Bruce Ellington 13-yard pass from Dylan Thompson (Adam Yates kick) (''Drive: 7 plays, 63 yards, 3:41; '''Tied 7-7''''')
  • (1:22) CLEM – DeAndre Hopkins 43-yard pass from Tajh Boyd (Chandler Catanzaro kick) (''Drive: 2 plays, 75 yards, 0:24; '''Clemson 14-7''''') ;Second quarter
  • (2:40) SC – Adam Yates 27-yard field goal (''Drive: 12 plays, 79 yards, 6:14; '''Clemson 14-10''''') ;Third quarter
  • (11:48) SC – Ace Sanders 34-yard pass from Dylan Thompson (Adam Yates kick) (''Drive: 10 plays, 85 yards, 3:12; '''South Carolina 17-14''''')
  • (6:56) SC – Adam Yates 43-yard field goal (''Drive: 8 plays, 42 yards, 3:08; '''South Carolina 20-14''''')
  • (5:07) CLEM – Chandler Catanzaro 37-yard field goal (''Drive: 6 plays, 56 yards, 1:49; '''South Carolina 20-17''''') ;Fourth quarter
  • (4:17) SC – Bruce Ellington 6-yard pass from Dylan Thompson (Adam Yates kick) (''Drive: 13 plays, 65 yards, 7:39; '''South Carolina 27-17''''')
StatisticsSouth Carolina Gamecocksborder=1}}"SCClemson Tigersborder=1}}"CLEM
First downs2618
Total yards86–44459–328
Rushing yards45–13435–145
Passing yards310183
Passing: Comp–Att–Int23–41–111–24–2
Time of possession39:3420:02
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
South Carolina Gamecocksborder=1}}; text-align:center;"**South Carolina**PassingDylan Thompson23/41, 310 yards, 3 TD, INT
RushingKenny Miles16 carries, 45 yards
ReceivingAce Sanders6 receptions, 119 yards, TD
Clemson Tigersborder=1}}; text-align:center;"**Clemson**PassingTajh Boyd11/24, 183 yards, TD, 2 INT
RushingAndre Ellington15 carries, 72 yards
ReceivingJaron Brown3 receptions, 68 yards

Michigan

Players

Depth chart

Projected starters and primary backups versus Clemson on November 24, 2012.

Awards

  • Jadeveon Clowney – SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week, 9/17/12; SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week, 10/1/12; SEC Defensive Lineman and Co-Defensive Player of the Week, 11/26/12
  • T.J. Johnson - SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week, 10/8/12
  • Marcus Lattimore – SEC Offensive Player of the Week, 9/3/12
  • Ace Sanders - SEC Co-Special Teams Player of the Week, 9/24/12, SEC Co-Special Teams Player of the Week, 10/8/12
  • Connor Shaw - SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week, 9/24/12, SEC Offensive Player of the Week, 10/29/12
  • D. J. Swearinger - Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week, 11/11/12

Rankings

Coaching staff

  • Steve Spurrier – Head coach
  • Lorenzo Ward – Defensive coordinator
  • Kirk Botkin - Linebackers, spurs coach
  • Grady Brown - Secondary coach, assistant special teams coordinator
  • Shawn Elliott – Co-offensive coordinator, offensive line coach
  • Brad Lawing – Defensive line coach
  • G. A. Mangus – Quarterbacks coach
  • Joe Robinson - Special teams coordinator, tight ends coach
  • Everette Sands - Running backs coach
  • Steve Spurrier Jr. – Recruiting coordinator, wide receivers coach

References

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  25. [http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/111112aaa.html Swearinger Named National Defensive Player of the Week]
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  30. [http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/elliott_shawn00.html Bio: Shawn Elliott]
  31. "Bio: Brad Lawing".
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