1996 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1996 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Southeastern Conference Eastern Division
1996 record	6–5 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach	Brad Scott
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium (c. 80,250, grass)

1996 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
#1 Florida x$		8	–	0					12	–	1
#9 Tennessee		7	–	1					10	–	2
South Carolina		4	–	4					6	–	5
Kentucky		3	–	5					4	–	7
Georgia		3	–	5					5	–	6
Vanderbilt		0	–	8					2	–	9
Western Division
#11 Alabama xy		6	–	2					10	–	3
#12 LSU x		6	–	2					10	–	2
#24 Auburn		4	–	4					8	–	4
Mississippi State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Ole Miss		2	–	6					5	–	6
Arkansas		2	–	6					4	–	7
Championship: Florida 45, Alabama 30
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference during the college football 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by head coach Brad Scott and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	7:00 PM	UCF*	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		W 33–14	76,411
September 14	7:45 PM	Georgia	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	ESPN	W 23–14	82,950
September 21	7:00 PM	East Carolina*	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		L 7–23	79,806
September 28	12:30 PM	Mississippi State	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	JPS	L 10–14	75,014
October 5	3:30 PM	at #20 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	CBS	L 24–28	84,107
October 12	7:00 PM	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY		W 25–14	50,500
October 19	1:00 PM	Arkansas	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		W 23–17	79,419
October 26	2:00 PM	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	PPV	W 27–0	36,583
November 2	12:30 PM	#6 Tennessee	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	JPS	L 14–31	82,808
November 16	7:45 PM	at #1 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	ESPN	L 25–52	85,701
November 23	5:30 PM	at #22 Clemson*	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Battle of the Palmetto State)	ESPN2	W 34–31	82,929
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.