2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

2006 Williams-Brice Stadium
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2006 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$#		7	–	1					13	–	1
No. 25 Tennessee		5	–	3					9	–	4
Kentucky		4	–	4					8	–	5
No. 23 Georgia		4	–	4					9	–	4
South Carolina		3	–	5					8	–	5
Vanderbilt		1	–	7					4	–	8
Western Division
No. 15 Arkansas x		7	–	1					10	–	4
No. 9 Auburn		6	–	2					11	–	2
No. 3 LSU  %		6	–	2					11	–	2
Alabama		2	–	6					6	–	7
Ole Miss		2	–	6					4	–	8
Mississippi State		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: Florida 38, Arkansas 28
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–7 (0–6). Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the

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The Gamecocks finished the season 8–5, ending with wins in the Palmetto Bowl and Liberty Bowl. Their eight-win campaign and victory over Clemson were both the first since 2001. Four of the team's five losses were within seven points to top-12 opponents.

Schedule

The October 28 game against Tennessee played host to ESPN's

, the third year in a row that South Carolina had hosted the program.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	8:00 pm	at Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	ESPN	W 15–0	50,277
September 9	7:45 pm	No. 12 Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry )	ESPN	L 0–18	82,513
September 16	7:00 pm	Wofford*	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	W 27–20	74,286
September 23	7:00 pm	Florida Atlantic*	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	W 45–6	70,860
September 28	7:30 pm	No. 2 Auburn	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ESPN	L 17–24	74,374
October 7	7:00 pm	at Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	ESPN2	W 24–17	61,449
October 21	3:00 pm	at Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	PPV	W 31–13	37,280
October 28	7:45 pm	No. 8 College GameDay) (rivalry )	ESPN	L 24–31	82,011
November 4	7:45 pm	No. 12 Arkansas	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ESPN	L 20–26	74,926
November 11	3:30 pm	at No. 6 CBS	L 16–17	90,703
November 18	12:30 pm	Middle Tennessee*	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	W 52–7	70,442
November 25	12:00 pm	at No. 24 Palmetto Bowl )	ESPN	W 31–28	83,428
December 29	4:30 pm	vs. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl )	ESPN	W 44–36	56,103
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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