2011 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

2011 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Capital One Bowl Champions
Capital One Bowl vs. Nebraska, W 30–13
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 9
2011 record	11–2 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach	Steve Spurrier (7th year)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Ellis Johnson
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium (Capacity: 80,250)
Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

2011 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
#19 Georgia x		7	–	1					10	–	4
#9 South Carolina		6	–	2					11	–	2
Florida		3	–	5					7	–	6
Vanderbilt		2	–	6					6	–	7
Kentucky		2	–	6					5	–	7
Tennessee		1	–	7					5	–	7
Western Division
#2 LSU x$		8	–	0					13	–	1
#1 Alabama  %#		7	–	1					12	–	1
#5 Arkansas		6	–	2					11	–	2
Auburn		4	–	4					8	–	5
Mississippi State		2	–	6					7	–	6
Ole Miss		0	–	8					2	–	10
Championship: LSU 42, Georgia 10
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

1 2 3 4 Total East Carolina 7 17 7 6 37 • South Carolina 0 14 28 14 56 Date: September 3 Location: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC

1 2 3 4 Total • South Carolina 0 14 14 17 45 Georgia 6 7 7 22 42 Date: September 10 Location: Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA

1 2 3 4 Total Navy 7 7 7 0 21 • South Carolina 7 10 0 7 24 Date: September 17 Location: Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC

1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 3 0 0 0 3 • South Carolina 0 14 7 0 21 Date: September 24 Location: Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC

1 2 3 4 Total • Auburn 3 6 0 7 16 South Carolina 6 0 7 0 13 Date: October 1 Location: Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC

1 2 3 4 Total Kentucky 3 0 0 0 3 • South Carolina 7 13 13 21 54 Date: October 8 Location: Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC

1 2 3 4 Total • South Carolina 0 7 0 7 14 Mississippi State 7 0 0 5 12 Date: October 15 Location: Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, MS

1 2 3 4 Total • South Carolina 0 7 7 0 14 Tennessee 3 0 0 0 3 Date: October 29 Location: Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN

The 2011 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks were led by seventh-year head coach Steve Spurrier and played their home games at Williams-Brice Stadium. They are a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference and finished 11-2 for the season and 6–2 in SEC play. While they finished undefeated against the Eastern Division, a 13-16 loss to Auburn and a 28-44 loss to Arkansas left them second in the division standings behind Georgia. In the Capital One Bowl, they defeated Nebraska 30–13. The 11 wins were a school record; it was only the second time in the school's 119-year football history that it won as many as 10 games. They also finished eighth in the final Coaches' Poll and ninth in the final AP Poll—their first-ever top-10 finishes in any major poll.

On April 10, 2011, the Garnet squad defeated the Black squad, 21–17, in the annual Garnet & Black Spring Game, in front of a crowd of 30,100.

Projected starters and primary backups versus Clemson on November 26, 2011.

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