Gamecocks Bowl History

The South Carolina Gamecocks football team and the fans have the upcoming 2010 Chick-fil-a Bowl on their minds as I am sure Florida State’s faithful do so as well.  Before this Gamecocks blog begins to dive into the bowl game with some writings, we wanted to post USC’s bowl history (below) as a reminder that even though 2010 was a successful year with nine wins and all…

Winning the Bowl game must be a priority if the Gamecocks are going to be a contender each year in the SEC.  Winning the bowl game helps with recruiting, morale of the fans, TV impressions of the school, etc.

As seen below, the school needs to make winning on Dec. 31st against FSU a priority and begin to work on correcting the past –

USC Bowl History

Jan. 1, 1946 Gator Bowl-   Wake Forest 26, South Carolina 14

Dec. 30, 1969 Peach Bowl-   West Virginia 14, South Carolina 3

Dec. 20, 1975 Tangerine Bowl-   Miami (Ohio) 20, South Carolina 7

Dec. 29, 1979 Hall of Fame Bowl-   Missouri 24, South Carolina 14

Dec. 29, 1980 Gator Bowl-   Pittsburgh 37, South Carolina 9

Dec. 28, 1984 Gator Bowl-   Oklahoma State 21, South Carolina 14

Dec. 31, 1987 Gator Bowl-   LSU 30, South Carolina 13

Dec. 28, 1988 Liberty Bowl-   Indiana 34, South Carolina 10

Jan. 2, 1995 Carquest Bowl-   South Carolina 24, West Virginia 21

Jan. 1, 2001 Outback Bowl-   South Carolina 24, Ohio State 7

Jan. 1, 2002 Outback Bowl-   South Carolina 31, Ohio State 28

Dec. 30, 2005 Independence Bowl-   Missouri 38, South Carolina 31

Dec. 29, 2006 Liberty Bowl-   South Carolina 44, Houston 36

Jan. 1, 2009 Outback Bowl-   Iowa 31, South Carolina 10

Jan. 2, 2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl-   Connecticut 20, South Carolina 7

Overall Bowl Record: 4-11

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