1974 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1974
| team = South Carolina Gamecocks
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 4–7
| head_coach = Paul Dietzel
| hc_year = 9th
| captain = Jay Hodgin
| captain2 = Jerry Witherspoon
| stadium = Williams–Brice Stadium
}}
{{1974 NCAA Division I independents football records}}
The 1974 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. Led by Paul Dietzel, in his ninth and final season as head coach, the Gamecocks compiled a record of 4–7. The team played home games at Williams–Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.
Following an 0–2 start, Dietzel announced he would be resigning as head coach at the end of the season, but stated his wishes to remain as athletic director.{{Cite web |date=September 23, 1974 |title=Sports News Briefs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/23/archives/sports-news-briefs-game-4-tonight-in-hockey-series-dietzel-to-quit.html |access-date=September 30, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} Dietzel finished his tenure at South Carolina with a 42–53–1 record.{{Cite web |title=Paul Dietzel College Coaching Records, Awards and Leaderboards |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/paul-dietzel-1.html |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 14
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Georgia Tech
| site_stadium = Grant Field
| site_cityst = Atlanta, GA
| score = 20–35
| attend = 47,171
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-tech-runners-rout-s-ca/139593011/|work=The Miami Herald|title=Tech runners rout S. Carolina, 35–20|date=September 15, 1974|accessdate=January 26, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 21
| w/l = l
| opponent = Duke
| site_stadium = Williams–Brice Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbia, SC
| score = 14–20
| attend = 45,620
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-robesonian-gamecocks-upset-by-duke-2/139592132/|work=The Robesonian|title=Gamecocks upset by Duke 20–14|date=September 22, 1974|accessdate=January 26, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 28
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Georgia
| site_stadium = Sanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Athens, GA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 14–52
| attend = 50,200
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-georgia-rips-usc-in-field-day/134217627/|work=The State|title=Georgia rips USC in field day, 52–14|date=September 29, 1974|accessdate=October 28, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 5
| w/l = l
| opponent = Houston
| site_stadium = Williams–Brice Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbia, SC
| score = 14–24
| attend = 38,147
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/victoria-advocate-soph-rallies-cougars/139593032/|work=The Victoria Advocate|title=Soph rallies Cougars|date=October 6, 1974|accessdate=January 26, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 12
| w/l = l
| opponent = Virginia Tech
| site_stadium = Williams–Brice Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbia, SC
| score = 17–31
| attend = 35,897
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90588893/vpi-explosion-buries-gamecocks-in-second/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=VPI explosion buries Gamecocks in second half|date=October 13, 1974|accessdate=December 14, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 19
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Ole Miss
| site_stadium = Hemingway Stadium
| site_cityst = Oxford, MS
| score = 10–7
| attend = 32,800
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/anderson-independent-usc-wins-first/134214960/|work=Anderson Independent/Daily Mail|title=USC wins first|date=October 20, 1974|accessdate=October 28, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 26
| w/l = w
| opponent = North Carolina
| site_stadium = Williams–Brice Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbia, SC
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 31–23
| attend = 41,512
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times-news-gamecocks-stun-tar/139578448/|work=The Daily Times-News|title=Gamecocks stun Tar Heels by 8|date=October 27, 1974|accessdate=January 25, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 2
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = NC State
| site_stadium = Carter Stadium
| site_cityst = Raleigh, NC
| score = 27–42
| attend = 41,500
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-pack-crams-ball-pa/139576554/|work=The News and Observer|title=Pack crams ball past Gamecocks|date=November 3, 1974|accessdate=January 25, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 9
| w/l = w
| opponent = Appalachian State
| site_stadium = Williams–Brice Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbia, SC
| score = 21–18
| attend = 32,285
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90069625/gamecocks-clip-appalachian/|work=The State|title=Gamecocks clip Appalachian|date=November 10, 1974|accessdate=December 5, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 16
| w/l = w
| opponent = Wake Forest
| site_stadium = Williams–Brice Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbia, SC
| score = 34–21
| attend = 27,677
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-deacs-lose-agai/139592829/|work=The Atlanta Journal & Constitution|title=Deacs lose again, 34–21|date=November 17, 1974|accessdate=January 26, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 23
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Clemson
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Clemson, SC
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 21–39
| attend = 52,677
| source = {{cite news|title=Parker: Seniors Turned Us Around|newspaper=The Greenville News|author=Henry Freeman|date=November 24, 1974|page=1C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36709943/parker_seniors_turned_us_around/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite web |author= |title=Clemson Football Media Guide - 1975 |url=https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/fball_media/61/ |publisher=Clemson University |date=1975 |page=2 |access-date=November 9, 2023 }}
}}
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