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2011 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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 were a member of the East Division of the Southeastern Conference and finished 11–2 for the season and 6–2 in SEC play.[1]

The defending SEC East champions, South Carolina started the season 4–0 and ranked No. 10 in the country.[1] However, in the fifth game of the season, they lost at home to unranked defending national champion Auburn,[1] resulting in long-time starting quarterback Stephen Garcia being replaced by Connor Shaw.[2][3][4] Shaw would subsequently start almost every game until the end of the 2013 season, becoming the winningest quarterback in school history along the way, and never losing at home.[5] South Carolina would only lose one more game the rest of the season, a blowout on the road at No. 8 Arkansas.[1] While the Gamecocks finished undefeated against the East Division,[1] the losses to Auburn and Arkansas left them second in the division standings behind Georgia.[6] In the Capital One Bowl, they defeated No. 21 Nebraska 30–13, the program's first bowl victory since 2006.[7] The eleven 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 ten games.[8] 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.[8]

The 2011 Gamecocks were arguably the most talented team in school history.[9] They are the only team in South Carolina's history with two future retired jerseys (Alshon Jeffery and Jadeveon Clowney).[10] Melvin Ingram was a consensus All-American, one of only four in program history.[11] Jadeveon Clowney, the top-ranked recruit in his class, was named the SEC Freshman of the Year,[12] and was also a future unanimous All-American, Heisman candidate, and first pick in the NFL draft.[13][14][15] The team had three future first-round NFL draft picks (Stephon Gilmore, Melvin Ingram and Jadeveon Clowney) and sixteen total future NFL draft picks, the most in program history.[16]

Preseason

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.

Schedule

Game summaries

East Carolina

Georgia

Navy

Vanderbilt

Auburn

Kentucky

Mississippi State

Marcus Lattimore was injured during this game and he remained out for the remainder of the season.

Tennessee

Arkansas

Florida

The Citadel

vs No. 17 Clemson (rivalry)

Game Twelve– No. 17 Clemson Tigers (9-2) at No. 12 South Carolina Gamecocks (9-2) – Game summary

at Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina

  • Date: Saturday, November 26, 2011
  • Game time: 7:45 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Temperature: • Wind: • Weather: Clear
  • TV: ESPN

Capital One Bowl

Players

Depth chart

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

Awards

2011 recruiting class

Rankings

Coaching staff

References

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  2. ^ "Shaw Named Starter For Saturday". University of South Carolina Athletics. October 3, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "Stephen Garcia College Gamelog". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "Garcia Dismissed from Football Team". University of South Carolina Athletics. October 11, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  5. ^ "Connor Shaw". University of South Carolina Athletics. June 22, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  6. ^ "2011 Southeastern Conference Year Summary". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  7. ^ "South Carolina Gamecocks Bowls". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  8. ^ a b "South Carolina Gamecocks College Football History, Stats, Records". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  9. ^ "South Carolina Football's GOAT Series: Top-10 greatest Gamecock football seasons of all-time". Garnet and Cocky. May 12, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  10. ^ "South Carolina To Retire Alshon Jeffery's Jersey". University of South Carolina Athletics. August 14, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  11. ^ "South Carolina Gamecocks All-America Selections". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  12. ^ "Clowney Named Freshman of the Year". University of South Carolina Athletics. December 7, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  13. ^ "Jadeveon Clowney". University of South Carolina Athletics. June 22, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  14. ^ "Low: Clowney has lived up to the hype". ESPN.com. December 31, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  15. ^ "Texans draft Clowney with No. 1 overall pick". ESPN.com. May 8, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  16. ^ "DraftHistory.com". www.drafthistory.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  17. ^ Five Gamecocks Named All-SEC
  18. ^ Ingram Named First-Team AP All-American
  19. ^ Gamecocks Place Three on SEC All-Freshman Team
  20. ^ Ingram Named to SEC Coaches' First Team
  21. ^ Gamecocks Place Three on SEC All-Freshman Team
  22. ^ Clowney Named Freshman of the Year
  23. ^ Ingram Named to Sporting News Squad
  24. ^ Swearinger, Ellington Honored by SEC
  25. ^ Gamecocks Place Three on SEC All-Freshman Team
  26. ^ Ingram Honored as Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week
  27. ^ Ingram Honored by SEC
  28. ^ Ingram Named SEC Defensive Player of the Week
  29. ^ Ingram Earns SEC Honors Again
  30. ^ Five Gamecocks Named All-SEC
  31. ^ Ingram Named to SEC Coaches' First Team
  32. ^ Ingram Named AFCA All-American
  33. ^ Ingram Named to First Team Walter Camp All-America Squad
  34. ^ Ingram Named First-Team AP All-American
  35. ^ Ingram Named to Sporting News Squad
  36. ^ Five Gamecocks Named All-SEC
  37. ^ Lattimore Honored For Performance
  38. ^ Five Gamecocks Named All-SEC
  39. ^ Ingram Named to SEC Coaches' First Team
  40. ^ Ingram Named to Sporting News Squad
  41. ^ Robertson Honored By SEC
  42. ^ Shaw Earns SEC Accolades
  43. ^ Shaw Honored by SEC
  44. ^ Swearinger, Ellington Honored by SEC
  45. ^ Watkins Named SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week
  46. ^ Five Gamecocks Named All-SEC
  47. ^ Ingram Named to SEC Coaches' First Team
  48. ^ Wilds Named Freshman of the Week
  49. ^ Dalton Wilson Named to Capital One Academic All-America Second Team
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  53. ^ Bio: John Butler
  54. ^ Bio: Shawn Elliott
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  57. ^ Bio: Jeep Hunter
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