1999 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 1999 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Lou Holtz, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 0–11 with a mark of 0–8 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the SEC's Eastern Division. The team played home games at Williams–Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.

1999 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	0–11 (0–8 SEC)
Head coach	Lou Holtz (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Skip Holtz (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Charlie Strong (1st season)
Home stadium	Williams–Brice Stadium
Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 12 Florida x		7	–	1					9	–	4
No. 9 Tennessee		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 16 Georgia		5	–	3					8	–	4
Kentucky		4	–	4					6	–	6
Vanderbilt		2	–	6					5	–	6
South Carolina		0	–	8					0	–	11
Western Division
No. 8 Alabama x$		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 13 Mississippi State		6	–	2					10	–	2
No. 22 Ole Miss		4	–	4					8	–	4
No. 17 Arkansas		4	–	4					8	–	4
Auburn		2	–	6					5	–	6
LSU		1	–	7					3	–	8
Championship: Alabama 34, Florida 7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

South Carolina's record of 0–11 surpassing the previous season's mark of 1–10 as the worst season record in program history. This was the Gamecocks' first winless season since 1897. South Carolina finished the 1990s with a 41–67–3 record.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	7:30 pm	at No. 24 NC State*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ESPN	L 0–10	51,500	[2]
September 11	5:00 pm	at No. 12 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 9–24	86,117	[3]
September 18	7:00 pm	East Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		L 3–21	82,605	[4]
September 25	7:00 pm	at No. 23 Mississippi State	Scott Field Starkville, MS		L 0–17	37,693	[5]
October 2	7:00 pm	Ole Miss	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	L 10–36	81,600	[6]
October 9	1:00 pm	Kentucky	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	L 10–30	73,150	[7]
October 16	7:00 pm	at Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR		L 14–48	55,123	[8]
October 23	7:00 pm	Vanderbilt	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		L 10–11	74,806	[9]
October 30	1:00 pm	at No. 4 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	CSS	L 7–30	105,941	[10]
November 13	12:30 pm	No. 4 Florida	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	JPS	L 3–20	73,951	[11]
November 20	12:30 pm	Clemson*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	JPS	L 21–31	83,523	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1999 South Carolina Gamecocks football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 4 Boo Williams Sr QB Erik Kimrey So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 3 Ray Green  Sr CB 24 Sheldon Brown So CB 35 André Goodman  So DE 55 Kalimba Edwards So DT 90 Errol Rochester  Sr DE 91 John Stamper  So DL 92 C.J. Frye Fr DE 93 Dennis Quinn  Fr DE 94 Matt Marsters Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Lou Holtz Coordinators/assistant coaches Skip Holtz (Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks) Charlie Strong (Defensive coordinator/defensive backs) Chris Cosh (Linebackers) Oliver Pough (Running backs) Jon Michael Fabris (Defensive line) Todd Fitch (Wide receivers) John Gutekunst (Defensive backs) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 1999-10-17