1999 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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 (c. 80,250, grass)

1999 Southeastern Conference football standings

	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

The 1999 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by Lou Holtz in his first season as head coach and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.

This was the Gamecocks' first winless season in over a hundred years.

Schedule

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

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 Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 1999-10-17

Coaching staff

• Lou Holtz – Head Coach
• Skip Holtz – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
• Charlie Strong – Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs
• – Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line
• Chris Cosh – Linebackers
• – Running Backs
• – Tight Ends
• Jon Michael Fabris – Defensive Line
• Todd Fitch – Wide Receivers
• John Gutekunst – Defensive backs
• – Defensive Video Graduate Assistant
• – Defensive Graduate Assistant
• – Offensive Graduate Assistant
• – Offensive Video Graduate Assistant