2015 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 2015 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks competed as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) as part of its East Division. The team was led by head coach Steve Spurrier, who was in his eleventh year before his resignation on October 12, 2015; co-offensive coordinator Shawn Elliott took over as interim head coach. They played their home games at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in SEC play to finish in seventh place in the East division.

2015 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record3–9 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach
  • Steve Spurrier (first 6 games, resigned)
  • Shawn Elliott (interim)
Offensive coordinatorG. A. Mangus
Offensive schemeMultiple
Co-defensive coordinatorLorenzo Ward (4th as DC, 7th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJon Hoke (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumWilliams-Brice Stadium
Tiger Stadium (1 game)
2015 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 25 Florida x  7 1   10 4  
No. 22 Tennessee  5 3   9 4  
Georgia  5 3   10 3  
Vanderbilt  2 6   4 8  
Kentucky  2 6   5 7  
Missouri*  1 7   5 7  
South Carolina  1 7   3 9  
West Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#^  7 1   14 1  
No. 10 Ole Miss  6 2   10 3  
Arkansas  5 3   8 5  
No. 16 LSU *  5 3   9 3  
Texas A&M  4 4   8 5  
Mississippi State  4 4   9 4  
Auburn  2 6   7 6  
Championship: Alabama 29, Florida 15
  • # College Football Playoff champion
  • ^ College Football Playoff participant
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * LSU and Missouri vacated all wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll
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