1988 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 1988 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played its home games at Williams–Brice Stadium. They compiled a record of 8–4 with a loss against Indiana in the Liberty Bowl. The Gamecocks were led by head coach Joe Morrison in his final season as head coach prior to his dying of a heart attack in February 1989.

South Carolina had its final eight-win season of the 1980s, and its fifth in ten years. The Gamecocks started 6–0 and were ranked No. 8 in the country. However, they lost four of their final six games, and finished the season unranked.

The 1988 season was also marked by a scandal which surfaced in October, concerning the alleged widespread use of steroids in the school's football program.

Schedule

Roster

Todd Ellis – QB; Mike Dingle – RB; Harold Green – RB; Robert Brooks – WR; Jamie Penland- WR; Patrick Hinton – LB; Ron Rabune – Safety; Robert Robinson – CB; Kevin Hendrix – DE; Collin Mackie – Kicker; Keith Bing – RB Mike Dingle – RB Gerald Williams – RB Albert Haynes – RB Ray Bolton – RB Eddie Miller WR Carl Platt – WR George Rush – WR Anthony Parlor – WR Hardin Brown – WR Vic McConnell – WR Bill Zorr – WR Darren Greene – WR Ken Watson – TE Trent Simpson – TE Mark Fryer – OL Ike Harris – OL Randy Harwell – OL Paul Shivers – OL Calvin Stephens – OL Dany Branch – OL Charles Gowan – OL Kenny Haynes – OL Marty Dye – DL Derrick Frazier – DL Tim High – DL David Taylor – DL Patrick Blackwell – DL Kevin Hendrix – DL Kurt Wilson – DL Theartis Woodard – DL Patrick Hinton – LB Derrick Little – LB Matt McKernan – LB Corey Miller – LB Keith Emmons – LB Mike Tolbert – DB Ron Rabune . DB Robert Robinson – DB Stephane Williams – DB Dale Campbell – DB Mike Conway – DB Pat Turner – DB