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 WilliamsâÂÂBrice Stadium. They compiled a record of 8âÂÂ4 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 6âÂÂ0 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.
Todd Ellis â QB; Mike Dingle â RB; Harold Green â RB; Robert Brooks â WR; Jamie Penland- WR; Patrick Hinton â LB; Ron Rabune â Safety; Robert Robinson â CB; Kevin Hendrix â DE; Collin Mackie â Kicker; Keith Bing â RB Mike Dingle â RB Gerald Williams â RB Albert Haynes â RB Ray Bolton â RB Eddie Miller WR Carl Platt â WR George Rush â WR Anthony Parlor â WR Hardin Brown â WR Vic McConnell â WR Bill Zorr â WR Darren Greene â WR Ken Watson â TE Trent Simpson â TE Mark Fryer â OL Ike Harris â OL Randy Harwell â OL Paul Shivers â OL Calvin Stephens â OL Dany Branch â OL Charles Gowan â OL Kenny Haynes â OL Marty Dye â DL Derrick Frazier â DL Tim High â DL David Taylor â DL Patrick Blackwell â DL Kevin Hendrix â DL Kurt Wilson â DL Theartis Woodard â DL Patrick Hinton â LB Derrick Little â LB Matt McKernan â LB Corey Miller â LB Keith Emmons â LB Mike Tolbert â DB Ron Rabune . DB Robert Robinson â DB Stephane Williams â DB Dale Campbell â DB Mike Conway â DB Pat Turner â DB