page_title: Williams–Brice Stadium
section_title: Notable games
hierarchical_section_title: Williams–Brice Stadium / Notable games
caption_attribution_description: I took this picture from outside Williams-Brice Stadium on Oct. 28, 2006, before South Carolina's game against Tennessee.
context_page_description: Williams–Brice Stadium is the home football stadium for the South Carolina Gamecocks, the college football team representing the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina. It is currently the 16th largest on-campus college football stadium in the NCAA and is located on the corner of George Rogers Boulevard and Bluff Road adjacent to the South Carolina State Fairgrounds.
  Carolina football teams consistently attract standing-room-only crowds to Williams–Brice Stadium. The atmosphere on game days has been voted "the best" by SECsports.com, and has been noted as being among the loudest environments to play in by opposing players.The stadium has been the site of many concerts, state high school football championships, and various other events. It hosted the annual Palmetto Capital City Classic between Benedict College and South Carolina State University until the last game in 2005.
  The stadium is sometimes called "The Cock Pit" by Gamecock fans and local media, and the name has been commonly used by these groups since at least the early 1970s when the university held a fund-raising campaign to raise money for an AstroTurf playing surface, called "Carpet the Cockpit".
context_section_description: The Gamecocks won their first game at the stadium in 1934, beating Erskine 25–0, and have compiled an overall record at the stadium of 256–177–16 (including a homecoming record of 45–29) through the 2009 college football season. Some of the biggest wins for the Gamecock football program occurred at the stadium, including:
  November 22, 1975 – Carolina beat Clemson 56–20 to set a team record for most points scored in a game against Clemson (Carolina's in-state rival).
  September 13, 1980 – Carolina beat Wichita State 73–0 to set a team record for largest margin of victory.
  October 1, 1983 – Carolina beat Southern California 38–14 to win its first game ever against the Trojans (the second and last meeting of these teams).
  November 10, 1984 – #5 Carolina beat #11 Florida State 38–26 to move up to #2 in the college football polls (the highest ranking ever achieved by the Gamecock football program).
  November 21, 1987 – #12 Carolina beat #8 Clemson 20–7 to win on national television with the highest combined rankings of the two programs entering the game.
  October 31, 1992 – Carolina beat #16 Tennessee 24–23 to win its first game ever against the Volunteers.
  October 7, 1995 – Carolina beat Kent State 77–14 to set a team record for most points scored in a game against any opponent.
  September 9, 2000 – Carolina beat #10 Georgia 21–10 to snap an 18-game losing streak in the SEC.
  September 29, 2001 – #15 Carolina beat Alabama 37–36 to win its first game ever against the Crimson Tide.
  November 12, 2005 – Carolina beat #12 Florida 30–22 to win its first game against the Gators since joining the SEC.
  October 4, 2007 – #11 Carolina beat #8 Kentucky 38–23 on a Thursday night nationally televised ESPN game, winning its first game over a top 10 SEC team.
  September 24, 2009 – Carolina beat #4 Ole Miss 16–10 on a Thursday night nationally televised ESPN game, winning its first game over a top 5 team at Williams–Brice. (USC beat #3 North Carolina 31–13 in Chapel Hill, NC on October 24, 1981.)
  November 28, 2009 – Carolina beat #15 Clemson 34–17 on ESPN; the Tigers went on to lose the ACC Championship against Georgia Tech the following week, 34–39.
  October 9, 2010 – #19 Carolina beat #1 Alabama 35–21 on CBS; beating the top ranked team in the country for the first time in school history and for the first time, winning a SEC on CBS game (the team had previously won the 1995 Carquest Bowl, which aired on CBS). ESPN Gameday was hosted at Carolina on the Horseshoe for this game.
  October 6, 2012 – #6 Carolina beat #5 Georgia 35–7 on ESPN; the game was the first time Carolina, as a Top-10 team, beat another Top-10 team. ESPN Gameday was hosted at Carolina on the Horseshoe for this game.
  November 30, 2013 – #10 Carolina beat #6 Clemson 31–17. This game was the fifth-consecutive win against Clemson for the Gamecocks.
  Top-ten crowds at Williams–Brice Stadium
caption: Williams–Brice Stadium at night.
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