| Year: | 1988 |
| Team: | South Carolina Gamecocks |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 8–4 |
| Head Coach: | Joe Morrison |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Off Coach: | Al Groh |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Off Scheme: | Pro-style |
| Def Coach: | Joe Lee Dunn |
| Dc Year: | 2nd |
| Stadium: | Williams–Brice Stadium |
| Bowl: | Liberty Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | L 10–34 vs. Indiana |
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.[1]
South Carolina had its final eight-win season of the 1980s, and its fifth in ten years.[2] 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.[3] [4]
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.[5] [6]
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