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2014 — The 2014 Season

South Carolina's 2014 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Won the Independence Bowl
AP final #13 post-bowls
SP+ +6.2 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L vs Texas A&M 28-52 W vs East Car 33-23 W vs Georgia 38-35 W @ Vander 48-34 L vs Missouri 20-21 L @ Kentucky 38-45 W vs Furman 41-10 L @ Auburn 35-42 L vs Tennes 42-45 W @ Florida 23-20 W vs Sout Ala 37-12 L @ Clemson 17-35 W vs Miami 24-21 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: South Carolina 41, Furman 10. A 31-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: South Carolina 28, Texas A&M 52. A 24-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: South Carolina beat Miami 24-21 in the postseason.

"Spurs up"
— South Carolina fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for South Carolina — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.