2023 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 2023 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the East Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks played their home games at Williams–Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, and were led by Shane Beamer in his third year as their head coach.

This is also expected to be the final year for the East division as Texas and Oklahoma will join the SEC in 2024.

In the final year of the SEC East, South Carolina finished sixth in their division, with an overall record of 5–7. Spencer Rattler had "one of the best quarterback seasons in school history" before declaring for the NFL Draft.

Schedule
Prior to the season, several sports websites named South Carolina as having the most difficult schedule in the country in 2023.

Reunion of the early 2010s teams
During halftime of the home game against Jacksonville State on November 4, 2023, the university honored the 2010,  2011,  2012, and  2013 Gamecock football teams, ten years after the 2013 team played. Over that four-year stretch, Steve Spurrier led the Gamecocks to a combined 42–11 with one SEC East Championship. It was the most successful era in program history. Spurrier as well as roughly forty former players and their families were in attendance for the ceremony.

A special recognition had been in the works for several years, but had been rescheduled several times because of the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, and conflicts with Spurrier’s schedule and availability. However, the timing was still not without some controversy, as D.J. Swearinger announced on social media his displeasure about the ceremony taking place at halftime against a non-SEC and non-Power 5 school.

Spurrier said to the crowd: “I’m a Florida Gator now, but my wife and I will always be South Carolina Gamecocks.”