High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2011 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks were led by seventh-year head coach Steve Spurrier and played their home games at Williams-Brice Stadium. They are a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference and finished 11-2 for the season and 6–2 in SEC play. While they finished undefeated in the Eastern Division, a 44-28 loss to Arkansas left them second in the division behind Georgia. In the Capital One Bowl, they defeated Nebraska 30–13. The 11 wins were a school record; it was only the second time in the school`s 119-year football history that it won as many as 10 games. They also finished eighth in the final Coaches` Poll and ninth in the final AP Poll—their first-ever top-10 finishes in any major poll.