Remembering the 1984 Gamecock Football Team
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- It's the 25th anniversary of the 1984 "Black Magic" team that set the school record for most wins in a single season. Led by team captains Bryant Gillard, Del Wilkes and Harry Smith, the "Black Magic" team finished the regular season with a 10-1 record and climbed to as high as number two in the national polls after posting wins in each of its first nine contests. The regular season concluded with a 22-21 win at Clemson, leading to an appearance in the 1984 Gator Bowl. The 1984 team was coached by Joe Morrison, who earned National Coach of the Year honors, and finished the season ranked number 11 in the Associated Press poll.
hearing bob fulton give the play-by-play makes me tear up. I listened to every game on the radio and that brings back some memories with my dad i will never forget.
I was a Pinkerton Security Guard in the GameCock locker room that year. The word Awesome is the only one there is to describe the experience. To see everything that the support people had to do to make the team function was amazing.
The team was outstanding and very professional. They were all polite and very friendly. It was a great job.
Since football wasn't on TV as much back in that day and especially the Gamecocks I enjoyed thoroughly listening to Bob Fulton every Saturday as a kid do play by play. I was under ten years of age but man it was awesome listening on my Am/FM small radio my grandmother bought me for my birthday one year. Those were the days i tell ya just using your imagination to picture what was taking place as Mr. Fulton commentated, he was the BEST!!!!!
Man, I wish we beat Navy and win out. That National Championship Trophy would have been in Columbia instead of Provo, Utah.
They couldn't even beat Oklahoma State in the Gator Bowl. ANY trophy would look good in that dark empty chasm USuC calls a trophy case.
Will you get your sorry butt back to Death Valley, please! Fucking idiot.
I was living in Greenville during that season. It really magical. Everyone except die-hard Clemson fans were pulling for the Gamecocks and then they lost to Navy. It really was cool to have an underdog team make a run. With all the Power 5 alliances you really don't see that happen as much these days.
@@anthro1019 But in defense to Oklahoma State, they had Thurman Thomas as a running back at Oklahoma State. Not to mention McCallum was a BEAST at Navy!!! And had a few good years with the Raiders. (They just weren't used to seeing an option offense like Navy at the time.
They were building something great. The Fireants, Coach Morrison in all black on the sideline, garnet helmets, and a great offense. Harold Green, Robert Brooks, Todd Ellis, Mike Hold, Sterling Sharpe, and the list went on. Joe passed from a heart attack the following February, and a long, dark time began in Gamecock football. The Cocks were in the football wilderness from 1989 to 2001. It was so sad to watch, given the enthusiasm that Coach Morrison had built around the program through the 80s.
I agree. Joe Morrison was OUR guy. He gave the football program an identity and created a new culture. Black Magic, 2001 entrance, The Man In Black, Fire Ant defense etc. I'm proud of the Gamecocks under Spurrier and Holtz. Spurrier has lifted this program up like no other. But I still say that Joe Morrison was our best coach, because he got everything started. The '14 Gamecocks couldn't hold a candle to the '84 team. The '84 team had guts and fought to the bitter end. That was the most exciting football season in our history. Our success that season was not expected. Damn I miss Joe.
I agree. The Gamecocks were on the way to becoming a perennial winner with Coach Mo. We really needed him to stick around for a while because he was an excellent coach and recruited some very good players at Carolina. He was a players coach and was a great player himself in the pros.
Coach Morrison lived right down my street. (Carlen lived across on my street too until he left in ‘81. In ‘84 I was 10 and my family went to every home game. My parents had the same season tickets for 40 years. Coach Morrison and his wife were always friendly to the neighborhood kids dropping by there house at Halloween or to raise money for a school fundraiser. Heartbroken when he died. After the ‘89 - 2001 drought it was soooooo refreshing to finally have another good coach and a good team. Sorry it didn’t last. Truly hope our current coach can recruit properly and build a dynasty. God knows the Gamecocks deserve one after all these years!
Reminds me of a story from the ‘84 squad as told by the late Del Wilkes, during the Notre Dame game Irish head coach Gerry Faust was apparently a wreck, chewing on his sleeves running up and down the sidelines acting like a maniac while Joe Morrison was cool as could be smoking a cigarette. He said that every player in that stadium probably knew who they would rather play for. Spurrier may have won more games but there has never been a cooler coach of the Gamecocks than Morrison.
I was there. This is just fabulous....thank you!
God I miss listening to Bob Fulton. RIP
I get chill bumps looking at this 1984 video. the Gamecocks got some great breaks that year. Let's "time capsule" Mike Hold, Tommy Suggs, & Jeff Grantz , 3 greatest QB's of the 20th century gamecocks. Maybe one day they'll land a Tim Tebow .
What a great year
If we’d have just beat navy we’d a won it all for sure
Wait, you couldn't beat Navy or Ok State but you would have beaten BYU, Washington, or Nebraska?
and ive cheered for todd ellis, duce staley, and lou holtz
@@macofalltrades6396 I’m not disagreeing with u at all about the Navy game. Might have been the biggest trap game ever considering the circumstances. Just saying that SC wouldn’t have beaten those other teams. Might have had a chance Vs BYU but I just don’t see them beating Nebraska or Washington.
@@Mike-yj5yw Well... they did beat Georgia, Pitt, Clemson, Notre Dame and Florida State, so it's at least reasonable to think they could beat BYU or Washington. Nebraska at the time might have been too much - they had a steamroller of a ground game.
@@macofalltrades6396 I went to several of those games that yr. My dad had season tickets. I’m still amazed that SC has never even played in a major bowl to this day much less won one. Hopefully Beamer gets them headed in the right direction. They broke my heart so many times as a kid I found another team. Lol
I was at the Clempson game. The classless hillbillies turned the scoreboard off 30 seconds after the game. Then while the Carolina fans were celebrating on the field the PA announcer said the stadium would be closed in 10 mins.
Robert Stanley what a surprise. A bunch of inbred morons
What do you expect from a bunch of yellow belly cheaters?? Clempsux at its finest. Lol
Robert Stanley , ‘bout as quick as the Gameccocks turned the scoreboard off after that loss to the Citadel.
Mike Hold, Ira Hillary, Thomas Dendy, Kent Hagood, Raynard Brown, Seawright on defense and yes Allen Mitchell and Coach Carlen!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was Joe Morrison, not Carlen.
I was a USC freshman that year and saw most of this happen in person. Make no mistake, the Spurrier years were glorious and there are thousands of Gamecock fans who would gladly take Steve's place in hell if he were to be sent there - but 1984 was a one-of-a-kind, never-again experience. If you were there, it's forever, and if you weren't, you missed a very, very big one. Columbia was the best place in the world to be in the fall of 1984, even if we didn't win it all.
First 10 win team in history, Fire Ants defense led by All American linebacker James Seawright # 45
Alright let's see if we can summon that black magic for 2018... And to think this was 5 years before I was born.
James Z. Williams right
I was there for every home game and every away game except for the win at Notre Dame. The 22/21 win at Clemson was a fun day too. The 10 game win streak in the ugly all orange uniforms that CU wore also ended
I was wondering if you had this video for when Mike Hold dropped the ball at the fridge's feet. This quality is about as good as it gets for that era. With no pictures taken of that video I'd like to see that moment with better quality for a screen shot. Thanks
I bought the poster of “HOLD THAT TIGER” at the bookstore , with the scoreboard in 5e background.
Loved the FIRE ANTS
I was less than a year old when all this happened.
humm , didnt say much about the chicken curse or the loss to navy and osu .
orange paw Yup because the ‘84 Gamecocks were frauds. Looked like utter fools in Annapolis against Navy because they fell asleep thinking an Orange Bowl birth would fall in their laps. Never underestimate a team that has nothing to lose.
GO GAMECOCKS!!!
the current team should watch this so they can see how to catch an INTERCEPTION when its thrown at them...
Should be required viewing for the current team so they know what it looks like to play like you give a rip.
@CarolinaNIM Allow me to clarify myself. Only one of the assistants implicated in the steroid scandal ever coached again.
That Navy loss still makes me sick to my stomach....
Lmao 😂!
@bridaco are you drunk ? why would it say anything about last NOV when its a video on 1984 ?
i know his grandson he plays for a team near me hes a fucking beasttttt
Mike Hold for President! 2024.
Ok Mattie!
@gvillegmcck I hate to bust your bubble, but if Morrison had lived he would have only had one more coaching season in 1989 under the cloud of the investigation on steroid abuse, then he would have been fired or forced to resign. Some of his assistants actually did time for illegally providing steroids to players. Only one of the assistants ever coached again and he was a low profile player/personnel director for a pro team.
You are wrong Joe Lee Dunn became the head coach ole Miss al grow became the head coach at Virginia.
@bridaco i said it didnt say MUCH .
the background
At 2:19, did he say that that was their 1ST 6 game winning streak? Bwwwaaaaahhhhhaaaahhhhhaaaaaahhhhhaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!
Barry McCoccinner eat a pecker tatershit. I hate your fanbase
I get that you’ve probably only been a fan of your Clemson Tigers since 2015, so let me inform you of something: Outside of the past 5 years, Clemson’s history is not much better than South Carolina’s. Hick.
What are your achievements beside sour grapes....huh ?
FTN
That's not necessarily the case. Cut the guy some slack anyways as he doesn't appreciate that dude's comment about "Go 'Mids!" on this particular video's page. I didn't appreciate anyone just trying to rain on every Gamecock fan's parade that watch this video. NoPancakeMix, appears you don't have that much class dude.
lol i agree.
South Carolina comment stereotypes Number 1) The ClemsonersThese guys like to stick their nose in everybodies buisness and act like they know EVERYTHING about football by looking at the INTERNET in such matters when you see a Clemsoner. Ignore them until 1 year when someone calls them sad or disappointingNumber 2) The Fans The fans are commenting on South Carolina videos all the time and makes sense why.. their fans of the team and usually say #GoCocks or #SpursUp Number 3) Others Others usually don’t give a shit about other people and actually stay on topic, they’re usually smart and when somebody talks shit to them they usually fight back using google or yahoo and not with the brain
@@jameylibby5578 ikr
@Dave Watkins you liked that baseball whooping didnt ya?
"Our state" 😂😂😂😂
@bacnblk your dating yourself ? careful you dont get hurt .
orange paw lol
"The high powered Duke Blue Devils." LMAO! For a fan base that was always ripping the "little" ACC schools (as you do now) you guys sure were ready to bring the goal posts down after beating "high powered" Duke and NC State.
Anthro101 they were high scoring you fucking idiot
@War Productions so we held them under their average and beat them. 2 for 2
South Carolina has a great history of losing! They sure good at that hahahhaha😂
stfu feo
What a crappy program
Tiger Macc Fan of the taters since 2015, huh?
@@butwere3-0wou ikr
@@Dev-zd3rx You're right about the Cowboys. You get a pass.
@@lionelkennedy1394 thanks! 5 sb champs ;)
@@Dev-zd3rx Yes, sir!!