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Today's Date In Gamecock History
April 9th
2008 - The Gamecocks homered four times in a 7-1 rout of Clemson. Justin Smoak tied the school record for home runs as his fifth inning homer was his 48th career shot, tying him with former 1B Hank Small. James Darnell hit two home runs in the game, driving in four, and Phil Disher added another round-tripper. On the mound Nick Godwin picked up his third win of the year, giving up just four hits and one run in eight innings. Craig Thomas closed things out with a scoreless ninth as USC improved to 22-10 on the year.

Birthdays
Sport	Athlete	Position	Hometown	Begin	End	Note
FB	Pat Bowen	Safety	Mechanicsburg, PA	1978	1982	4-year starter had 228 tackles, 12 interceptions, 17 passes broken up
FB	Stan Candler	Wide Receiver	Piedmont, SC	1973	1976	One of leading receivers on 1973 freshman team
FB	Teddy Crawford	Cornerback	Lithonia, GA	1999	2003	10 starts, 73 career tackles
FB	Lance Garrett	Cornerback	Fayetteville, NC	1976	1977	Starter in 1976 and 1977 had 127 tackles and 4 INT including 2 vs Notre Dame in 1976

Games Played on April 9th

Football
Date	Score	Note

Men's Basketball
Date	Score

Baseball
Date	Score
1897-04-09	Furman 5 , South Carolina 4
1908-04-09	South Carolina 4 , Clemson 2
1910-04-09	South Carolina 3 , The Citadel 1
1921-04-09	Newberry 19 , South Carolina 2
1924-04-09	South Carolina 6 , Wake Forest 5
1927-04-09	Furman 10 , South Carolina 9
1928-04-09	South Carolina 8 , Maryland 0
1935-04-09	South Carolina 4 , Wofford 0
1938-04-09	South Carolina 8 , The Citadel 2
1941-04-09	South Carolina 12 , Pittsburgh 3
1946-04-09	Georgia 19 , South Carolina 3
1948-04-09	Wake Forest 7 , South Carolina 1
1951-04-09	Clemson 8 , South Carolina 6
1954-04-09	North Carolina 13 , South Carolina 8
1955-04-09	Maryland 8 , South Carolina 2
1958-04-09	N.C. State 4 , South Carolina 3
1959-04-09	The Citadel 6 , South Carolina 5
1959-04-09	South Carolina 3 , The Citadel 0
1960-04-09	South Carolina 12 , Virginia 3
1962-04-09	South Carolina 9 , Duke 6
1963-04-09	The Citadel 12 , South Carolina 4
1964-04-09	South Carolina 4 , Furman 3
1965-04-09	South Carolina 4 , N.C. State 3
1966-04-09	South Carolina 6 , Carson-Newman 4
1968-04-09	South Carolina 7 , Furman 5
1974-04-09	South Carolina 5 , Hunter 1
1975-04-09	South Carolina 2 , St. Leo 1
1976-04-09	South Carolina 13 , Erskine 4
1977-04-09	South Carolina 4 , Jacksonville 2
1977-04-09	Jacksonville 3 , South Carolina 1
1982-04-09	South Carolina 8 , Georgia Southern 4
1984-04-09	South Carolina 11 , Augusta 3
1985-04-09	South Carolina 6 , Francis Marion 3
1988-04-09	South Carolina 4 , Louisville 3
1988-04-09	South Carolina 8 , Louisville 3
1989-04-09	South Carolina 12 , Cincinnati 5
1989-04-09	Cincinnati 6 , South Carolina 5
1991-04-09	South Carolina 11 , The Citadel 6
1992-04-09	South Carolina 1 , The Citadel 0
1994-04-09	Mississippi State 6 , South Carolina 4
1995-04-09	South Carolina 7 , Mississippi State 3
1996-04-09	South Carolina 17 , College of Charleston 2
1997-04-09	Clemson 15 , South Carolina 1
1999-04-09	Georgia 8 , South Carolina 1
2000-04-09	South Carolina 7 , Mississippi State 6
2003-04-09	Clemson 4 , South Carolina 2
2004-04-09	South Carolina 5 , Florida 4
2005-04-09	South Carolina 5 , LSU 1
2006-04-09	Alabama 6 , South Carolina 1
2006-04-09	Alabama 8 , South Carolina 6
2008-04-09	South Carolina 7 , Clemson 1
2010-04-09	South Carolina 3 , Vanderbilt 2
2011-04-09	South Carolina 2 , Tennessee 1
2013-04-09	South Carolina 6 , The Citadel 5
2016-04-09	South Carolina 7 , Tennessee 4
2019-04-09	South Carolina 5 , Charlotte 4

Men's Soccer
Date	Score

Volleyball
Date	Score

Women's Soccer
Date	Score

Women's Basketball
Date	Score

Softball
Date	Score
1976-04-09	South Carolina 3 , Mississippi University for Women 0
1976-04-09	South Carolina 17 , Delta State 2
1981-04-09	Orlando Rebels 7 , South Carolina 3
1981-04-09	South Carolina 5 , Orlando Rebels 1
1988-04-09	South Carolina 1 , North Carolina 0
1989-04-09	South Carolina 1 , Georgia State 0
1989-04-09	South Carolina 4 , East Carolina 0
2005-04-09	Florida 1 , South Carolina 0
2005-04-09	Florida 3 , South Carolina 0
2006-04-09	South Carolina 3 , Arkansas 0
2006-04-09	South Carolina 1 , Arkansas 0
2008-04-09	South Carolina 6 , Coastal Carolina 2
2011-04-09	Longwood 3 , South Carolina 1
2011-04-09	Longwood 8 , South Carolina 7
2016-04-09	South Carolina 7 , Arkansas 5
2017-04-09	Mississippi State 5 , South Carolina 2