| Year: | 1975 |
| Team: | South Carolina Gamecocks |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 7–5 |
| Head Coach: | Jim Carlen |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Def Coach: | Richard Bell |
| Dc Year: | 1st |
| Stadium: | Williams–Brice Stadium |
| Bowl: | Tangerine Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | L 7–20 vs. Miami (OH) |
The 1975 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The Gamecocks were led by first-year head coach Jim Carlen and played home games at Williams–Brice Stadium. They finished the season 7–5 overall, but lost the Tangerine Bowl to the Miami Redskins, 20–7.
South Carolina had its first two 1,000-yard rushers in school history: Kevin Long and Clarence Williams. Long eclipsed 1,000 yards in the tenth game of the season against Wake Forest; Williams followed him a week later in the game against Clemson. By 2023, Long's and Williams' final rushing totals in 1975 would remain two of the eight highest single-season rushing totals in program history.[1]
South Carolina's appearance in the Tangerine Bowl was only the third bowl game in school history, and the first since 1969.[2] It would be the first of three bowl games in Carlen's tenure as head coach.[3]