| Year: | 1989 |
| Team: | South Carolina Gamecocks |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 6–4–1 |
| Head Coach: | Sparky Woods |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Off Coach: | Art Wilkins |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Def Coach: | Rick Whitt |
| Dc Year: | 1st |
| Stadium: | Williams–Brice Stadium |
The 1989 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent dring the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Sparky Woods, the Gamecocks compiled a record of 6–4–1. The team played home games at Williams–Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.
Woods succeeded Joe Morrison, who died of a heart attack in February 1989.
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Griffin, J. C. (1992). The first hundred years: A history of south carolina football. Atlanta, GA: Longstreet Press