The 1990 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent team in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season.

The Gamecocks were led by Sparky Woods in his second year as head coach and played their home games at Williams–Brice Stadium.

Led by quarterback Bobby Fuller,[1] the Gamecocks finished the season with a record of 6–5.

[3] South Carolina was bowl-eligible, but athletics director King Dixon declined a bowl bid, likely due to the lingering effects of the 1988 steroids scandal.

[4] [16] Lamalik Sherman CB* Bobby Fuller* QB Wright Mitchell QB Mike Dingle* RB Ken Watson* RB Rob DeBoer RB Albert Haynes RB Terry Wilburn RB Leroy Jeter RB Frank Adams RB Eddie Miller* WR Robert Brooks* WR George Rush WR David Pitchko WR Mario Henry WR Bralyn Bennett WR Carl Platt WR Bill Zorr WR Darren Greene WR Charles Steward* TE Mike Whitman TE Matthew Campbell TE Mathew Campbell TE Hal Hamrick* OL Ike Harris* OL Jay Killen* OL Antoine Rivens* OL Calvin Stephens* OL Scott Cooley OL Rich Sweet OL Gerald Dixon* DL Marty Dye* DL Corey Miller* DL Kurt Wilson* DL Cedric Bembery DL Ernest Dixon* LB Patrick Hinton* LB Joe Reaves* LB Eric Brown LB Keith Emmons LB Leon Harris* DB Keith McDonald* DB Cedric Surratt* DB Antonio Walker* DB Bru Pender DB