These SC college fans take football seriously. They lead the nation in ejections

Gamecock fans reportedly get pretty rowdy at football games.

A recent report released by KGW, a TV station in Portland, Ore., reveals that South Carolina had the highest fan ejection rate in the country for the 2016 football season.

KGW requested stadium security records from every major college football program to find out how big of a problem “drunken rowdiness” among fans is.

At the University of South Carolina, 496 fans were ejected during games, which is a rate of .92 per 1,000, the report says.

USC is followed by Wisconsin, Oregon, Oregon State and Nebraska.

“That doesn’t necessarily mean those schools had the rowdiest fans,” the TV station explained. “Comparisons are difficult because stadiums have varying policies on dealing with unruly fans. Not all colleges keep records on arrests or ejections.”

Nationwide, at least 3,778 fans were ejected during the 2016 football season and 1,102 fans were arrested, according to the report.

“Of the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision programs that KGW requested data from, 122 responded but not all provided data,” KGW said. “Sixty-eight provided arrest numbers and 66 provided ejection numbers.”

Most of the misconduct involved alcohol, the station reported.

This story was originally published October 27, 2017 at 5:34 PM with the headline "These SC college fans take football seriously. They lead the nation in ejections."