A CodePen by Josh Rives. Simple Responsive Table - Resize your browser below 700px to view. This is a simple responsive table. The shadows on the sides are just to indicate that the user should slide to see the rest on mobile. You could easily make the shadow appear and disappear depending on if you at either end with jquery scrollLeft.

index.html

<section>
<div>
<table>
  <thead>
  	<tr>
			<th>First Name</th>
			<th>Last Name</th>
			<th>Number</th>
			<th>City</th>
      <th>Team</th>
			<th>Position</th>
			<th>Sport</th>
			<th>College</th>
      <th>Age</th>
			<th>Active</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>Demarcus</td>
			<td>Ware</td>
			<td>94</td>
			<td>Dallas</td>
      <td>Cowboys</td>
			<td>OLB</td>
			<td>Football</td>
			<td>Troy</td>
      <td>30</td>
			<td>Yes</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Tony</td>
			<td>Romo</td>
			<td>9</td>
			<td>Dallas</td>
      <td>Cowboys</td>
			<td>QB</td>
			<td>Football</td>
			<td>Eastern Illinois</td>
      <td>32</td>
			<td>Yes</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Jason</td>
			<td>Witten</td>
			<td>82</td>
			<td>Dallas</td>
      <td>Cowboys</td>
			<td>TE</td>
			<td>Football</td>
			<td>Tennessee</td>
      <td>30</td>
			<td>Yes</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</section>

style.scss

@import "compass";
section {
  width: 80%;
  margin: 0 auto;
  position: relative;
  border-right: 2px dashed #ddd;
  border-left: 2px dashed #ddd;
}
table {
   width: 100%; 
  text-align: center;
  min-width: 700px;
}
th, td {
  width: 10%; 
  padding: 10px 0;
}
th {
  color: #002E4D;  
}
tr {
  border-top: 4px solid #fff;
  background: #F1F1F0;
  &:nth-child(even) {
     background: #f9f9f9; 
  }
  thead &{
    background: #aaa;
  }
}
div {
  
  overflow-x:scroll;
}
@media only screen 
and (max-width : 700px) {
section:after {
    content:'';
  	position: absolute;
		z-index: 10;
		top: 0;
		bottom: 0;
		right: 0;
		width: 10%;
		background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0,0,0,0) 10%, rgba(0,0,0,0.2));
		background:    -moz-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0,0,0,0) 10%, rgba(0,0,0,0.2));
		background:     -ms-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0,0,0,0) 10%, rgba(0,0,0,0.2));
		background:      -o-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0,0,0,0) 10%, rgba(0,0,0,0.2));
		background:     linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0,0,0,0) 10%, rgba(0,0,0,0.2));
	}
section:before {
		content:'';
		position: absolute;
		z-index: 10;
		top: 0;
		bottom: 0;
		left: 0;
		width: 10%;
		background: -webkit-linear-gradient(right, rgba(0,0,0,0) 10%, rgba(0,0,0,0.2));
		background:    -moz-linear-gradient(right, rgba(0,0,0,0) 10%, rgba(0,0,0,0.2));
		background:     -ms-linear-gradient(right, rgba(0,0,0,0) 10%, rgba(0,0,0,0.2));
		background:      -o-linear-gradient(right, rgba(0,0,0,0) 10%, rgba(0,0,0,0.2));
		background:       linear-gradient(to left, rgba(0,0,0,0) 10%, rgba(0,0,0,0.2));
	}
}