South Carolina announced their 2015 football schedule on October 14, 2014. The 2015 schedule consisted of 7 home games, 4 away games and 1 neutral game in the regular season. The Gamecocks hosted SEC foes
Florida,
Kentucky,
LSU, and
Vanderbilt, and traveled to
Georgia,
Missouri,
Tennessee, and
Texas A&M.[2]
The Gamecocks hosted three of the four non–conference play against
UCF,
the Citadel and in-state rival
Clemson. South Carolina traveled to play
North Carolina at a neutral site in
Charlotte, North Carolina. The Gamecocks traveled to
College Station, Texas, for the first time ever on Halloween. They were set to host LSU at home but the contest was relocated to Baton Rouge as a consequence of
severe flooding in Columbia, South Carolina.[3] On October 13, 2015, Steve Spurrier officially announced his resignation as head football coach, and co-offensive coordinator Shawn Elliott was named interim head coach for the remaining games of the season.[4]
^[a]The game between South Carolina and LSU was originally scheduled to take place in Columbia. However, in light of
massive flooding in Columbia earlier in the week, the game was moved to Baton Rouge. The game was still considered a home game for South Carolina[5]
‡ As part of their penalty for NCAA violations, Missouri has retroactively vacated its 2015 victory over South Carolina. However, the penalty to vacate victories does not result in a loss (or forfeiture) of the affected game or award a victory to the opponent, therefore South Carolina still considers the game a loss in their official records.[7]
^"2015 Football Schedule Announced" (Press release). University of South Carolina Department of Athletics. October 14, 2014. Archived from
the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
^"Football Game Moved to Baton Rouge" (Press release). University of South Carolina Department of Athletics. October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015.