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American college football season
The 2016 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the
University of South Carolina in the
2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Gamecocks played their home games at
Williams-Brice Stadium in
Columbia, South Carolina and competed in the East Division of the
Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Gamecocks first-year head coach was
Will Muschamp , with
Kurt Roper as
offensive coordinator and
Travaris Robinson as
defensive coordinator .
[1] They finished the season 6–7, 3–5 in SEC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division. They were invited to the
Birmingham Bowl where they lost to
South Florida in overtime.
Schedule
South Carolina announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. The 2016 schedule consisted of seven home and five away games in the regular season. The Gamecocks hosted SEC foes
Georgia ,
Missouri ,
Tennessee , and
Texas A&M , and traveled to
Florida ,
Kentucky ,
Mississippi State , and
Vanderbilt .
[2]
For the tenth year, the Gamecocks opened their season on a Thursday. The team hosted three out of four of its non–conference games which were against
Clemson (from
the ACC ),
East Carolina (from
the American ),
Massachusetts (from the
MAC ), and
Western Carolina (from the
Southern Conference ).
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 8:00 p.m. at
Vanderbilt
ESPN W 13–1030,304
September 10 7:00 p.m. at
Mississippi State
ESPN2 L 14–2757,763
September 17 4:00 p.m.
East Carolina *
SECN W 20–1580,384
September 24 7:30 p.m. at
Kentucky SECN L 10–1751,702
October 1 4:00 p.m. No. 9
Texas A&M Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC SECN L 13–2478,245
[a] 2:30 p.m.
Georgia Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (
rivalry ) SECN L 14–2877,221
October 22 12:00 p.m.
Massachusetts * Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC SECN W 34–2873,428
October 29 7:15 p.m. No. 18
Tennessee Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (
rivalry ) ESPN2 W 24–2178,696
November 5 4:00 p.m.
Missouri Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (Mayor's Cup) SECN W 31–2173,817
November 12 12:00 p.m. at No. 22
Florida
CBS L 7–2089,614
November 19 4:00 p.m.
Western Carolina * Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC SECN W 44–3176,650
November 26 7:30 p.m. at No. 4
Clemson *
ESPN L 7–5681,542
December 29 2:00 p.m. vs. No. 25
South Florida * ESPN L 39–46 OT 31,229
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from
AP Poll released prior to game All times are in
Eastern time
^[a] The game between South Carolina and Georgia on October 8, 2016, was postponed due to
Hurricane Matthew , and was rescheduled the following day on October 9, 2016.
Schedule Source:
[3]
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