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]