2016 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
2016 record	6–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Will Muschamp (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Kurt Roper (1st year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Bryan McClendon (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Travaris Robinson (1st year)
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium (Capacity: 80,250)

2016 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
No. 20 Florida xy		6	–	2		8	–	4
Tennessee		4	–	4		8	–	4
Georgia		4	–	4		7	–	5
Kentucky		4	–	4		7	–	5
South Carolina		3	–	5		6	–	6
Vanderbilt		3	–	5		6	–	6
Missouri		2	–	6		4	–	8
West Division
No. 1 Alabama x$^		8	–	0		13	–	0
No. 17 Auburn		5	–	3		8	–	4
No. 19 LSU		5	–	3		7	–	4
Texas A&M		4	–	4		8	–	4
Arkansas		3	–	5		7	–	5
Mississippi State		3	–	5		5	–	7
Ole Miss		2	–	6		5	–	7
Championship: Alabama 54, Florida 16
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 5, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represents the University of South Carolina in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks play their home games at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, and compete in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Gamecocks first-year head coach is Will Muschamp, with Kurt Roper as offensive coordinator and Travaris Robinson as defensive coordinator.^[1]

Schedule

South Carolina announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Gamecocks will host SEC foes Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas A&M, and will travel to Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State, and Vanderbilt.^[2]

The Gamecocks will make it the tenth year that South Carolina opened the season on a Thursday. The team will host three out of four of its non–conference games which are 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	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPN	W 13–10	30,304
September 10	7:00 p.m.	at Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ESPN2	L 14–27	57,763
September 17	4:00 p.m.	East Carolina*	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	SECN	W 20–15	80,384
September 24	7:30 p.m.	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY	SECN	L 10–17	51,702
October 1	4:00 p.m.	No. 9 Texas A&M	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	SECN	L 13–24	78,245
October 9^[a]	2:30 p.m.	Georgia	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (Rivalry)	SECN	L 14–28	77,221
October 22	12:00 p.m.	Massachusetts*	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	SECN	W 34–28	73,428
October 29	7:15 p.m.	No. 18 Tennessee	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	ESPN2	W 24–21	78,696
November 5	4:00 p.m.	Missouri	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	SECN	W 31–21	73,817
November 12	12:00 p.m.	at No. 22 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	CBS	L 7–20	89,614
November 19	4:00 p.m.	Western Carolina*	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	SECN	W 44–31	76,650
November 26	7:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Clemson*	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Rivalry)	ESPN	L 7–56	81,542
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings 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]

References

↑ Will Muschamp has both coordinators locked in
↑ "2016 Football Schedule Announced" (Press release). University of South Carolina Department of Athletics. October 29, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
↑ "2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved November 11, 2015.

South Carolina Gamecocks football

Venues	Williams-Brice Stadium (1934–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Clemson Georgia North Carolina

Culture & lore	Cocky "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way" Mighty Sound of the Southeast Sandstorm Clemson–South Carolina football brawl

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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