Gamecocks and Troy Set for 3:30 pm Kick on Oct. 2
Non-Conference Game to be Televised on SEC Network
South Carolina Football will host the Troy Trojans in a non-conference game at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia on Saturday, October 2, at 3:30 pm ET, the Southeastern Conference announced today. The game will be televised on SEC Network.
The Gamecocks and Trojans have met three times previously, with South Carolina coming out on top in all three contests. Carolina won by a 17-7 score in 2004, by a 45-20 margin in 2005 and by a 69-24 count in 2010. All three previous games were played in Columbia.
The Gamecocks are 2-0 in non-conference action this season with wins over Eastern Illinois and East Carolina.
South Carolina (2-1, 0-1 SEC) hosts Kentucky (3-0, 1-0 SEC) this week in an SEC Eastern Division matchup while Troy (2-1, 0-0 Sun Belt) travels to Monroe, La., for a Sun Belt matchup with ULM (1-1, 0-0 Sun Belt).
Here is the entire SEC television slate for games of Saturday, Oct. 2:
Tennessee at Missouri Noon SEC Network
Arkansas at Georgia Noon ESPN
Troy at South Carolina 3:30 pm SEC Network
Ole Miss at Alabama 3:30 pm CBS
Florida at Kentucky 6 pm ESPN
OR 7 pm SEC Network
Mississippi State at Texas A&M 6 pm ESPN
OR 7 pm SEC Network
UConn at Vanderbilt 7:30 pm ESPNU
Auburn at LSU 9 pm ESPN