South Carolina Hosts SC State Saturday Night
A full version of South Carolina’s official game notes can be found here.
QUICKLY: The No. 10/11 South Carolina Gamecocks (1-0, 0-0 SEC) open the home portion of the 2025 football season when they host in-state FCS rival South Carolina State (1-0, 0-0 MEAC) in a non-conference game at Williams-Brice Stadium (77,559) in Columbia, S.C. on Saturday, Sept. 6. Game time is set for 7 pm.
OVER THE AIRWAVES: The Gamecocks’ 2025 home opener will be streamed nationally on ESPN+/SECN+ with Kevin Fitzgerald handling the play-by-play and Charles Arbuckle providing the color commentary. Ashley Stroehlein will work the sidelines. The Gamecock Sports Radio Network features a pair of Gamecock Hall of Fame quarterbacks in play-by-play voice Todd Ellis (34th season) and analyst Tommy Suggs (53rd season). Chet Tucker returns for his third year as the sideline reporter.
FOR THE HISTORY BUFFS: 2025 marks the 132nd season of intercollegiate football at the University of South Carolina, dating back to 1892. It is the 119th-consecutive year in which South Carolina has competed on the gridiron. The University did not field a team in either 1893 or 1906. Carolina owns an all-time record of 644-617-44, a .510 winning percentage. Since the start of the 21st century, the Gamecocks have posted a 178-135 mark, a .569 winning percentage. Under Coach Beamer, the Gamecocks are 30-22, a .577 winning clip.
IT JUST MEANS MORE: The 2025 season marks South Carolina’s 34th year in the Southeastern Conference. South Carolina and Arkansas joined the SEC prior to the 1992 campaign. The Gamecocks earned the SEC Eastern Division title in the 2010 season. The Gamecocks are 114-151-1 (.430) all-time in SEC regular season play but posted a 42-38 (.525) record in conference action from 2010-19.
ABOUT LAST WEEK: The Gamecocks opened the 2025 season at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Sunday, Aug. 31, and came away with a hard-fought 24-11 win over ACC opponent Virginia Tech. Linebacker Fred Johnson (game-high 10 tackles, 1 INT) and punt returner Vicari Swain (80-yard TD return) earned SEC Player of the Week accolades while leading the Gamecocks to victory. Quarterback LaNorris Sellers completed 12-of-19 passes for 209 yards and a touchdown and added 25 yards rushing and another score. It marked the Gamecocks’ seventh-straight regular-season victory.
LOOKING TO START 2-0: The Gamecocks are looking to start the season with back-to-back wins for the second-straight year and for the third time in five years under Shane Beamer. They opened the 2024 season with wins over Old Dominion and Kentucky and also began the 2021 season with wins over Eastern Illinois and East Carolina.
THEY GONE: Season tickets for the 2025 South Carolina Gamecocks football season are officially sold out. Each year’s season ticket allotment is determined after ensuring tickets are available for students, single game/group sales, visitor allotments to ensure all fans have access to catch a game at Williams-Brice Stadium. This year’s cutoff for season tickets was 47,500. More than 7,500 new season tickets were sold this year and with record renewal rates, the Gamecocks will kick off the fall season with almost 5,000 more total season tickets sold than they did in 2024.
