South Carolina, Coastal Carolina reschedule football game that was canceled by COVID
South Carolina has added a future date to its 2025 calendar.
The Gamecocks’ contest against Coastal Carolina University that was initially planned for the 2020 season opener has been rescheduled for Nov. 22, 2025, spokespersons from both schools confirmed Tuesday.
Coastal Carolina Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations Kevin Davis said terms of the game will be the same as the canceled contest, including a $1.4 million payment to Coastal for the trip to Williams-Brice Stadium.
South Carolina and CCU’s scheduled meeting in 2020 was canceled after the Southeastern Conference went to a 10-game, conference-only schedule amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The two schools have been negotiating terms of a rescheduled game for several months.
The Gamecocks’ other nonconference games slated for the 2020 campaign against Wofford and East Carolina were previously rescheduled for 2024 and 2027, respectively.
South Carolina’s 2025 nonconference schedule will now include a meeting with Virginia Tech in Atlanta as part of the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game, a trip to Appalachian State and home games against Coastal and Clemson.
The Gamecocks and Chanticleers previously met in 2013 and 2018. Both games were played in Columbia and South Carolina outscored Coastal by a combined score of 119-25 over those contests.
The Gamecocks are coming off a 2-8 season that saw head coach Will Muschamp fired with three games left to play. The Chanticleers, meanwhile, concluded their year 11-1 with their lone loss coming to Liberty in overtime in the Cure Bowl and placed 12th in the final College Football Playoff Rankings.
This story was originally published April 20, 2021 at 3:07 PM with the headline "South Carolina, Coastal Carolina reschedule football game that was canceled by COVID."
