USC Gamecocks Football

South Carolina adds non-conference game to 2024 schedule

South Carolina in 2024 will play Old Dominion in football for the first time, it was revealed Friday.

The game is set for Aug. 31, 2024 at Williams-Brice Stadium. USC will pay Old Dominion $1.5 million for the game, according to a review of the contract. That’s the highest payout ODU has received for a football game, the school reported Friday.

Old Dominion competes in Conference USA.

“We’re excited to have an SEC team like South Carolina on our schedule,” Old Dominion coach Ricky Rahne told the school website. “My personal experience is that Williams-Brice Stadium is one of the most electric atmospheres in college football and I’m confident that energy will bring out the best in our players.”

South Carolina is already slated to host Akron in 2024. An additional non-conference game will be added to USC’s slate at some point. The Gamecocks will travel to Clemson that season and have a road trip to Alabama that’s part of USC’s SEC West opponent rotation.

South Carolina football future schedules

SEC Rotation

2021 vs Auburn

2022 at Arkansas

2023 vs Mississippi State

2024 at Alabama

2025 vs Ole Miss

Non-Conference, 2021

09/04 Eastern Illinois

09/11 at East Carolina

10/02 Troy

11/27 Clemson

Non-Conference, 2022

09/03 Georgia State

09/24 Charlotte

11/26 at Clemson

Non-Conference, 2023

09/02 N. Carolina (Charlotte)

09/09 Furman

11/04 Liberty

11/25 Clemson

Non-Conference, 2024

08/31 Old Dominion

09/21 Akron

11/30 at Clemson

Non-Conference, 2025

09/20 at Appalachian State

11/29 Clemson

Non-Conference, 2026

09/05 Miami (Fla.)

11/28 at Clemson

Non-Conference, 2027

09/11 at Miami (Fla.)

11/27 Clemson

TBA Appalachian State

This story was originally published July 31, 2020 at 2:19 PM.

Dwayne McLemore
The State
Director of Sports at The State in Columbia, South Carolina. A University of South Carolina Class of 1997 graduate who joined The State in October 2007. I’m part of the APSE award-winning Sports staff that includes our work on the South Carolina Gamecocks and Clemson Tigers. Previously worked for The (Myrtle Beach) Sun News and Gaston (North Carolina) Gazette.
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