[5] Gamecock fan Marcus Washington's trap remix of "Sandstorm" also made its debut at Williams–Brice, and has since become a "staple" at home football games.

[6][7][8] South Carolina will have sixteen returning players on offense, nine on defense and two on special teams that started games in 2017.

South Carolina traveled to four SEC opponents: Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Ole Miss and Florida.

The Gamecocks hosted three non–conference games which are against Coastal Carolina of the Sun Belt, Akron of the MAC and Chattanooga of the SoCon.

South Carolina traveled to archrival Clemson of the ACC for 116th annual Palmetto Bowl to finish the regular season.

The Gamecocks were originally scheduled to face Conference USA opponent Marshall on September 15, but this game was cancelled due to Hurricane Florence.

[37] Werner has previously been on Ole Miss, Miami, and Alabama's coaching staff.

[38] On January 11, it was announced that former South Carolina star running back Marcus Lattimore would be joining the staff as the director of player development.

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