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South Carolina football: top New Year’s Day moments in program history

Defensive end Jadeveon Clowney #7 of the South Carolina Gamecocks. (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)

Celebrate the new year with some top moments from South Carolina football.

South Carolina won’t be playing in a bowl game this postseason, after pulling out of a Gasparilla Bowl matchup with UAB due to COVID issues in the locker room. While the Gamecocks will have to sit this year out, we can still celebrate the new year by reliving some of the program’s top New Year’s Day moments.

As we welcome in 2021, let’s take a look back at several memorable plays and games that have helped the Gamecocks ring new years of the past, starting with a 2013 meeting with Michigan in the Outback Bowl.