USC Homecoming

The Homecoming football game is just one of many highlights of our annual Homecoming celebration. Students, faculty, staff and alumni gather and reunite to celebrate their Gamecock spirit for one special week each fall.

Enjoy the ultimate Gamecock celebration

USC’s annual Homecoming week is for past, present, and future Gamecocks to come together and celebrate all things garnet and black! Throughout the week, free events pop up all over campus and the surrounding areas to provide fun opportunities for everyone to enjoy. Gamecocks are known for showing school spirit all year, but Homecoming week is when we are prouder than ever!

Homecoming 2025 Calendar Coming Soon

Fall Week of Events: October 20th - October 25th, 2025

Homecoming Kick-Off Carnival

1 - 4 p.m. on Davis Field
Come join friends and for a fun filled afternoon of life-size games and inflatables, not to mention cotton-candy and popcorn! We hope to see you there!

Comedy Show featuring Zack Fox & Sydnee Washington

8 p.m. at the Koger Center
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Valid Carolina Card required
Don’t miss out on the jokes, the laughs, and the good vibes. Grab your friends, bring your best laugh, and let’s make this night one to remember!

Powder Puff Football Tournament

6 - 8 p.m. at the Wellness and Fitness Center Intramural Field 3
Do you have what it takes to play Gamecock football? Now's your chance to prove it!
Grab some friends or sign up your organization for a student flag football tournament Tuesday night on the Campus Rec Fields, right behind STWFC.

Spurs and Struts

Doors at 5:30 p.m.
6 - 9 p.m. at Koger Center
Ready to watch your favorite organizations hit the dance floor? Come out to Koger Center to see one of our most popular annual events!
Be sure to get there early and grab a good seat!

NPHC Showcase

6 - 9 p.m. at Koger Center
Free to students with valid Carolina Card
Non-student visitors can purchase tickets

Thursday After Dark: USCream

9 p.m. - 12 a.m. at Blatt PE Center
Enter into the world of monsters, scares, and screams! This haunted house will be out of this world!

Paint the Town Garnet and Black Block Party: Presented by South Carolina Federal Credit Union

6 - 9 p.m. at Five Points District Mural Lot and Fountain
Are you ready for food, fun, music, and more?
Join your friends, families, alumni and members of the Gamecock community as we celebrate Homecoming and Paint the Town Garnet and Black!

Tailgate with SAPE

Time TBD on Greene Street
Join us for the official tailgate of USC Homecoming! Starting 4 hours before kickoff, we will have free food and soda, exciting giveaways, and shuttles straight to Williams-Brice Stadium.

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