With the matchup of South Carolina vs. South Carolina State being shifted from Saturday to Thursday due to the anticipated impacts from Hurricane Ian, we will look back at South Carolina’s history in hurricane impacted games.
September 23rd, 1989: South Carolina vs Georgia Tech
Hurricane Hugo is probably the most devastating hurricane to strike the state of South Carolina in the last century. Hugo made landfall on Thursday night, September 21st and the Gamecocks would actually play Georgia Tech less than 48 hours later in Columbia. Georgia Tech stayed in Columbia on Friday night in a hotel that had no air conditioning and no electricity due to the power being out all over the midlands.