2003 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

American college football season

2003 South Carolina Gamecocks football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	5–7 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach	Lou Holtz (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Skip Holtz (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Option
Defensive coordinator	Chris Cosh (1st season)
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium
Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

2003 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 7 Georgia xy	6	–	2	11	–	3
No. 15 Tennessee x	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 24 Florida x	6	–	2	8	–	5
South Carolina	2	–	6	5	–	7
Vanderbilt	1	–	7	2	–	10
Kentucky	1	–	7	4	–	8
Western Division
No. 2 LSU xy$#	7	–	1	13	–	1
No. 13 Ole Miss x	7	–	1	10	–	3
Auburn	5	–	3	8	–	5
Arkansas	4	–	4	9	–	4
Alabama	2	–	6	4	–	9
Mississippi State	1	–	7	2	–	10
Championship: LSU 34, Georgia 13
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by Lou Holtz in his fifth season as head coach and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. The Gamecocks did not finish the season bowl-eligible.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 pm	Louisiana–Lafayette*		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 14–7	82,227^[1]
September 6	12:30 pm	No. 15 Virginia*		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	JPS	W 31–7	80,150^[1]
September 13	3:30 pm	at No. 8 Georgia	No. 25	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (rivalry)	CBS	L 7–31	92,058^[1]
September 20	7:00 pm	UAB*		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 42–10	80,523^[1]
September 27	7:45 pm	at No. 8 Tennessee		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)	ESPN	L 20–23 ^OT	107,881^[1]
October 9	7:45 pm	Kentucky		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	ESPN	W 27–21	78,592^[1]
October 18	7:45 pm	No. 10 LSU		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	ESPN	L 7–33	82,525^[1]
October 25	7:00 pm	Vanderbilt		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	PPV	W 35–24	77,227^[1]
November 1	12:30 pm	at No. 20 Ole Miss		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi	JPS	L 40–43	56,878^[1]
November 6	7:30 pm	at Arkansas		War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, Arkansas	ESPN	L 6–28	55,617^[1]
November 15	12:30 pm	No. 15 Florida		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	JPS	L 22–24	81,523^[1]
November 22	7:00 pm	Clemson*		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina (Palmetto Bowl)	ESPN2	L 17–63	83,987^[1]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

2003 South Carolina Gamecocks football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`82`	Troy Williamson	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
S	`11`	Rodriques Wilson	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Roster

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of South Carolina.

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Venues	Old State Fairgrounds (1894, 1896–1898) Shandon Park (1895) College Park/Davis Field (1899–1925) Melton Field (1926–1934) Williams–Brice Stadium (1934–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Clemson Georgia North Carolina Tennessee
Culture & lore	Spurrier Cocky "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way" Mighty Sound of the Southeast "Sandstorm" The Brawl University of South Carolina steroid scandal
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024