2003 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

Conference

2003 record

5-7 (2-6 SEC)

Head coach

Home stadium

Seasons


2003 SEC football standings
Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
#7 Georgia ^x^y	6	–	2	11	–	3
#15 Tennessee ^x	6	–	2	10	–	3
#24 Florida ^x	6	–	2	8	–	5
South Carolina	2	–	6	5	–	7
Kentucky	1	–	7	4	–	8
Vanderbilt	1	–	7	2	–	10
Western Division
#2 LSU ^x^y†	7	–	1	13	–	1
#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 representative as 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 during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by Lou Holtz in his fifth season as USC 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, SC		W 14-7	82,227^[1]
September 6	12:30 PM	#15 Virginia*		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	JP Sports	W 31-7	80,150^[1]
September 13	3:30 PM	at #8 Georgia	#25	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	CBS	L 7-31	92,058^[1]
September 20	7:00 PM	UAB*		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		W 42-10	80,523^[1]
September 27	7:45 PM	at #8 Tennessee		Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	ESPN	L 20-23 ^OT	107,881^[1]
October 9	7:30 PM	Kentucky		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	ESPN	W 27-21	78,592^[1]
October 18	7:45 PM	#10 LSU		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	ESPN	L 7-33	82,525^[1]
October 25	7:00 PM	Vanderbilt		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		W 35-24	77,227^[1]
November 1	12:30 PM	at #20 Mississippi		Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	JP Sports	L 40-43	56,878^[1]
November 6	7:30 PM	at Arkansas		War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	ESPN	L 6-28	55,617^[1]
November 15	12:30 PM	#15 Florida		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	JP Sports	L 22-24	81,523^[1]
November 22	7:00 PM	Clemson*		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	ESPN2	L 17-63	83,987^[1]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

South Carolina Gamecocks football

Venues	Williams-Brice Stadium (1934–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Clemson

Culture & lore	Cocky "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way" Mighty Sound of the Southeast Clemson–South Carolina football brawl

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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