2003 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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 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

W 14–7 82,227^[1] September 612:30 PMNo. 15 Virginia*

JPSW 31–7 80,150^[1] September 133:30 PMat No. 8 GeorgiaNo. 25

CBSL 7–31 92,058^[1] September 207:00 PMUAB*

W 42–10 80,523^[1] September 277:45 PMat No. 8 Tennessee

ESPNL 20–23 ^OT107,881^[1] October 97:45 PMKentucky

ESPNW 27–21 78,592^[1] October 187:45 PMNo. 10 LSU

ESPNL 7–33 82,525^[1] October 257:00 PMVanderbilt

PPVW 35–24 77,227^[1] November 112:30 PMat No. 20 Ole Miss

JPSL 40–43 56,878^[1] November 67:30 PMat Arkansas

ESPNL 6–28 55,617^[1] November 1512:30 PMNo. 15 Florida

JPSL 22–24 81,523^[1] November 227:00 PMClemson*

ESPN2L 17–63 83,987^[1]

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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 2025