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2003 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2003
team	South Carolina Gamecocks
image	South Carolina Gamecocks logo.svg
image_size	125
conference	Southeastern Conference
division	Eastern Division
short_conf	SEC
record	5–7
conf_record	2–6
head_coach	Lou Holtz
hc_year	5th
off_coach	Skip Holtz
off_scheme	Spread
oc_year	5th
def_coach	Chris Cosh
dc_year	1st
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium

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.

After starting the final two games of last season, Dondrial Pinkins was the Gamecocks' starting quarterback in 2003. South Carolina started 2–0 and ranked No. 25 after a blowout upset win over No. 15 Virginia, the first ranked opponent they had beaten since 2001, and the highest-ranked opponent they had beaten since 2000. However, out of the next five games, the Gamecocks lost three, all to top-10 opponents. South Carolina won one more game, against Vanderbilt, before ending the season on a four-game losing streak. This included a historic blowout loss to archrival Clemson in front of one of the largest crowds that Williams–Brice Stadium has ever held.

The Gamecocks finished the season with a final record of 5–7, but this would be their last losing season until 2015.

Schedule

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Roster

John Gutekunst (Defensive backs coach)

References

(2003-09-08). "Football Feature: Dondrial Pinkins".
(2018-06-22). "Stephen Garcia".
"2003 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results".
"2000 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results".
"2001 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results".
"2002 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results".
(2016-11-21). "63-17: It Was An Empty Bleachers Kind of Game".
"South Carolina Gamecocks College Football History, Stats, Records".
(September 21, 2003). "Summers' show, freshman's three touchdown runs, 161 yards spark USC". The State.

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