2003 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

2003 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
Conference	Big South Conference
Record	1–11 (0–4 Big South)
Head coach	Jay Mills (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Steve Barrows (1st season)
Home stadium	Buccaneer Field

2003 Big South Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Gardner–Webb $		4	–	0					8	–	4
Liberty		3	–	1					6	–	6
VMI		2	–	2					6	–	6
Coastal Carolina		1	–	3					6	–	5
Charleston Southern		0	–	4					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion

The 2003 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Jay Mills, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 1–11 with a mark of 0–4 in conference play, finishing last place in the Big South.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	3:30 pm	at The Citadel*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 10–64	15,219
September 6	1:30 pm	at Wingate*	Irwin Belk Stadium Wingate, NC	L 6–22	2,275
September 13	1:30 pm	Presbyterian*	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	L 14–17	1,941
September 20	1:30 pm	West Virginia State*	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	W 49–42	1,116
September 27	1:30 pm	Tusculum*	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	L 7–58	1,028
October 11	1:00 pm	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	L 7–50	4,325
October 18	7:00 pm	at South Florida*	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	L 7–55	28,365
October 25	1:30 pm	North Greenville*	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	L 21–49	1,941
November 1	12:00 pm	Liberty	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	L 6–17	2,219
November 8	1:30 pm	at Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	L 0–46	5,208
November 15	1:30 pm	at James Madison*	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	L 7–45	7,403
November 22	1:30 pm	Coastal Carolina	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	L 14–48	1,831
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time