2003 Big South Conference football season

The 2003 Big South Conference football season was the second football season for the Big South Conference. The season began on Saturday, August 30, 2003 and concluded on November 22. The Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs won the conference's regular season championship, their second consecutive title.

2003 Big South Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FCS
SportFootball
DurationAugust 30–November 22, 2003
Number of teams5
Total attendance140,593
Conference championsGardner–Webb
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

Awards and honors

Conference honors

All-Conference Teams

Position Player Class Team
First Team Offense
QB Nick Roberts So. Gardner–Webb
RB Dre Barnes Jr. Liberty
RB Sean Mizzer So. VMI
WR William Andrews Jr. Gardner–Webb
WR Aaron Dunklin Sr. Charleston Southern
WR Lauren Williams R–So. Liberty
TE Danny McCoy Sr. Charleston Southern
OL Jamie Pridgen Sr. Gardner–Webb
OL Ryan Smith Jr. Gardner–Webb
OL Sam Brown Sr. VMI
OL Tom Smith Jr. Liberty
OL Clarence Wright Sr. Charleston Southern
First Team Defense
DL Aaron DeBerry Sr. Liberty
DL Vichael Foxx Jr. VMI
DL Jason Threat Sr. Gardner–Webb
DL Harold Wells Jr. Gardner–Webb
LB Jim Maxwell Sr. Gardner–Webb
LB Derik Screen Sr. VMI
LB Maurice Simpkins Jr. Coastal Carolina
LB Jonna Lee Fr. Charleston Southern
DB Mario Williams Jr. Gardner–Webb
DB Musa Sarki Sr. VMI
DB Aaron Sykes Sr. Gardner–Webb
DB C.J. Moore R–So. Liberty
First Team Special Teams
PK Matt Sharpe Sr. VMI
P Graham Whitlock Jr. Gardner–Webb
LS Marlon Roman Jr. Liberty
RS Greg Williamson Jr. Coastal Carolina
Reference:[1]

Rankings

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Final
Charleston Southern TSN
C
Coastal Carolina TSN
C
Gardner–Webb TSN
C 25
Liberty TSN
C
VMI TSN
C

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Big South member won
Big South member lost
Big South teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

Week One

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultReference
August 301:30 PMVMINavyNavy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis, MDL 10–37[2]
August 303:30 PMCharleston SouthernThe CitadelJohnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SCL 10–64[3]
August 306:00 PMLibertyJames MadisonBridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg, VAL 6–48[4]
August 306:00 PMClark AtlantaGardner–WebbSpangler StadiumBoiling Springs, NCW 45–0[5]

Week Two

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultReference
September 61:00 PMVMIDavidsonRichardson StadiumDavidson, NCW 31–9[6]
September 61:30 PMCharleston SouthernWingateIrwin Belk StadiumWingate, NCL 6–22[7]
September 63:00 PMGardner–WebbMontana StateBobcat StadiumBozeman, MTL 3–28[8]
September 67:00 PMNewberryCoastal CarolinaBrooks StadiumConway, SCW 21–14[9]
September 67:00 PMLibertyToledoGlass BowlToledo, OHL 3–49[10]

Week Three

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultReference
September 131:00 PMWilliam & MaryVMIAlumni Memorial FieldLexington, VAL 24–34[11]
September 131:30 PMPresbyterianCharleston SouthernBuccaneer FieldNorth Charleston, SCL 14–17[12]
September 136:00 PMWebber InternationalGardner–WebbSpangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NCW 52–10[13]
September 136:00 PMLibertyBowling GreenDoyt Perry StadiumBowling Green, OHL 3–62[14]
September 137:00 PMMorehead StateCoastal CarolinaBrooks Stadium • Conway, SCL 6–31[15]

Week Four

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultReference
September 2012:30 PMCoastal CarolinaJacksonvilleD. B. Milne FieldJacksonville, FLL 9–14[16]
September 201:00 PMNorfolk StateVMIAlumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VAW 34–9[17]
September 201:30 PMWest Virginia StateCharleston SouthernBuccaneer Field • North Charleston, SCW 49–42[18]
September 201:30 PMKentucky WesleyanLibertyWilliams StadiumLynchburg, VAW 47–7[19]
September 206:00 PMChattanoogaGardner–WebbSpangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NCW 23–13[20]

Week Five

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultReference
September 256:00 PMCoastal CarolinaNorth GreenvilleYounts StadiumTigerville, SCW 39–19[21]
September 271:00 PMGeorgetownVMIAlumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VAW 42–14[22]
September 271:30 PMTusculumCharleston SouthernBuccaneer Field • North Charleston, SCL 7–58[23]
September 272:00 PMGardner–WebbFurmanPaladin StadiumGreenville, SCL 0–45[24]
September 277:00 PMYoungstown StateLibertyWilliams Stadium • Lynchburg, VAL 3–34[25]

Week Six

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultReference
October 47:00 PMGardner–WebbCoastal CarolinaBrooks Stadium • Conway, SCGW 38–17[26]
October 47:00 PMVMILibertyWilliams Stadium • Lynchburg, VALib 31–28[27]

Week Seven

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultReference
October 111:00 PMCharleston SouthernVMIAlumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VAVMI 50–7[28]
October 113:30 PMLibertyGardner–WebbSpangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NCGW 27–17[29]
October 117:00 PMCharleston (WV)Coastal CarolinaBrooks Stadium • Conway, SCW 47–7[30]

Week Eight

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultReference
October 181:00 PMGardner–WebbVMIAlumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VAGW 37–25[31]
October 182:00 PMLibertyEast Tennessee StateMemorial CenterJohnson City, TNL 23–33[32]
October 187:00 PMCharleston SouthernSouth FloridaRaymond James StadiumTampa, FLL 7–55[33]

Week Nine

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultReference
October 251:30 PMNorth GreenvilleCharleston SouthernBuccaneer Field • North Charleston, SCL 21–49[34]
October 253:00 PMVMIRichmondCity StadiumRichmond, VAL 25–35[35]
October 254:00 PMCoastal CarolinaSavannah StateTed Wright StadiumSavannah, GAW 29–19[36]

Week Ten

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultReference
November 112:00 PMLibertyCharleston SouthernBuccaneer Field • North Charleston, SCLib 17–6[37]
November 112:30 PMVMICoastal CarolinaBrooks Stadium • Conway, SCVMI 19–10[38]
November 14:00 PMGardner–WebbFlorida AtlanticLockhart StadiumFort Lauderdale, FLL 26–31[39]

Week Eleven

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultReference
November 81:00 PMCoastal CarolinaDavidsonRichardson Stadium • Davidson, NCW 52–27[40]
November 81:00 PMAustin PeayVMIAlumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VAW 48–7[41]
November 81:30 PMCharleston SouthernGardner–WebbSpangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NCGW 46–0[42]
November 81:30 PMNorfolk StateLibertyWilliams Stadium • Lynchburg, VAW 69–21[43]

Week Twelve

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultReference
November 151:30 PMVMIThe CitadelAmerican Legion Memorial StadiumCharlotte, NCL 23–27[44]
November 151:30 PMCharleston SouthernJames MadisonBridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VAL 7–45[45]
November 151:30 PMFlorida AtlanticGardner–WebbSpangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NCW 22–19[46]
November 151:30 PMCoastal CarolinaLibertyWilliams Stadium • Lynchburg, VALib 38–21[47]

Week Thirteen

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultReference
November 221:30 PMHofstraLibertyWilliams Stadium • Lynchburg, VAW 49–42 (OT)
November 221:30 PMCoastal CarolinaCharleston SouthernBuccaneer Field • North Charleston, SCCCU 48–14
November 222:00 PMGardner–WebbWestern CarolinaE. J. Whitmire StadiumCullowhee, NCL 16–39

Head coaches

Jay Mills, Charleston Southern
David Bennett, Coastal Carolina
Steve Patton, Gardner–Webb
Ken Karcher, Liberty
Cal McCombs, VMI

References

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