2003 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

2003 The Citadel Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–6 (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn Zernhelt (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorLes Herrin (3rd season)
Home stadiumJohnson Hagood Stadium[1]
2003 Southern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Wofford $^   8 – 0     12 – 2  
Appalachian State   6 – 2     7 – 4  
No. 24 Georgia Southern   5 – 3     7 – 4  
Furman   4 – 4     6 – 5  
  4 – 4     6 – 6  
Western Carolina   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Chattanooga   3 – 5     3 – 9  
East Tennessee State   2 – 6     5 – 7  
Elon   1 – 7     2 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 2003 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Ellis Johnson served as head coach for the third season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.[2][3][4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 303:30 pmCharleston Southern*
W 64–1015,219[5]
September 67:00 pmat No. 14 Delaware*
L 7–4120,612[6]
September 136:00 pmat Maryland*
L 0–6151,594[7]
September 203:30 pmat Western Carolina
TFNL 21–288,549[8]
September 272:00 pmAppalachian State
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 24–2113,569[9]
October 42:00 pmElon
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 31–717,102[10]
October 183:30 pmNo. 13 Furman
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC (rivalry)
CSSW 10–917,041[11]
October 251:00 pmat No. 10 Georgia Southern
W 28–2415,988[12]
November 12:00 pmNo. 5 WofforddaggerNo. 25
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC (rivalry)
L 16–4220,863[13]
November 86:00 pmat Chattanooga
L 20–296,079[14]
November 151:30 pmvs. VMI*
W 27–2311,336[15]
November 221:00 pmat East Tennessee State
L 13–165,911[16]

References

  1. ^ "How Johnson Hagood Stadium Came To Be". The Citadel Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  2. ^ 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 152. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  3. ^ "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  4. ^ "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  5. ^ "Simmons leads Citadel to win". The Charlotte Observer. August 31, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Kevin Tresolini (September 7, 2003). "Hens Take It Easy: Delaware's offense nearly unstoppable against unranked Citadel". The News Journal. pp. D1, D7 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Terps rout Citadel in historic blowout". The News and Observer. September 14, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Catamounts' defense rises to the occasion". The State. September 21, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Zobel's kick finishing touch for Bulldogs". The State. September 28, 2003. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Citadel rips Elon". Winston-Salem Journal. October 5, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Shocker in the SoCon". The State. October 19, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Late score lifts The Citadel to win". Sun-News. October 26, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Wofford clinches tie for Southern Conference title". The Greenville News. November 2, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Chattanooga 29, The Citadel 20". The Island Packet. November 9, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Simmons' late TD pass lifts Bulldogs". The Charlotte Observer. November 16, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Out with a bang". Johnson City Press. November 23, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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