2003 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

2003 The Citadel Bulldogs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	6–6 (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Ellis Johnson (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	John Zernhelt (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Les Herrin (3rd season)
Home stadium	Johnson Hagood Stadium [1]
Seasons ←  2002 2004  →

2003 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	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
The Citadel		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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	3:30 pm	Charleston Southern *		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		W 64–10	15,219	[5]
September 6	7:00 pm	at No. 14 Delaware *		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE		L 7–41	20,612	[6]
September 13	6:00 pm	at Maryland *		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		L 0–61	51,594	[7]
September 20	3:30 pm	at Western Carolina		E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	TFN	L 21–28	8,549	[8]
September 27	2:00 pm	Appalachian State		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		W 24–21	13,569	[9]
October 4	2:00 pm	Elon		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		W 31–7	17,102	[10]
October 18	3:30 pm	No. 13 Furman		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	CSS	W 10–9	17,041	[11]
October 25	1:00 pm	at No. 10 Georgia Southern		Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA		W 28–24	15,988	[12]
November 1	2:00 pm	No. 5 Wofford	No. 25	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)		L 16–42	20,863	[13]
November 8	6:00 pm	at Chattanooga		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN		L 20–29	6,079	[14]
November 15	1:30 pm	vs. VMI *		American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC (Military Classic of the South)		W 27–23	11,336	[15]
November 22	1:00 pm	at East Tennessee State		Memorial Center Johnson City, TN		L 13–16	5,911	[16]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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.