2003 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

2003 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football
Conference	Big South Conference
Record	6–5 (1–3 Big South)
Head coach	David Bennett (1st season)
Home stadium	Brooks Stadium

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 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Chanticleers were led by first-year head coach David Bennett and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. In their inaugural season, Coastal Carolina competed as a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6–5 with a 1–3 record in conference play.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 6	7:00 p.m.	Newberry*	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	W 21–14	7,894
September 13	7:00 p.m.	Morehead State*	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	L 6–31	5,309
September 20	12:30 p.m.	at Jacksonville*	D. B. Milne Field Jacksonville, FL	L 9–14	1,516
September 25	7:00 p.m.	at North Greenville*	Eastside High School Stadium Taylors, SC	W 49–39	1,975
October 4	7:00 p.m.	Gardner–Webb	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	L 17–38	6,632
October 11	7:00 p.m.	Charleston (WV)*	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	W 47–0	6,592
October 25	4:00 p.m.	at Savannah State*	Ted Wright Stadium Savannah, GA	W 29–19	2,169
November 1	12:30 p.m.	VMI	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	L 10–19	6,849
November 8	1:00 p.m.	at Davidson*	Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC	W 52–27	1,711
November 15	1:30 p.m.	at Liberty	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA (rivalry)	L 21–38	4,173
November 22	1:30 p.m.	at Charleston Southern	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC	W 48–14	1,831
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time