2023 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team

2023 South Carolina State Bulldogs football
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record5–6 (3–2 MEAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKevin Magouirk (1st, 6th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorThomas Howard (1st season)
Home stadiumOliver C. Dawson Stadium
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Howard +   4 – 1     6 – 6  
No. 20 North Carolina Central +^   4 – 1     9 – 3  
South Carolina State   3 – 2     5 – 6  
Morgan State   3 – 2     4 – 6  
Norfolk State   1 – 4     3 – 8  
Delaware State   0 – 5     1 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2023 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by head coach Oliver Pough in his 22nd and final season and played their home games at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium in Orangeburg, South Carolina.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 267:30 p.m.vs. Jackson State*
ABCL 7–3724,238
September 26:00 p.m.at Charlotte*
ESPN+L 3–2415,622
September 91:00 p.m.at Georgia Tech*
ACCNX/ESPN+L 13–4831,452
September 236:00 p.m.The Citadel*
ESPN+W 31–109,012
October 72:00 p.m.Virginia–Lynchburg*
  • Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
  • Orangeburg, SC
ESPN+W 56–611,484
October 141:30 p.m.Tennessee Tech*
  • Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
  • Orangeburg, SC
ESPN+L 7–285,969
October 2112:00 p.m.at Delaware State
ESPN+W 35–76,300
October 267:30 p.m.No. 13 North Carolina Central
ESPNUL 28–627,889
November 43:30 p.m.Howarddagger
  • Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
  • Orangeburg, SC
ESPN+W 27–2422,269
November 1112:00 p.m.Morgan State
  • Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
  • Orangeburg, SC
ESPN+L 17–204,569
November 182:00 p.m.at Norfolk State
ESPN+W 44–173,087
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2][3]

Game summaries

Jackson State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 10 17 3 37
Bulldogs 0 0 0 7 7
See also: 2023 Jackson State Tigers football team

Notes

  1. ^ Watson, Sam (August 24, 2023). "SC State's head football coach Buddy Pough to retire after 2023 season" (Press release). South Carolina State Bulldogs. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "2023 SC State Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 Football Schedule". SCSU Athletics. Retrieved March 14, 2023.