American college football season
The 2003 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2003 college football season . The Gators competed in Division I-A of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. They were led by second-year coach Ron Zook , who coached the Gators to a first-place tie in the SEC East, an Outback Bowl berth, and an overall win–loss record of 8–5 (.615). Consensus All-American Keiwan Ratliff set the school single-season interception mark in 2003 with 9.
Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 San Jose State * PPV W 65–390,011 September 6 at No. 3 Miami (FL) * No. 21 ABC L 33–3879,932 September 13 Florida A&M * No. 19 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL PPV W 63–390,087 September 20 No. 12 Tennessee No. 17 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry ) CBS L 10–2490,332 September 27 at Kentucky No. 25 JPS W 24–2170,579 October 4 Ole Miss No. 24 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL JPS L 17–2090,101 October 11 at No. 6 LSU CBS W 19–792,077 October 18 at No. 11 Arkansas CBS W 33–2873,934 November 1 vs. No. 4 Georgia No. 23 CBS W 16–1384,411 November 8 Vanderbilt No. 17 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL PPV W 35–1790,122 November 15 at South Carolina No. 15 JPS W 24–2281,523 November 29 No. 9 Florida State * No. 11 CBS L 34–3890,407 January 1, 2004 vs. No. 13 Iowa * No. 17 ESPN L 17–3765,372 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Sources: 2012 Florida Football Media Guide ,[ 2] [ 3]
1 2 3 4 Total San Jose St 3 0 0 0 3 • Florida 3 27 14 21 65
Scoring summary Q1 SJSU Carr 47 yard field goal SJSU 3–0 Q1 FLA Leach 20 yard field goal Tie 3–3 Q2 FLA Leach 37 yard field goal FLA 6–3 Q2 FLA Carthon 2 yard run (Leach kick) FLA 13–3 Q2 FLA Kight 21 yard pass from Martin (Leach kick) FLA 20–3 Q2 FLA Scott 38 yard interception return (Leach kick) FLA 27–3 Q2 FLA Leach 30 yard field goal FLA 30–3 Q3 FLA Carthon 2 yard run (Leach kick) FLA 37–3 Q3 FLA Kight 16 yard pass from Leak (Leach kick) FLA 44–3 Q4 FLA Lewis 22 yard fumble return (Leach kick) FLA 51–3 Q4 FLA Jackson 29 yard pass from Dickey (Leach kick) FLA 58–3 Q4 FLA Orr 72 yard interception return (Leach kick) FLA 65–3
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1 2 3 4 Total Florida 10 9 14 0 33 • Miami (FL) 10 0 15 13 38
Date: September 6Location: Orange Bowl Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:42Game attendance: 79,932Game weather: Cloudy 67% Hum • 87 °F (31 °C) • Wind 14 SW
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1 2 3 4 Total Florida A&M 3 0 0 0 3 • Florida 14 21 7 21 63
Date: September 13Location: Ben Hill Griffith StadiumGame start: 6:00 p.m. EST
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1 2 3 4 Total • Tennessee 0 7 10 7 24 Florida 3 0 0 7 10
Date: September 20Location: Ben Hill Griffith StadiumGame start: 12:00 p.m. EST
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1 2 3 4 Total • Florida 0 3 0 21 24 Kentucky 7 7 7 0 21
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1 2 3 4 Total • Ole Miss 3 7 3 7 20 Florida 7 10 0 0 17
Date: October 4Location: Ben Hill Griffith StadiumGame start: 12:30 p.m. EST
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1 2 3 4 Total • Florida 10 3 6 0 19 LSU 7 0 0 0 7
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1 2 3 4 Total • Florida 0 13 13 7 33 Arkansas 7 0 0 21 28
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1 2 3 4 Total Georgia 0 3 0 10 13 • Florida 0 3 7 6 16
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1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 7 3 0 7 17 • Florida 14 7 7 7 35
Date: November 8Location: Ben Hill Griffith Stadium
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1 2 3 4 Total • Florida 0 7 17 0 24 South Carolina 9 7 6 0 22
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Florida State Seminoles (9–2) at Florida Gators (8–3)
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Florida State 7 10 7 14 38 Florida 3 3 18 10 34
at Ben Hill Griffith Stadium • Gainesville, Florida
Date : November 29Game time : 3:20 p.m. ESTGame weather : Fair • 54 °F (12 °C) • Wind 10 NWGame attendance : 90,407Referee : Jack ChildressTV : CBSBox Score
Game information Florida St Rix Washington Robinson Florida Leak Carthon Troupe
Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP FSU FLA 1 6:05 11 46 4:27 Florida 47-yard field goal by Leach 0 3 1 1:46 8 78 4:19 Florida St Robinson 35-yard touchdown reception from Rix, Beitia kick good 7 3 2 7:31 11 57 6:29 Florida St 28-yard field goal by Beitia 10 3 2 5:31 5 21 2:00 Florida 47-yard field goal by Leach 10 6 2 5:02 2 23 0:29 Florida St Henshaw 20-yard touchdown reception from Rix, Beitia kick good 17 6 3 13:25 5 78 1:35 Florida Troupe 25-yard touchdown reception from Leak, 2-point run good 17 14 3 7:44 9 41 3:30 Florida 42-yard field goal by Leach 17 17 3 6:10 Florida Fumble recovery returned 77 yards for touchdown by Ratliff, Leach kick good 17 24 3 2:49 Florida St Fumble recovery returned 25 yards for touchdown by Watkins, Beitia kick good 24 24 4 8:01 11 81 3:24 Florida 28-yard field goal by Leach 24 27 4 5:01 8 80 3:00 Florida St Rix 1-yard touchdown run, Beitia kick good 31 27 4 2:50 9 60 2:11 Florida Troupe 25-yard touchdown reception from Leak, Leach kick good 31 34 4 0:55 5 72 1:55 Florida St Sam 52-yard touchdown reception from Rix, Beitia kick good 38 34 "TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football . 38 34
1 2 3 4 Total • Iowa 7 13 14 3 37 Florida 7 0 3 7 17
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Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] 2009 Southeastern Conference Football Media Guide , Florida Year-by-Year Records, Southeastern Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, p. 60 (2009).2012 Florida Football Media Guide Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators , Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). ISBN 0-7948-2298-3 . ^ University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 2003 Media Guide" (PDF) . floridagators.com . University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved March 15, 2018 . ^ 2012 Florida Football Media Guide Archived 2013-05-27 at the Wayback Machine ^ GatorZone.com, Football, History, Florida Football 2003 [permanent dead link ^ ESPN . Retrieved 31 July 2014.^ "2003 Football Boxscore Notes vs Miami (FL) 2003-09-06" .^ "2003 Football Boxscore Notes vs Florida A&M 2003-09-13" .^ "2003 Football Boxscore Notes vs Tennessee 2003-09-20" .^ ESPN.com [dead link ^ ESPN.com [dead link ^ ESPN.com . Retrieved 11 February 2018.^ ESPN.com . Retrieved 11 February 2018.^ ESPN.com [dead link ^ ESPN.com . Retrieved 11 February 2018.^ ESPN.com [dead link ^ ESPN.com . Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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