2003 Duke Blue Devils football team

2003 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2003 record	4–8 (2–6 ACC)
Head coach	Carl Franks
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium (Capacity: 33,941)
Seasons

2003 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#11 Florida State †		7	–	1					10	–	3
#17 Maryland		6	–	2					10	–	3
#22 Clemson		5	–	3					9	–	4
NC State		4	–	4					8	–	5
Virginia		4	–	4					8	–	5
Georgia Tech		4	–	4					7	–	6
Wake Forest		3	–	5					5	–	7
Duke		2	–	6					4	–	8
North Carolina		1	–	7					2	–	10
† – BCS representative as champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team participated as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They played their homes games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The team was led by head coach Carl Franks, who was fired during the season and replaced by interim head coach, Ted Roof. Duke won two of the last three games of the season under Roof earning him the full-time coaching position.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 PM	at No. 18 Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		L 0–27	61,737
September 6	6:00 PM	Western Carolina*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 29–3	18,022
September 13	6:00 PM	Rice*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 27–24 OT	18,742
September 20	2:00 PM	Northwestern*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 10–28	21,143
September 27	7:00 PM	No. 6 Florida State	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	PPV	L 7–56	24,370
October 11	6:00 PM	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (Rivalry)		L 20–33	50,084
October 18	12:00 PM	Wake Forest	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Tobacco Road rivalry)	JPS	L 13–42	17,314
October 25	1:00 PM	NC State	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 21–28	27,614
November 1	4:00 PM	at No. 19 Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	PPV	L 6–23	104,772
November 8	1:00 PM	Georgia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 41–17	12,976
November 15	1:00 PM	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		L 7–40	71,731
November 22	1:00 PM	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Battle for the Victory Bell)		W 30–22	48,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2003 Duke Blue Devils football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class T 65 Mitchell, ChristianChristian Mitchell 5.0 !Jr C 78 Mooney, DanDan Mooney 7.0 !Sr FB 40 Novak, ZachZach Novak 5.0 !Jr QB 16 Smith, AdamAdam Smith 7.0 !Sr T 75 Strojny, DrewDrew Strojny 7.0 !Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 98 Ciepcielinski, DrewDrew Ciepcielinski 7.0 !Sr LB 27 Fowler, RyanRyan Fowler 7.0 !Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Ted Roof Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2003-12-07

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Drew Strojny	Tackle	7	203	New York Giants