2003 Florida State Seminoles football team

2003 Florida State Seminoles football
ACC Champions
Orange Bowl vs. Miami, L 14–16
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 11
2003 record	10–3 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (28th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Bowden
Offensive scheme	Pro Style
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews
Base defense	4-3
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 82,300)
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 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team participated as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They played their homes games at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. The team was led by head coach Bobby Bowden.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	8:00 PM	at North Carolina	#13	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	W 37–0	59,800
September 6	7:15 PM	Maryland	#11	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ESPN2	W 35–10	82,885
September 13	8:00 PM	Georgia Tech	#10	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ABC	W 14–13	82,133
September 20*	3:30 PM	Colorado	#10	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ABC	W 47–7	83,294
September 27	7:00 PM	at Duke	#6	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	PPV	W 56–7	24,370
October 11*	12:00 PM	#2 Miami	#5	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry)	ABC	L 14–22	84,336
October 18	7:45 PM	at Virginia	#7	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy)	ESPN	W 19–14	62,875
October 25	3:30 PM	Wake Forest	#6	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ABC	W 48–24	82,393
November 1*	2:30 PM	at Notre Dame	#5	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	W 37–0	80,795
November 8	7:45 PM	at Clemson	#3	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Rivalry/Bowden Bowl)	ESPN2	L 10–26	79,826
November 15†	3:30 PM	NC State	#13	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ABC	W 50–44 2OT	83,854
November 29*	3:30 PM	at #11 Florida	#9	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (Battle for the Governor's Cup)	CBS	W 38–34	90,407
January 1*	8:30 PM	vs. #10 Miami	#9	Pro Player Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL (Orange Bowl)	ABC	L 14–16	76,739
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Season summary

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Florida St 7 10 7 14 38 Florida 3 3 18 10 34 Date: Saturday, November 29 Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST Scoring summary 1 Florida Matt Leach 47 yard field goal Florida 3-0 1 Florida St Dominic Robinson 35 yard pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia kick) Florida St 7-3 2 Florida St Xavier Beitia 28 yard field goal Florida St 10-3 2 Florida Matt Leach 47 yard field goal Florida St 10-6 2 Florida St Matt Henshaw 20 yard pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia kick) Florida St 17-6 3 Florida Ben Troupe 25 yard pass from Chris Leak (Chris Leak run) Florida St 17-14 3 Florida Matt Leach 42 yard field goal Tie 17-17 3 Florida Keiwan Ratliff 77 yard fumble return (Matt Leach kick) Florida 24-17 3 Florida St Pat Watkins 22 yard fumble return (Xavier Beitia kick) Tie 24-24 4 Florida Matt Leach 28 yard field goal Florida 27-24 4 Florida St Chris Rix 1 yard run (Xavier Beitia kick) Florida St 31-27 4 Florida Ben Troupe 25 yard pass from Chris Leak (Matt Leach kick) Florida 34-31 4 0:55 Florida St P.K. Sam 52 yard pass from Chris Rix (Xavier Beitia kick) Florida St 38-34