| 2003 Texas A&M Aggies football | |
| Conference | Big 12 Conference |
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| South Division | |
| 2003 record | 4–8 (2–6 Big 12) |
| Head coach | Dennis Franchione |
| Offensive coordinator | Les Koenning, Jr. |
| Defensive coordinator | Carl Torbush |
| Home stadium | Kyle Field (Capacity: 82,600) |
Seasons | |
| 2003 Big 12 football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #14 Kansas State † | 6 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #19 Nebraska | 5 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #3 Oklahoma ‡ | 8 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #12 Texas | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: Kansas State 35, Oklahoma 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – BCS representative as champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2003 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the college football season of 2003. The team's head football coach was Dennis Franchione. 2003 was the first year for Franchione who resigned from Alabama in late 2002. Franchione, known for his history of turning struggling football programs around, replaced R.C. Slocum who was fired after a mediocre 6–6 season in 2002.
Franchione brought the majority of his coaching staff with him to College Station. Strength and Conditioning Coach Ben Pollard declined an offer to go to College Station and elected to remain at Alabama. Franchione signed a contract that was set to pay him a yearly salary of $1.7 million through 2010.[1]
The Aggies finished the 2003 season with a 4–8 record, including a nationally televised 77–0 loss to Oklahoma, the worst loss in A&M's history. The season also marked the first losing season for the Aggies in 21 years.[2]
Season[]
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Schedule[]
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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| August 30* | 7:00 PM | Arkansas State | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | W 26–11 | 75,804[3] | |||
| September 6* | 7:00 PM | #25 Utah | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | W 28–26 | 74,019[3] | |||
| September 18* | 6:30 PM | at #8 Virginia Tech | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA | ESPN | L 19–35 | 65,115[3] | ||
| September 27* | 2:30 PM | #19 Pittsburgh | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | ABC | L 26–37 | 79,116[3] | ||
| October 4 | 9:00 PM | at Texas Tech | Jones SBC Stadium • Lubbock, TX (A&M–Tech rivalry) | FSN | L 28–59 | 51,772[3] | ||
| October 11 | 12:30 PM | Baylor | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | W 73–10 | 73,030[3] | |||
| October 18 | 11:30 AM | at #21 Nebraska | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE | FSN | L 12–48 | 77,604[3] | ||
| October 25 | 2:30 PM | #22 Oklahoma State | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | ABC | L 10–38 | 79,153[3] | ||
| November 1 | 12:30 PM | Kansas | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | W 45–33 | 68,487[3] | |||
| November 8 | 11:00 AM | at #1 Oklahoma | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | ABC | L 0–77 | 83,461[3] | ||
| November 15 | 11:30 AM | at Missouri | Faurot Field • Columbia, MO | FSN | L 22–45 | 55,505[3] | ||
| November 28 | 2:30 PM | #5 Texas | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Lone Star Showdown) | ABC | L 15–46 | 84,094[3] | ||
| *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. | ||||||||
Roster[]
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Game notes[]
Arkansas State[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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| Arkansas State | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| Texas A&M | 0 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
Utah[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 26 |
| Texas A&M | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
Virginia Tech[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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| Texas A&M | 3 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| Virginia Tech | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
Pittsburgh[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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| Pittsburgh | 9 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 37 |
| Texas A&M | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 26 |
Texas Tech[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Texas Tech | 17 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 59 |
Baylor[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Texas A&M | 10 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 73 |
Nebraska[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| Nebraska | 20 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 48 |
Oklahoma State[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma State | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Kansas[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 33 |
| Texas A&M | 7 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 45 |
Oklahoma[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 14 | 35 | 28 | 0 | 77 |
Missouri[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 |
| Missouri | 16 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 45 |
Texas[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 14 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 46 |
| Texas A&M | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
References[]
- ↑ Eagle Staff (November 24, 2007). "Coach Fran timeline at Texas A&M". Bryan-College Station Eagle. Archived from the original on November 26, 2007. http://www.theeagle.com/local/CoachFrantimelineatTexasA_M. Retrieved November 24, 2007.
- ↑ Zwerneman, Brent (November 8, 2007). "Big 12 Football: Where did Fran fail?". San Antonio Express-News. Archived from the original on February 16, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080216033936/http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/big12/stories/MYSA110807.FranchioneFails.en.31e6446.html. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 "Cumulative Season Statistics". Texas A&M University. http://www.aggieathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&SPSID=632660&SPID=93232&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=27300&ATCLID=205238864. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
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