2003 West Virginia Mountaineers football | |
Big East Co-Champions | |
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Toyota Gator Bowl vs. Maryland, 7–41 loss | |
Conference | Big East Conference (1979–2013) |
2003 record | 8–5 (6–1 Big East) |
Head coach | Rich Rodriguez |
Offensive scheme | Spread |
Defensive coordinator | Jeff Casteel |
Base defense | 3–3–5 |
Home stadium | Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (Capacity: 63,500) |
Seasons |
2003 Big East football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#5 Miami †§ | 6 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia § | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 4 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 3 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 2 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – BCS representative as champion § – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2003 West Virginia Mountaineers rebounded from a 1–4 start to end the season 8–5 and captured a share of the Big East Conference Championship, the schools first since 1993. The team earned a trip to the 2004 Gator Bowl, where they lost a rematch to the rival Maryland Terrapins 41–7.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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August 30* | 12:00 PM | #20 Wisconsin | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN | L 17–24 | 60,663 | ||
September 6* | 7:00 PM | at East Carolina | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC | W 48–7 | 36,088 | |||
September 13* | 12:00 PM | Cincinnati | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN+ | L 13–15 | 51,189 | ||
September 20* | 6:05 PM | at Maryland | Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD | L 7–34 | 51,973 | |||
October 2 | 7:30 PM | at #2 Miami | Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL | ESPN | L 20–22 | 54,621 | ||
October 11 | 12:00 PM | Rutgers | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN+ | W 34–19 | 50,896 | ||
October 22 | 7:30 PM | #3 Virginia Tech | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN | W 28–7 | 56,319 | ||
November 1*† | 1:00 PM | Central Florida | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | W 36–18 | 42,712 | |||
November 8 | 12:00 PM | at Boston College | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | ESPN+ | W 35–28 | 39,723 | ||
November 15 | 7:00 PM | #16 Pittsburgh | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl) | ESPN2 | W 52–31 | 67,715 | ||
November 22 | 12:00 PM | at Syracuse | Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY | ESPN2 | W 34–23 | 41,801 | ||
November 29 | 12:00 PM | Temple | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN+ | W 45–28 | 35,942 | ||
January 1* | 12:30 PM | vs. #24 Maryland | #23 | Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville (Toyota Gator Bowl) | NBC | L 7–41 | 78,892 | |
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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