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American college football season
The 2003 Florida Gators football team represented the
set the school single-season interception mark in 2003 with 9.
Schedule
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 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 ) CBS W 19–792,077
October 18 at No. 11 Arkansas CBS W 33–2873,934
November 1 vs. No. 4 ) CBS W 16–1384,411
November 8 Vanderbilt No. 17 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL PPV W 35–1790,122
November 15 at 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 HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Sources: 2012 Florida Football Media Guide ,[2] and GatorZone.com.[3]
Personnel
2003 Florida Gators football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
S
32
Zephrin Augustine
Jr
S
7
Cory Bailey
Jr
CB
36
Nick Brooks
Fr
DB
45
Adam Brown
Fr
LB
28
Richard Brown
Fr
LB
52
Alvin Butler
Fr
CB
24
Deshawn Carter
So
LB
92
Taurean Charles
Fr
LB
49
Shane Cimcock
So
LB
55
Channing Crowder
Fr
LB
13
Brian Crum
Fr
S
34
Daryl Dixon
Sr
DT
62
Ronald Dowdy
Jr
DB
39
William Foxe
Fr
LB
30
Earl Everett
Fr
LB
43
Matt Farrior
Sr
LB
40
Reid Fleming
Sr
LB
54
Doug Guziec
Fr
DE
93
Steven Harris
Fr
DE
27
Travis Harris
Jr
S
46
Jarvis Herring
So
DT
90
Michael Hill
Fr
DB
35
Reynaldo Hill
Jr
DT
56
Eric Holcombe
Jr
CB
49
Terrence Holmes
Fr
LB
29
Dwight Jackson
Sr
CB
19
Matt Jackson
Sr
CB
31
Johnny Lamar
Sr
DE
86
Darrell Lee
Sr
LB
99
Howard Lingard
Fr
CB
26
Jermaine McCollum
Fr
CB
18
Tremaine McCollum
Fr
DE
57
Bobby McCray
Sr
LB
47
Todd McCullough
Jr
DT
95
Ray McDonald
Fr
DT
98
Clint McMillan
Fr
DT
61
Mo Mitchell
Jr
DE
97
Tranelle Morant
Fr
DE
94
Jarvis Moss
Fr
DB
37
Matt Nedeff
Jr
DT
96
Dwayne Norris
Jr
S
22
Tre Orr
Jr
DT
58
Kenny Parker
Jr
DE
85
MacKenzie Pierre
Fr
CB
1
Keiwan Ratliff
Sr
DE
59
Julian Riley
Fr
LB
51
Bryan Royal
So
DE
89
Jeremy Sandow
Sr
LB
53
Alik Scott
So
S
9
Guss Scott
Sr
DB
28
Jermaine Thomas
Fr
DT
44
Marcus Thornton
Fr
DB
15
Demetrice Webb
Fr
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
P
97
Nick Fleming
So
LS
69
Casey Griffith
Sr
PK
39
Chris Hetland
Fr
P
18
Jason Hunter
Jr
PK
14
Matt Leach
Jr
LS
73
Jonathan Lively
Jr
P
92
Sean Morton
Sr
PK
12
Eric Nappy
Fr
LS
50
Jay Patella
Fr
PK
38
Matt Piotrowicz
Jr
PK
93
Brendt Talcott
Sr
PK
95
Jeff Whitaker
Jr
P
10
Eric Wilbur
Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster Last update: 27 January 2018
Season summary
San Jose State
1
2 3 4 Total
San Jose St
3
0 0 0
3
• Florida
3
27 14 21
65
Date: August 30Location: EST
Elapsed time: 3:25Game attendance: 90,011Game weather: Warm and humid • 82 °F (28 °C) • Wind 5 EReferee: Jay Vines
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
[4]
Miami (FL)
1
2 3 4 Total
Florida
10
9 14 0
33
• Miami (FL)
10
0 15 13
38
Date: September 6Location: EST
Elapsed time: 3:42Game attendance: 79,932Game weather: Cloudy 67% Hum • 87 °F (31 °C) • Wind 14 SW
[5]
Florida A&M
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
[6]
Tennessee
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
[7]
Kentucky
1
2 3 4 Total
• Florida
0
3 0 21
24
Kentucky
7
7 7 0
21
Date: September 27Location: EST
[8]
Ole Miss
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
[9]
LSU
1
2 3 4 Total
• Florida
10
3 6 0
19
LSU
7
0 0 0
7
Date: October 11Location: Tiger Stadium
[10]
Arkansas
1
2 3 4 Total
• Florida
0
13 13 7
33
Arkansas
7
0 0 21
28
[11]
Georgia
1
2 3 4 Total
Georgia
0
3 0 10
13
• Florida
0
3 7 6
16
Date: November 1Location: Alltel Stadium
[12]
Vanderbilt
1
2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt
7
3 0 7
17
• Florida
14
7 7 7
35
Date: November 8Location: Ben Hill Griffith Stadium
[13]
South Carolina
1
2 3 4 Total
• Florida
0
7 17 0
24
South Carolina
9
7 6 0
22
[14]
Florida State
Florida State Seminoles (9–2) at Florida Gators (8–3)
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Florida State
7
10
7 14 38
Florida
3
3
18 10 34
at
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 14/19, 256 Yds, 3 TD
Washington 15 Rush, 65 Yds
Robinson 5 Rec, 102 Yds, TD
Florida
Leak 22/36, 273 Yds, 2 TD
Carthon 13 Rush, 62 Yds
Troupe 4 Rec, 121 Yds, 2 TD
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
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38
34
Outback Bowl
1
2 3 4 Total
• Iowa
7
13 14 3
37
Florida
7
0 3 7
17
[15]
Bibliography
2009 Southeastern Conference Football Media Guide , Florida Year-by-Year Records, Southeastern Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, p. 60 (2009).
2012 Florida Football Media Guide , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 107–116 (2012).
Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators , Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). .
References
^ 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 , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 114 & 116 (2012). Retrieved September 16, 2012.
^ GatorZone.com, Football, History, Florida Football 2003 [permanent dead link ] . Retrieved November 25, 2011.
^ 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" .
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