2003 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

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2003
Heinz Field
Seasons
2003 Big East Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 5 Miami (FL) $+   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 conference champion
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 2003 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 67:00 p.m.
Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • W 43–356,531
    September 1312:30 p.m.Ball State*No. 11
    • Heinz Field
    • Pittsburgh, PA
    W 42–2144,117
    September 207:00 p.m.at Toledo*No. 9L 31–3531,711
    September 273:30 p.m.at Texas A&M*No. 17ABCW 37–2679,116
    October 116:00 p.m.Notre Dame*No. 15
    • Heinz Field
    • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
    ESPNL 14–2066,421
    October 181:30 p.m.at
    Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
  • W 42–3228,101
    October 2512:00 p.m.Syracusedagger
    • Heinz Field
    • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
    ESPN+W 34–1461,421
    November 11:00 p.m.at Boston CollegeNo. 25W 24–1341,983
    November 87:45 p.m.No. 5
    College GameDay
    )
    ESPNW 31–2866,207
    November 157:00 p.m.at
    Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl)
  • ESPN2L 31–5267,715
    November 221:30 p.m.at TempleNo. 21W 30–1622,934
    November 298:00 p.m.No. 10 Miami (FL)No. 20
    • Heinz Field
    • Pittsburgh, PA
    ABCL 14–2860,486
    December 2711:00 a.m.vs. )ESPNL 16–2351,236
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Eastern time

    Roster

    2002 Pittsburgh Panthers football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    WR 8 Princell Brockenbrough Sr
    WR 1 Larry Fitzgerald So
    RB 25 Brandon Miree  Sr
    OT 75 Matt Morgan  Sr
    OL 53 Matt Parsons Jr
    OL 58 Joe Perri Fr
    QB 3 Tyler Palko So
    OL 78 Rob Petitti Jr
    RB 32 Lousaka Polite Sr
    WR 9 Ryan Regula So
    QB 12 Rod Rutherford Sr
    OL 71 Jon Schall Sr
    OL 66 Penny Semaia Sr
    WR 80 Marco Tinor Sr
    C 76 Neal Tracey Fr
    OL 64 Chris Vangas Fr
    OL 50 Joe Villani So
    TE 83 Kris Wilson  Sr
    FB 30 Mark Yezovich Fr
    WR 24 Alex Zavackis So
    Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    DL 57 Andy Alleman So
    LB 44 Brian Bennett So
    LB 51 H. B. Blades Fr
    DB 22 Reggie Carter So
    DB 9 Josh Lay So
    LB 37 Chris McKillop Fr
    LB 30 Doug Roseberry Jr
    DL 88 Kyle Smith Fr
    DL 55 Thomas Smith Jr
    DL 56 Charles Spencer Jr
    DB 19 Shawntae Spencer Sr
    DL 94 Dan Stephens Sr
    DB 28 Mike Vranesevich Fr
    Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    P
    36 Andy Lee Sr
    Head coach
    • Walt Harris
    Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster
    Last update: 2003-12-12

    Coaching staff

    2003 Pittsburgh Panthers football staff
    Coaching staff
    • Walt Harris
      – Head coach
    • Bob Junko – Assistant head coach/defensive tackles
    • J.D. Brookhart
      – Offensive coordinator/wide receivers
    • Paul Rhoads – Defensive coordinator/secondary
    • Dino Babers – Running backs
    • Curtis Bray – Linebackers
    • Bryan Deal – Recruiting doordinator/Specialists/quarterbacks
    • Tom Freeman – Offensive line/run game coordinator
    • Bob Ligashesky – Tight ends/special teams
    • Charlie Partridge – Defensive ends
      Support staff
    • Chris LaSala – Assistant Athletic Director/football operations
    • Matt Williamson – Recruiting Assistant
    • Scott McCurley – Graduate assistant
    • Ben McAdoo – Graduate assistant
      Strength and conditioning staff
    • Dave Kennedy – Strength and conditioning coach
    • Dave Langworthy – Assistant strength and conditioning coach

    Awards and honors

    Team Players drafted into the NFL

    Player Position Round Pick NFL club
    Larry Fitzgerald Wide receiver 1 3 Arizona Cardinals
    Shawntae Spencer Defensive back 2 58 San Francisco 49ers
    Kris Wilson Tight end 2 61 Kansas City Chiefs
    Claude Harriott Defensive end 5 147 Chicago Bears
    Andy Lee Punter 6 188 San Francisco 49ers
    Brandon Miree Running back 7 247 Denver Broncos

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    References

    1. ^ "The Biletnikoff Award". Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
    2. ^ "Football". Archived from the original on January 7, 2008. Retrieved January 4, 2009.
    3. ^ "2004 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 23, 2007.