2003 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

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2003 Georgia Southern Eagles football
Conference Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 24
Record7–4 (5–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMitch Ware (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorRusty Russell (7th season)
Home stadium Paulson Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
Seasons
  2002
2004  
2003 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Wofford $^  8 0   12 2  
Appalachian State  6 2   7 4  
No. 24 Georgia Southern  5 3   7 4  
Furman  4 4   6 5  
The Citadel  4 4   6 6  
Western Carolina  3 5   4 7  
Chattanooga  3 5   3 9  
East Tennessee State  2 6   5 7  
Elon  1 7   2 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 2003 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Mike Sewak, in his second year as head coach for the Eagles.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 66:00 pm Savannah State *No. 2W 35–019,470
September 138:00 pmat No. 3 McNeese State *No. 2L 15–3417,189 [1]
September 207:00 pmat No. 25 Wofford No. 6L 14–209,648 [2]
September 276:00 pm Chattanooga No. 16
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 34–318,623
October 41:00 pm FIU *No. 13
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 37–3510,409
October 111:00 pm Western Carolina No. 11
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 31–2515,708
October 184:00 pmat Appalachian State No. 10L 21–2813,879 [3]
October 251:00 pm The Citadel No. 19
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
L 24–2815,988
November 11:00 pmat East Tennessee State W 34–224,235
November 81:00 pmNo. 18 Furman
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 29–2414,562 [4]
November 153:30 pmat Elon No. 24W 37–132,834

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References

  1. "McNeese State 34, Ga. Southern 15". The Daily Advertiser. September 14, 2003. Retrieved March 8, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Penalties prove Eagles' downfall". The Atlanta Constitution. September 21, 2003. Retrieved September 24, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Mountaineers roll, hand Eagles 3rd loss on road". The Atlanta Constitution. October 19, 2003. Retrieved December 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Eagles find joy in beating rival". The Atlanta Constitution. November 9, 2003. Retrieved September 24, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "2003 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2017.