2003 Miami Hurricanes football team

2003 Miami Hurricanes football
Big East co-champion Florida Cup champion Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 16–14 vs. Florida State
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
Record	11–2 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach	Larry Coker (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Rob Chudzinski (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Randy Shannon (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3 Cover 2
Home stadium	Miami Orange Bowl (Capacity: 72,319)
Seasons ←  2002 2004  →

2003 Big East Conference football standings

v t e	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 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 78th season of football and 13th and final as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hurricanes were led by third-year head coach Larry Coker and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 11–2 overall and 6–1 in the Big East to finish as conference co-champion. They were invited to the Orange Bowl where they defeated Florida State, 16–14.

Miami's 500th victory in program history came against West Virginia on October 2. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 28	7:30 pm	vs. Louisiana Tech *	No. 3	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA	ESPN	W 48–9	43,279
September 6	8:00 pm	No. 18 Florida *	No. 3	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	ABC	W 38–33	79,932
September 13	7:00 pm	East Carolina *	No. 2	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN2	W 38–3	65,825	[2]
September 20	7:45 pm	at Boston College	No. 2	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN	W 33–14	44,500
October 2	7:30 pm	West Virginia	No. 2	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN	W 22–20	54,621
October 11	12:00 pm	at No. 5 Florida State *	No. 2	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry, College GameDay )	ABC	W 22–14	84,336
October 18	12:00 pm	Temple	No. 2	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN Plus	W 52–14	49,144
November 1	7:45 pm	at No. 10 Virginia Tech	No. 2	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 7–31	65,115
November 8	12:00 pm	No. 18 Tennessee *	No. 6	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ABC	L 6–10	69,722
November 15	12:00 pm	Syracuse	No. 14	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN Plus	W 17–10	48,130
November 22	12:00 pm	Rutgers	No. 13	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN Plus	W 34–10	39,572
November 29	8:00 pm	at No. 20 Pittsburgh	No. 10	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA	ABC	W 28–14	60,486
January 1	8:30 pm	vs. No. 9 Florida State*	No. 10	Pro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (Orange Bowl)	ABC	W 16–14	76,739
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

See also: 2003 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	3 (2)	3 (2)	2 (2)	2 (3)	2 (3)	2 (3)	2 (1)	2 (3)	2 (3)	2 (3)	6	14	13	10	10	10	5
Coaches	3 (5)	3 (5)	2 (8)	2 (8)	2 (6)	2 (8)	2 (4)	2 (5)	2 (6)	2 (5)	7	14	13	10	10	9	5
BCS	Not released								2	2	4	12	12	10	10	9	Not released

Game summaries

Florida

#18 Florida at #3 Miami (FL)

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	10	9	14	0	33
• Miami (FL)	10	0	15	13	38

• Date: September 6
• Location: Orange Bowl, Miami
• Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST
• TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Bob Griese (Color) & Lynn Swann (Sideline)

Scoring summary

Q1	14:47	MIA	Devin Hester 97 yard kickoff return (Jon Peattie kick)	MIA 7–0
Q1	9:25	FLA	Matt Leach 26 yard field goal	MIA 7–3
Q1	6:08	MIA	Jon Peattie 27 yard field goal	MIA 10–3
Q1	4:15	FLA	Carlos Perez 50 yard pass from Ingle Martin (Matt Leach kick)	Tie 10–10
Q2	11:36	FLA	Keiwan Ratliff 34 yard fumble return (pass failed)	FLA 16–10
Q2	:11	FLA	Matt Leach 30 yard field goal	FLA 19–10
Q3	14:49	FLA	DeShawn Wynn 65 yard run (Matt Leach kick)	FLA 26–10
Q3	6:10	FLA	Ran Carthon 4 yard run (Matt Leach kick)	FLA 33–10
Q3	3:35	MIA	Kevin Beard 26 yard pass from Brock Berlin (Ryan Moore pass from Brock Berlin)	FLA 33–18
Q3	:33	MIA	Frank Gore 1 yard run (Jon Peattie kick)	FLA 33–25
Q4	11:08	MIA	Ryan Moore 6 yard pass from Brock Berlin (Jon Peattie kick)	FLA 33–32
Q4	1:44	MIA	Frank Gore 12 yard run (pass failed)	MIA 38–33

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Florida State

See also: 2003 Florida State Seminoles football team and Florida State–Miami football rivalry

Miami (FL) Hurricanes (5–0) at Florida State Seminoles (5–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami (FL)	6	13	3	0	22
Florida St	0	0	7	7	14

at Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida

• Date: October 11
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
• Game weather: Rain • 75 °F (24 °C) • Wind SE 7 miles per hour (11 km/h; 6.1 kn)
• Game attendance: 84,336
• Referee: Jack Cramer
• TV: ABC
• Box Score

Game information
Miami (FL) Brock Berlin 15/28, 181 Yds, TD, 3 INT Jarrett Payton 26 Rush, 97 Yds Kellen Winslow 7 Rec, 106 Yds Florida State Chris Rix 20/42, 235 Yds, 2 TD, 2 INT Leon Washington 6 Rush, 26 Yds P.K. Sam 5 Rec, 95 Yds

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP MIA FSU 1 5:16 4 5 1:32 Miami (FL) 27-yard field goal by Jon Peattie 3 0 1 3:17 6 28 1:59 Miami (FL) 22-yard field goal by Jon Peattie 6 0 2 11:26 11 75 3:29 Miami (FL) Jarrett Payton 14-yard touchdown reception from Brock Berlin, 2-point pass failed 12 0 2 3:11 Miami (FL) Interception returned 50 yards for touchdown by Sean Taylor, Jon Peattie kick good 19 0 3 11:26 4 9 1:47 Miami (FL) 19-yard field goal by Jon Peattie 22 0 3 4:51 1 18 0:06 Florida State Willie Reid 18-yard touchdown reception from Chris Rix, Xavier Beitia kick good 22 7 4 0:00 6 64 1:06 Florida State Chris Davis 17-yard touchdown reception from Chris Rix, Xavier Beitia kick good 22 14 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 22 14

Roster

2003 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Brock Berlin OT Vernon Carey TE Kevin Everett RB Frank Gore WR Devin Hester OT Carlos Joseph G Chris Myers WR Roscoe Parrish TE Kellen Winslow II	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB Jon Beason CB Alfonso Marshall LB Darrell McClover CB Antrel Rolle S Sean Taylor LB Jonathan Vilma NT Vince Wilfork LB D.J. Williams	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Larry Coker Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "Miami Football Record Book". University of Miami Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
2. "Defense punctuates UM's win". The Miami Herald. September 14, 2003. Retrieved March 12, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Berlin Leads 'Canes Comeback Against Former Mates". ESPN. September 6, 2003. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2014.