2003 Miami Hurricanes football team

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2003 Miami Hurricanes football
Miami Hurricanes logo.svg
Big East co-champion
Florida Cup champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 16–14 vs. Florida State
Conference Big East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
Record11–2 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach
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
ConfOverall
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.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 287:30 pmvs. Louisiana Tech *No. 3 ESPN W 48–943,279
September 68:00 pmNo. 18 Florida *No. 3 ABC W 38–3379,932
September 137:00 pm East Carolina *No. 2
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPN2 W 38–365,825
September 207:45 pmat Boston College No. 2 ESPN W 33–1444,500
October 27:30 pm West Virginia No. 2
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPN W 22–2054,621
October 1112:00 pmat No. 5 Florida State *No. 2 ABC W 22–1484,336
October 1812:00 pm Temple No. 2
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPN+ W 52–1449,144
November 17:45 pmat No. 10 Virginia Tech No. 2 ESPN L 7–3165,115
November 812:00 pmNo. 18 Tennessee *No. 6
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ABC L 6–1069,722
November 1512:00 pm Syracuse Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 14
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPN+ W 17–1048,130
November 2212:00 pm Rutgers No. 13
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPN+ W 34–1039,572
November 298:00 pmat No. 20 Pittsburgh No. 10 ABC W 28–1460,486
January 18:30 pmvs. No. 9 Florida State *No. 10 ABC W 16–1476,739
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP 3 (2)3 (2)2 (2)2 (3)2 (3)2 (3)2 (1)2 (3)2 (3)2 (3)614131010105
Coaches 3 (5)3 (5)2 (8)2 (8)2 (6)2 (8)2 (4)2 (5)2 (6)2 (5)71413101095
BCS Not released224121210109Not released

Roster

2003 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
    • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

Florida

#18 Florida at #3 Miami (FL)
1234Total
Florida10914033
Miami (FL)100151338

[2]

Florida State

Miami (FL) Hurricanes (5–0) at Florida State Seminoles (5–0)
Quarter1234Total
Miami (FL)6133022
Florida St007714

at Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, 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

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