2003 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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2003 Tennessee Volunteers football
Tennessee Volunteers logo.svg
SEC Eastern Division co-champion
Peach Bowl, L 14–27 vs. Clemson
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 15
Record10–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Randy Sanders (5th as OC; 15th overall season)
Defensive coordinator John Chavis (9th as DC; 16th overall season)
Home stadium Neyland Stadium
Seasons
  2002
2004  
2003 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 7 Georgia xy  6 2   11 3  
No. 15 Tennessee x  6 2   10 3  
No. 24 Florida x  6 2   8 5  
South Carolina  2 6   5 7  
Vanderbilt  1 7   2 10  
Kentucky  1 7   4 8  
Western Division
No. 2 LSU xy$#  7 1   13 1  
No. 13 Ole Miss x  7 1   10 3  
Auburn  5 3   8 5  
Arkansas  4 4   9 4  
Alabama  2 6   4 9  
Mississippi State  1 7   2 10  
Championship: LSU 34, Georgia 13
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Phillip Fulmer. The Vols played their home games in Neyland Stadium and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Vols finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in SEC play and lost the Peach Bowl, 27–14, to Clemson.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 303:00 pm Fresno State *No. 12 ESPN2 W 24–6103,860
September 64:00 pm Marshall *No. 12
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
ESPN2W 34–24106,520
September 2012:00 pmat No. 17 Florida No. 12 CBS W 24–1090,332
September 277:45 pm South Carolina No. 8
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)
ESPN W 23–20 OT107,881
October 47:45 pmat Auburn No. 7ESPNL 21–2886,063
October 117:45 pmNo. 8 Georgia No. 13
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)
ESPN2L 14–41107,517
October 253:30 pmat Alabama No. 22CBSW 51–43 5OT83,818
November 14:00 pm Duke *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 19
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
PPV W 23–6104,772
November 812:00 pmat No. 6 Miami (FL) *No. 18 ABC W 10–669,722
November 1512:30 pm Mississippi State No. 9
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee
JPS W 59–21104,223
November 221:00 pm Vanderbilt No. 9
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)
PPV W 48–0100,496
November 2912:30 pmat Kentucky No. 7JPSW 20–765,733
January 24:30 pmvs. Clemson *No. 6ESPNL 14–2775,125
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

Neyland Stadium hosted seven Tennessee home games in 2003. NeylandStadium.JPG
Neyland Stadium hosted seven Tennessee home games in 2003.

Roster

2003 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 7 Casey Clausen Sr
WR 10 Mark Jones Sr
C 64 Scott Wells Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 2 Kevin Burnett Jr
DB 8 Gibril Wilson Sr
LB 44 Omar Gaither So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 47 Dustin Colquitt Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster

Coaching staff

Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Gibril Wilson Safety5136 New York Giants
Troy Fleming Fullback6191 Tennessee Titans
Mark Jones Wide receiver7206 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Scott Wells Guard7251 Green Bay Packers

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