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| 2003 Victory Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | November 21, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Reeves Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Josh Mullen (Geneva College), Brandon Nathan (Geneva College) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 2,117 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2003 Victory Bowl , the seventh edition of the annual game, was a college football bowl game played on Saturday, November 21, 2003, at Reeves Field in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. It featured the North Greenville Crusaders against the Geneva Golden Tornadoes. The Golden Tornadoes defended their title winning their fourth Victory Bowl in 6 years by a score of 37–14. At the time it was the most attended Victory Bowl but it would be broken in 2006 and 2010 by North Greenville. The Golden Tornadoes tore through the Crusaders defense gaining 564 yards to North Greenville's 431 including a whopping 404 rushing yards. [1] Josh Mullen and Brandon Nathan were Co-MVPs rushing for a combined 353 of the 404 total rushing yards on 36 carries and 4 Touchdowns. It is the largest disparity of victory for the NAIA with Geneva College being an NAIA school winning against a Division II school in North Greenville.