2003 Virginia Cavaliers football team

2003 Virginia Cavaliers football
Continental Tire Bowl champion
Continental Tire Bowl, W 23–16 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	8–5 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Al Groh (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Ron Prince (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Al Golden (3rd season)
Home stadium	Scott Stadium
Seasons ←  2002 2004  →

2003 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Florida State $		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 17 Maryland		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 22 Clemson		5	–	3					9	–	4
NC State		4	–	4					8	–	5
Virginia		4	–	4					8	–	5
Georgia Tech		4	–	4					7	–	6
Wake Forest		3	–	5					5	–	7
Duke		2	–	6					4	–	8
North Carolina		1	–	7					2	–	10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Al Groh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 pm	Duke	No. 18	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 27–0	61,737
September 6	12:30 pm	at South Carolina *	No. 15	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	JPS	L 7–31	80,150
September 13	2:00 pm	at Western Michigan *		Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI		W 59–16	21,982
September 27	3:30 pm	Wake Forest		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	W 27–24	60,884
October 4	1:30 pm	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)		W 38–13	51,000
October 11	12:00 pm	at Clemson	No. 25	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	JPS	L 27–30 OT	76,774
October 18	7:45 pm	No. 8 Florida State		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (Jefferson–Eppes Trophy)	ESPN	L 14–19	62,875
October 25	3:00 pm	Troy State *		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 24–0	57,580
November 1	3:30 pm	at NC State		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ABC	L 37–51	53,800
November 13	7:45 pm	at No. 24 Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	ESPN	L 17–27	51,027
November 22	12:00 pm	Georgia Tech		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	JPS	W 29–17	58,526
November 29	1:00 pm	Virginia Tech *		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	ABC	W 35–21	60,943
December 27	12:00 pm	vs. Pittsburgh *		Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC (Continental Tire Bowl)	ESPN2	W 23–16	51,236
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Personnel

2003 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 7 Matt Schaub Sr OT 61 Elton Brown Jr OT 66 D'Brickashaw Ferguson So OT 69 Brad Butler So OL 77 Ian-Yates Cunningham Fr FB 86 Kase Luzar Sr TE 89 Heath Miller Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 56 Darryl Blackstock So DT 95 Chris Canty Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Al Groh Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Coaching staff

Name	Position
Al Groh	Head coach
Danny Rocco	Assistant head coach / linebackers coach
Al Golden	Defensive coordinator
Ron Prince	Offensive coordinator / offensive line coach
Corwin Brown	Special teams coach
Mike Groh	Wide receivers / quarterbacks coach
Andy Heck	Tight ends coach
Mike London	Defensive line coach / recruiting coordinator
Bob Price	Defensive backs coach
Kevin Ross	Running backs coach
Anthony Poindexter	Graduate assistant coach – offense
Tim Whitney	Graduate assistant coach – defense
Evan Marcus	Head strength coach

References

1. "2003 Season". University of Virginia Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2012.