2003 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

2003 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
2003 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Houston Bowl champion
Houston Bowl, W 38–14 vs. Navy
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	South Division
Record	8–5 (4–4 Big 12)
Head coach	Mike Leach (4th season);
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Lyle Setencich (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Jones SBC Stadium
	Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Mike Leach, the Red Raiders compiled an 8–5 record (4–4 against Big 12 opponents), finished in fourth place in Southern Division of the Big 12, defeated Navy in the 2003 Houston Bowl, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 552 to 442.^[1] The team played its home games at Jones SBC Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

South Division

Record8–5 (4–4 Big 12)

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2003 Big 12 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 14 Kansas State x$	6	–	2	11	–	4
No. 19 Nebraska	5	–	3	10	–	3
Missouri	4	–	4	8	–	5
Kansas	3	–	5	6	–	7
Colorado	3	–	5	5	–	7
Iowa State	0	–	8	2	–	10
South Division
No. 3 Oklahoma x%	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 12 Texas	7	–	1	10	–	3
Oklahoma State	5	–	3	9	–	4
Texas Tech	4	–	4	8	–	5
Texas A&M	2	–	6	4	–	8
Baylor	1	–	7	3	–	9
Championship: Kansas State 35, Oklahoma 7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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Quarterback B. J. Symons totaled 5,833 passing yards and received the Sammy Baugh Trophy,^[1]^[2] and Wes Welker totaled 1,099 receiving yards and received the Mosi Tatupu Award.^[3]

Symons' 661 passing yards in the game against Ole Miss were the 3rd-most in FBS history at the time of the game.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 PM	SMU*	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 58–10	44,364
September 6	6:00 PM	New Mexico*	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 42–28	45,844
September 20	11:00 AM	at NC State*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ESPN2	L 21–49	53,800
September 27	6:00 PM	at Ole Miss*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 49–45	54,649
October 4	9:00 PM	Texas A&M	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	FSN	W 59–28	51,772
October 11	6:00 PM	Iowa State	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 59–21	49,627
October 18	2:30 PM	at No. 23 Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ABC	L 49–51	48,500
October 25	11:30 AM	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	FSN	L 31–62	60,192
November 1	6:00 PM	Colorado	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX	FSN	W 26–21	52,908
November 8	2:00 PM	at Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)		W 62–14	33,102
November 15	6:00 PM	at No. 7 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	FSN	L 40–43	83,596
November 22	2:30 PM	No. 1 Oklahoma	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX	ABC	L 25–56	53,135
December 30	3:30 PM	vs. Navy*	Reliant Stadium Houston, TX (Houston Bowl)	ESPN	W 38–14	51,068
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	0	14	0	14	28
• Texas Tech	17	14	21	7	59


1	12:29	TTU	Nehemiah Glover 17 yard pass from B.J. Symons (Keith Toogood kick)	Texas Tech 7–0

1	9:01	TTU	Nehemiah Glover 19 yard pass from B.J. Symons (Keith Toogood kick)	Texas Tech 14–0

1	1:37	TTU	Keith Toogood 21 yard field goal	Texas Tech 17–0

2	9:12	TA&M	Courtney Lewis 3 yard run (Todd Pegram kick)	Texas Tech 17–7

2	5:36	TTU	Wes Welker 48 yard pass from B.J. Symons (Keith Toogood kick)	Texas Tech 24–7

2	2:06	TA&M	Jamar Taylor 4 yard pass from Reggie McNeal (Todd Pegram kick)	Texas Tech 24–14

2	:51	TTU	Jarrett Hicks 13 yard pass from B.J. Symons (Keith Toogood kick)	Texas Tech 31–14

3	13:50	TTU	Taurean Henderson 14 yard pass from B.J. Symons (Keith Toogood kick)	Texas Tech 38–14

3	10:54	TTU	Nehemiah Glover 15 yard pass from B.J. Symons (Keith Toogood kick)	Texas Tech 45–14

3	2:38	TTU	Mickey Peters 8 yard pass from B.J. Symons (Keith Toogood kick)	Texas Tech 52–14

4	13:20	TA&M	Courtney Lewis 16 yard run (Todd Pegram kick)	Texas Tech 52–21

4	11:48	TTU	Wes Welker 16 yard pass from B.J. Symons (Keith Toogood kick)	Texas Tech 59–21

4	10:03	TA&M	L'Tydrick Riley 37 yard pass from Dustin Long (Todd Pegram kick)	Texas Tech 59–28


Q1	COL	McCoy 32 yard pass from Klatt (Crosby kick)	COL 7–0

Q1	COL	Jolly 1 yard run (Crosby kick)	COL 14–0

Q2	TTU	Toogood 37 yard field goal	COL 14–3

Q2	TTU	Welker 58 yard punt return (kick failed)	COL 14–9

Q2	TTU	Toogood 24 yard field goal	COL 14–12

Q3	TTU	Welker 13 yard pass from Symons (Toogood kick)	TTU 19–14

Q3	TTU	Henderson 10 yard run (Toogood kick)	TTU 26–14

Q4	COL	McCoy 8 yard pass from Klatt (Crosby kick)	TTU 26–21

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