2003 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
American college football season
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The 2003 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University as a member of the Big East Conference during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Rich Rodriguez, the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 8–5 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, sharing the Big East title with the Miami Hurricanes. West Virginia was invited the Gator Bowl, where the Mountaineers lost to Maryland. The team played home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia.
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record8–5 (6–1 Big East)
Headcoach
- Rich Rodriguez (3rd season)
OffensiveschemeSpread option
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Big East co-champion | |
Gator Bowl, L 7–41 vs. Maryland | |
| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Record | 8–5 (6–1 Big East) |
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| Offensive scheme | Spread option |
| Defensive coordinator | Jeff Casteel (2nd season) |
| Base defense | 3–3–5 |
| Home stadium | Mountaineer Field |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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West Virginia rebounded from a 1–4 start to end capture the program's first conference championship since 1993.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 30 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 20 Wisconsin* | ESPN | L 17–24 | 60,663 | |||
| September 6 | 7:00 p.m. | at East Carolina* | W 48–7 | 36,088 | [1] | |||
| September 13 | 12:00 p.m. | Cincinnati* |
| ESPN Plus | L 13–15 | 51,189 | ||
| September 20 | 6:05 p.m. | at Maryland* | L 7–34 | 51,973 | ||||
| October 2 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 2 Miami (FL) | ESPN | L 20–22 | 54,621 | |||
| October 11 | 12:00 p.m. | Rutgers |
| ESPN Plus | W 34–19 | 50,896 | ||
| October 22 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 3 Virginia Tech |
| ESPN | W 28–7 | 56,319 | ||
| November 1 | 1:00 p.m. | UCF* |
| W 36–18 | 42,712 | |||
| November 8 | 12:00 p.m. | at Boston College | ESPN Plus | W 35–28 | 39,723 | |||
| November 15 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 16 Pittsburgh |
| ESPN2 | W 52–31 | 67,715 | ||
| November 22 | 12:00 p.m. | at Syracuse | ESPN2 | W 34–23 | 41,801 | |||
| November 29 | 12:00 p.m. | Temple |
| ESPN Plus | W 45–28 | 35,942 | ||
| January 1 | 12:30 p.m. | vs. No. 24 Maryland* | No. 23 | NBC | L 7–41 | 78,892 | ||
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Roster
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