2003 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
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Big East Co-Champions
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Gator Bowl vs. Maryland, L 7–41
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| Conference | Big East Conference (1979–2013) |
| 2003 record | 8–5 (6–1 Big East) |
| Head coach | Rich Rodriguez |
| Offensive scheme | Spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Jeff Casteel |
| Base defense | 3–3–5 |
| Home stadium | Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (Capacity: 63,500) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #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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The 2003 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by head coach Rich Rodriguez and played their home games at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia.
They rebounded from a 1–4 start to end the season 8–5 and captured a share of the Big East Conference Championship, the school's first since 1993. The team earned a trip to the 2004 Gator Bowl, where they lost a rematch to the rival Maryland Terrapins 41–7.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| August 30 | 12:00 PM | #20 Wisconsin* | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN | L 17–24 | 60,663 | |||
| September 6 | 7:00 PM | at East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC | W 48–7 | 36,088 | ||||
| September 13 | 12:00 PM | Cincinnati* | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN+ | L 13–15 | 51,189 | |||
| September 20 | 6:05 PM | at Maryland* | Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD | L 7–34 | 51,973 | ||||
| October 2 | 7:30 PM | at #2 Miami (FL) | Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL | ESPN | L 20–22 | 54,621 | |||
| October 11 | 12:00 PM | Rutgers | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN+ | W 34–19 | 50,896 | |||
| October 22 | 7:30 PM | #3 Virginia Tech | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Black Diamond Trophy) | ESPN | W 28–7 | 56,319 | |||
| November 1 | 1:00 PM | Central Florida* |
Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | W 36–18 | 42,712 | ||||
| November 8 | 12:00 PM | at Boston College | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | ESPN+ | W 35–28 | 39,723 | |||
| November 15 | 7:00 PM | #16 Pittsburgh | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl) | ESPN2 | W 52–31 | 67,715 | |||
| November 22 | 12:00 PM | at Syracuse | Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY (Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy) | ESPN2 | W 34–23 | 41,801 | |||
| November 29 | 12:00 PM | Temple | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN+ | W 45–28 | 35,942 | |||
| January 1 | 12:30 PM | vs. #24 Maryland* | #23 | Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville (Gator Bowl) | NBC | L 7–41 | 78,892 | ||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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