| Year Game Played: | 2003 |
| Title Sponsor: | SBC |
| Game Name: | Cotton Bowl Classic |
| Subheader: | 67th Cotton Bowl Classic |
| Football Season: | 2002 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Texas |
| Visitor Nickname: | Longhorns |
| Visitor School: | University of Texas |
| Home Name Short: | LSU |
| Home Nickname: | Tigers |
| Home School: | Louisiana State University |
| Visitor Record: | 10 - 2 |
| Visitor Conference: | Big 12 |
| Home Record: | 8 - 4 |
| Home Conference: | SEC |
| Visitor Coach: | Mack Brown |
| Home Coach: | Nick Saban |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 9 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 9 |
| Visitor Rank Bcs: | 10 |
| Home Rank Ap: | -- |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 25 |
| Home Rank Bcs: | -- |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 14 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home 1Q: | 10 |
| Home 2Q: | 7 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 3 |
| Date Game Played: | January 1 |
| Stadium: | Cotton Bowl |
| City: | Dallas, Texas |
| Mvp: | WR Roy Williams (Texas) DE Cory Redding (Texas) |
| Odds: | Texas by 10.5 |
| Referee: | Gerald Wright (Mountain West) |
| Us Network: | Fox |
| Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
| Us Announcers: | Thom Brennaman and Charles Davis |
The 2003 SBC Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season college football bowl game between the Texas Longhorns and the LSU Tigers on January 1, 2003, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. It was the final game of the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season for each team and resulted in a 35–20 Texas victory. Texas represented the Big 12 Conference while LSU represented the Southeastern Conference (SEC).[1]
The University of Texas started out their season strong, and finished well, compiling a 10–2 record: they lost to Oklahoma, 35–24 and the Texas Tech Red Raiders 42–38 while being ranked number 4.
Louisiana State started off their season 6–1. However, an injury to their starting quarterback Matt Mauck caused them to lose their last few games (to Alabama 0–31, Auburn 7–31, and Arkansas 20–21). They finished with an 8–4 regular season record, a disappointing year.