Year: | 2003 |
Team: | Florida Gators |
Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
Division: | Eastern Division |
Short Conf: | SEC |
Coachrank: | 25 |
Aprank: | 24 |
Record: | 8–5 |
Conf Record: | 6–2 |
Head Coach: | Ron Zook |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Off Coach: | Ed Zaunbrecher |
Off Scheme: | Spread |
Oc Year: | 2nd |
Def Coach: | Charlie Strong |
Dc Year: | 1st |
Def Scheme: | 4–3 |
Captain: | Daryl Dixon Keiwan Ratliff Max Starks Ben Troupe |
Stadium: | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Capacity: 88,548)[1] |
Champion: | SEC Eastern Division co-champion |
Bowl: | Outback Bowl |
Bowl Result: | L 17–37 vs. Iowa |
The 2003 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2003 college football season. The Gators competed in Division I-A of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. They were led by second-year coach Ron Zook, who coached the Gators to a first-place tie in the SEC East, an Outback Bowl berth, and an overall win–loss record of 8–5 (.615). Consensus All-American Keiwan Ratliff set the school single-season interception mark in 2003 with 9.
Sources: 2012 Florida Football Media Guide,[2] and GatorZone.com.[3]
See also: Florida–Miami football rivalry.
See also: Florida–Tennessee football rivalry.
See also: Florida–LSU football rivalry.
See also: Florida–Georgia football rivalry.
See also: 2003 Florida State Seminoles football team and Florida–Florida State football rivalry.
See also: 2003 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Outback Bowl.
See also: 2004 NFL draft.
2 | 40 | TE | Tennessee Titans | ||
2 | 49 | CB | Cincinnati Bengals | ||
3 | 75 | OT | Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
3 | 95 | SS | New England Patriots | ||
7 | 249 | DE | Jacksonville Jaguars |