2003 Florida Gators football team explained

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.

Schedule

Sources: 2012 Florida Football Media Guide,[2] and GatorZone.com.[3]

Season summary

San Jose State

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Miami (FL)

See also: Florida–Miami football rivalry.

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Florida A&M

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Tennessee

See also: Florida–Tennessee football rivalry.

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Kentucky

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Ole Miss

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LSU

See also: Florida–LSU football rivalry.

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Arkansas

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Georgia

See also: Florida–Georgia football rivalry.

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Vanderbilt

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South Carolina

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Florida State

See also: 2003 Florida State Seminoles football team and Florida–Florida State football rivalry.

Outback Bowl

See also: 2003 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Outback Bowl.

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Players drafted into the NFL

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

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: University of Florida Sports Information Department. Florida 2003 Media Guide. floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc.. 15 March 2018.
  2. 2012 Florida Football Media Guide , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 114 & 116 (2012). Retrieved September 16, 2012.
  3. GatorZone.com, Football, History, Florida Football 2003. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20090319073225/http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=232420057 ESPN
  5. Web site: 2003 Football Boxscore Notes vs Miami (FL) 2003-09-06.
  6. Web site: 2003 Football Boxscore Notes vs Florida A&M 2003-09-13.
  7. Web site: 2003 Football Boxscore Notes vs Tennessee 2003-09-20.
  8. http://www.espn.com/ncf/recap/_/id/232700096 ESPN.com
  9. http://www.espn.com/ncf/recap/_/id/232770057 ESPN.com
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20180212084618/http://www.espn.com/ncf/recap/_/id/232840099 ESPN.com
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20180212084038/http://www.espn.com/ncf/recap/_/id/232910008 ESPN.com
  12. http://www.espn.com/ncf/recap/_/id/233050057 ESPN.com
  13. https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083846/http://www.espn.com/ncf/recap/_/id/233120057 ESPN.com
  14. http://www.espn.com/ncf/recap/_/id/233192579 ESPN.com
  15. https://web.archive.org/web/20180212084018/http://www.espn.com/ncf/recap/_/id/240010057 ESPN.com