2003 Silicon Valley Football Classic Explained

Year Game Played:2003
Game Name:Silicon Valley Football Classic
Football Season:2003
Visitor Name Short:UCLA
Visitor Nickname:Bruins
Visitor School:UCLA
Home Name Short:Fresno State
Home Nickname:Bulldogs
Home School:Fresno State University
Visitor Record:6–6
Home Record:8–5
Visitor Coach:Karl Dorrell
Home Coach:Pat Hill
Visitor 1Q:0
Visitor 2Q:7
Visitor 3Q:2
Visitor 4Q:0
Home 1Q:14
Home 2Q:3
Home 3Q:0
Home 4Q:0
Date Game Played:December 30
Stadium:Spartan Stadium
City:San Jose, California
Mvp:Rodney Davis (Fresno St.)
Garrett McIntyre (Fresno St.)
Referee:David Witvoet (Big Ten)
Attendance:20,126[1]
Us Network:ESPN2
Us Announcers:Gary Bender, John Cooper

The 2003 Silicon Valley Football Classic was a post-season college football bowl game between the UCLA Bruins and the Fresno State Bulldogs on December 30, 2003, at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. It was the fourth time the Silicon Valley Football Classic was played and the final game of the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams. Fresno State defeated UCLA 17–9.[2] It was the sixth time the two teams had met on the field and the first victory for Fresno State.[3]

For the 2003 bowl season the Silicon Valley Classic had contractual tie-ins with the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10). The SVC organizers had a choice between UCLA and the Washington Huskies, both of whom finished the season 6–6 and bowl eligible, to represent the Pac-10. The SVC invited UCLA, citing UCLA's victory against Washington earlier in the season.[4]

Since the beginning of the bowl in 2000, the Fresno State Bulldogs represented the WAC. Fresno State and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane finished the season tied for second in the WAC and available for the SVC. Fresno State returned to the SVC for the fourth straight year, while Tulsa went to the Humanitarian Bowl.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stats 2003–2004 . 2011-12-11 . 2012-09-13 . https://archive.today/20120913230324/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2003-2004/svfc.html . dead .
  2. News: Sumlin scores twice for Bulldogs . . December 30, 2003 . November 28, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121017105525/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=233640278. dead. October 17, 2012.
  3. News: Silicon Valley Classic . Brian . Murphy . . December 30, 2003 . November 28, 2010 .
  4. It's UCLA-Fresno St. in Silicon Valley Classic . . December 3, 2003 . November 28, 2010.
  5. News: Silicon only bowl hope for UW . Ted . Miller . . December 2, 2003 . November 28, 2010 .