Year: | 2003 |
Team: | West Virginia Mountaineers |
Conference: | Big East Conference |
Conference Link: | Big East Conference (1979–2013) |
Short Conf: | Big East |
Record: | 8–5 |
Conf Record: | 6–1 |
Hc Year: | 3rd |
Dc Year: | 2nd |
Stadium: | Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (Capacity: 63,500) |
Champion: | Big East co-champion |
Bowl Result: | L 7–41 vs. Maryland |
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.