2003 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 2003 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

2003 Florida State Seminoles football
ACC champion
Orange Bowl, L 14–16 vs. Miami (FL)
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 11
Record10–3 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Bowden (3rd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorMickey Andrews (20th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 82,300)
Seasons
← 2002
2004 →
2003 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 Florida State $   7 1     10 3  
No. 17 Maryland   6 2     10 3  
No. 22 Clemson   5 3     9 4  
NC State   4 4     8 5  
Virginia   4 4     8 5  
Georgia Tech   4 4     7 6  
Wake Forest   3 5     5 7  
Duke   2 6     4 8  
North Carolina   1 7     2 10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 308:00 p.m.at North CarolinaNo. 13ABCW 37–059,800
September 67:15 p.m.MarylandNo. 11ESPN2W 35–1082,885
September 138:00 p.m.Georgia TechNo. 10
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ABCW 14–1382,133
September 203:30 p.m.Colorado*No. 10
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ABCW 47–783,294
September 277:00 p.m.at DukeNo. 6PPVW 56–724,370
October 1112:00 p.m.No. 2 Miami (FL)*No. 5
ABCL 14–2284,336
October 187:45 p.m.at VirginiaNo. 7ESPNW 19–1462,875
October 253:30 p.m.Wake ForestNo. 6
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ABCW 48–2482,393
November 12:30 p.m.at Notre Dame*No. 5NBCW 37–080,795
November 87:45 p.m.at ClemsonNo. 3ESPN2L 10–2679,826
November 153:30 pmNC State No. 13
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ABCW 50–44 2OT83,854
November 293:30 p.m.at No. 11 Florida*No. 9CBSW 38–3490,407
January 18:30 p.m.vs. No. 10 Miami (FL)*No. 9ABCL 14–1676,739
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP131110106557653131199911
Coaches12101096557753111099810
BCSNot released5331311987Not released

References

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