The 2003 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Tech in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer. They played their home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia and participated as members of the Big East Conference.
| 2003 Virginia Tech Hokies football | |
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Insight Bowl, L 49–52 vs. California | |
| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Record | 8–5 (4–3 Big East) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Bryan Stinespring (2nd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
| Defensive coordinator | Bud Foster (9th season) |
| Base defense | 4–4 |
| Home stadium | Lane Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Miami (FL) $+ | 6 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia + | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 4 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 3 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 2 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule edit
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 31 | 3:00 p.m. | UCF* | No. 9 | ESPN | W 49–28 | 65,115 | ||
| September 6 | 1:00 p.m. | James Madison* | No. 9 |
| W 43–0 | 65,115 | [1] | |
| September 18 | 7:45 p.m. | Texas A&M* | No. 8 |
| ESPN | W 35–19 | 65,115 | |
| September 27 | 12:00 p.m. | Connecticut* | No. 5 |
| ESPN+ | W 47–13 | 65,115 | |
| October 4 | 12:00 p.m. | at Rutgers | No. 4 | ESPN+ | W 48–22 | 28,956 | ||
| October 11 | 12:00 p.m. | Syracuse | No. 4 |
| ESPN | W 51–7 | 65,115 | |
| October 22 | 7:30 p.m. | at West Virginia | No. 3 | ESPN | L 7–28 | 56,319 | ||
| November 1 | 7:45 p.m. | No. 2 Miami (FL) | No. 10 |
| ESPN | W 31–7 | 65,115 | |
| November 8 | 7:45 p.m. | at No. 25 Pittsburgh | No. 5 | ESPN | L 28–31 | 66,207 | ||
| November 15 | 1:00 p.m. | at Temple | No. 12 | W 24–23 OT | 27,425 | |||
| November 22 | 3:30 p.m. | Boston College | No. 12 |
| ESPN | L 27–34 | 65,115 | |
| November 29 | 1:00 p.m. | at Virginia* | No. 21 | ABC | L 21–35 | 60,943 | ||
| December 26 | 8:30 p.m. | vs. California* | ESPN | L 49–52 | 42,364 | |||
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Rankings edit
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
| AP | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 21 | — | — | — | Not released |
| Coaches Poll | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| BCS | Not released | 3 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 17 | — | — | — | Not released | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Tailback's injuries energize Hokies". The Charlotte Observer. September 7, 2003. Retrieved October 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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