2003 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

2003 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Continental Tire Bowl, Loss, 16-23, Virginia Cavaliers
Conference Big East
2003 record 8-5 (5-2 )
Head coach Walt Harris
Offensive coordinator J. D. Brookhart
Defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads
Home stadium Heinz Field
Seasons
« 2002 2004 »
2003 Big East football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#5 Miami †§   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  
† – BCS representative as champion
§ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2003 college football season.

Contents

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
Sat. Sep. 6 7:00 p.m. Kent State* #10 Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 43–3   56,531
Sat. Sep. 13 12:30 p.m. Ball State* #11 Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA W 42–21   44,117
Sat. Sep. 20 7:00 p.m. at Toledo* #9 Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH L 31–35   31,711
Sat. Sep. 27 3:30 p.m. at Texas A&M* #17 Kyle Field • College Station, TX ABC W 37–26   79,116
Sat. Oct. 11 6:00 p.m. Notre Dame* #15 Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA ESPN L 14–20   66,421
Sat. Oct. 18 1:30 p.m. at Rutgers Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ W 42–32   28,101
Sat. Oct. 25 12:00 p.m. Syracuse Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA ESPN+ W 34–14   61,421
Sat. Nov. 1 1:00 p.m. at Boston College #25 Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA W 24–13   41,983
Sat. Nov. 8 7:45 p.m. #5 Virginia Tech #25 Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA ESPN W 31–28   66,207
Sat. Nov. 15 7:00 p.m. at West Virginia #16 Milan Puskar Stadium • Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl) ESPN2 L 31–52   67,715
Sat. Nov. 22 1:30 p.m. at Temple #21 Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA W 30–16   22,934
Sat. Nov. 29 8:00 p.m. #10 Miami (FL) #20 Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA ABC L 14–28   60,486
Sat. Dec. 27 11:00 a.m. vs. Virginia* Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC (Continental Tire Bowl) ESPN L 16–23   51,236
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

[1]

Team Players drafted into in the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Larry Fitzgerald Wide Receiver 1 3 Arizona Cardinals
Shawntae Spencer Defensive Back 2 58 San Francisco 49ers
Kris Wilson Tight End 2 61 Kansas City Chiefs
Claude Harriott Defensive End 5 147 Chicago Bears
Andy Lee Punter 6 188 San Francisco 49ers
Brandon Miree Running Back 7 247 Denver Broncos

[2]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=215&season=2003
  2. ^ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2004.htm
  3. ^ http://www.biletnikoffaward.com/pastwinner.htm
  4. ^ http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/waltercampaward.htm

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