2003 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

2003 Florida Atlantic Owls football
Division I-AA Semifinals, L 36-34, vs. Colgate
Conference Independent
Ranking
Sports Network #4[1]
2003 record 11-3
Head coach Howard Schnellenberger
Offensive scheme Pro Style
Base defense 4-3
Home stadium Lockhart Stadium
(20,000, grass)

The 2003 Florida Atlantic University Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2003 college football season. The team was coached by Howard Schnellenberger and played their home games at Lockhart Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The Owls competed in the NCAA's Division I-AA as an independent.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 28 8:00 PM at Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN W 20-19   23,261
September 6 4:00 PM Valdosta State Lockhart StadiumFort Lauderdale, FL L 45-17   4,758
September 13 6:00 PM at Central Florida Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL L 33-29   25,144
September 20 7:00 PM at Youngstown State Stambaugh StadiumYoungstown, OH W 13-6   16,891
September 27 2:30 PM at #23 Illinois State Hancock StadiumNormal, IL W 28-10   6,837
October 4 4:00 PM Texas State Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL W 27-14   4,358
October 11 4:00 PM Nicholls State Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL W 31-23   3,302
October 18 4:00 PM Northern Colorado #23 Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL W 21-19   4,255
November 1 4:00 PM Gardner-Webb #17 Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL W 31-26   5,263
November 15 4:00 PM Siena #15 Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL W 51-3   6,159
November 22 3:30 PM at Florida International #15 FIU Stadium • Miami, FL (Shula Bowl) W 32-23   9,288
November 29 1:00 PM at Bethune-Cookman #13 Municipal StadiumDaytona Beach, FL (Division I-AA playoffs) W 32-24   8,468
December 6 8:05 PM at #16 Northern Arizona #13 Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ (Division I-AA playoffs) W 48-25   9,314
December 13 1:00 PM #6 Colgate #13 Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL (Division I-AA Semifinals) ESPN2 L 36-24   12,857
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards and honors

Mid-season awards and honors

All-Independent honors

All-South Region honors

References

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