2003 Miami RedHawks football team

2003 Miami RedHawks football GMAC Bowl Champions MAC Champions MAC East Division Champions MAC Championship Game, W 49–27 vs. Bowling Green GMAC Bowl, W 49–28, Louisville Conference Mid-American Conference East Ranking Coaches #12 AP #10 2003 record 13–1 (8–0 MAC) Head coach Terry Hoeppner Home stadium Yager Stadium (Capacity: 30,012) 2003 Mid-American Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   East Division #10 Miami x$   8 – 0         13 – 1   Marshall   6 – 2         8 – 4   Akron   5 – 3         7 – 5   Kent State   4 – 4         5 – 7   UCF   2 – 6         3 – 9   Ohio   1 – 7         2 – 10   Buffalo   1 – 7         1 – 11   West Division #23 Bowling Green x   7 – 1         11 – 3   Northern Illinois   6 – 2         10 – 2   Toledo   6 – 2         8 – 4   Western Michigan   4 – 4         5 – 7   Ball State   3 – 5         4 – 8   Eastern Michigan   2 – 6         3 – 9   Central Michigan   1 – 7         3 – 9   Championship: Miami 49, Bowling Green 27 $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Miami RedHawks football team represented Miami University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. They competed in the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) . The team was coached by Terry Hoeppner and played their homes game in Yager Stadium. The Redhawks finished the season with a record of 13–1 (8–0 MAC).

Regular season

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	12:00 PM	at Iowa*		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ESPN2	L 3–21	54,128
September 13	200	at Northwestern*		Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPN+	W 44–14	24,215
September 20	3:00 PM	at Colorado State*		Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO		W 41–21	31,610
September 27	2:00 PM	Cincinnati*		Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH (Battle for the Bell)		W 42–37	27,512
October 4	2:00 PM	Akron		Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH		W 45–20	20,157
October 11	2:00 PM	Buffalo		Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH		W 59–3	23,683
October 18	3:00 PM	at Ball State		Ball State Stadium • Muncie, IN	ESPN+	W 49–3	18,396
October 25	2:00 PM	at Kent State		Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	ESPN+	W 38–30	10,693
November 4	7:30 PM	#20 Bowling Green		Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	ESPN2	W 33–10	28,023
November 12	7:30 PM	Marshall	#24	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	ESPN2	W 45–6	26,286
November 22	2:30 PM	at Ohio	#19	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	FSN	W 49–31	14,327
November 28	1:00 PM	at UCF	#16	Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL		W 56–21	12,902
December 4	7:00 PM	at #23 Bowling Green	#15	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH (MAC Championship Game)	ESPN	W 49–27	24,813
December 18	8:30 PM	vs. Louisville*	#15	Ladd Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL (GMAC Bowl)	ESPN	W 49–28	40,620
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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After the season

Comments

Two Miami players were drafted into the National Football League: quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, left as a junior without a degree with a year of college eligibility remaining and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round, #11 overall, and guard Jacob Bell, taken by the Tennessee Titans in the fifth round, #138 overall.^[2] Roethlisberger's #11 selection was the highest ever draft pick for a player from Miami.^[3]

Awards

The Columbus Dispatch named Hoeppner "Ohio College Coach of the Year."^[4] The 2003 team as a whole earned the American Football Coaches Association's "Academic Achievement Honor" for achieving a graduation rate over 70%.^[5]

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