2003 Rice Owls football team

2003 Rice Owls football

Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2003 record	5–7 (5–3 WAC)
Head coach	Ken Hatfield (10th season)
Home stadium	Rice Stadium (Capacity: 70,000)

2003 WAC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 16 Boise State $		8	–	0		13	–	1
Fresno State		6	–	2		9	–	5
Tulsa		5	–	2		7	–	5
Hawaii		5	–	3		9	–	5
Rice		5	–	3		5	–	7
Nevada		4	–	4		6	–	6
Louisiana Tech		3	–	5		5	–	7
San Jose State		2	–	6		3	–	8
UTEP		1	–	6		2	–	10
SMU		0	–	8		0	–	12

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A college football season. The Owls, led by head coach Ken Hatfield and played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 PM	at Houston*	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX (Bayou Bucket Classic)		L 14–48	25,355
September 13	5:00 PM	at Duke*	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC		L 24–27	18,742
September 20	8:15 PM	No. 13 Texas*	Reliant Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN2	L 7–48	45,764
September 27	11:00 PM	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	SPW	L 21–41	40,040
October 4	7:00 PM	San Jose State	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX		W 28–24	15,153
October 18	2:00 PM	Navy*	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX		L 6–38	27,832
October 25	6:00 PM	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	SPW	L 28–31	39,462
November 1	2:00 PM	Nevada	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX		W 52–42	13,011
November 8	2:00 PM	Tulsa	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX		L 28–31	10,846
November 15	3:00 PM	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	SPW	W 42–20	11,856
November 22	2:30 PM	UTEP	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	SPW	W 45–14	10,465
November 29	2:00 PM	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA		W 49–14	8,752
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

↑ "2003 Schedule". Rice Athletics. Archived from the original on December 11, 2003. Retrieved October 19, 2012.

Rice Owls football
Venues	West End Park (1912) Rice Field (1913–1948) Rice Stadium (1950–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Houston: Bayou Bucket Classic SMU Texas
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People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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