2003 Utah Utes football
Mountain West champion
Liberty Bowl champion
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
APNo. 21
Record10–2 (6–1 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Sanford (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread option
Defensive coordinatorKyle Whittingham (9th season)
Home stadiumRice-Eccles Stadium
Seasons
← 2002
2004 →
2003 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 21 Utah $   6 – 1     10 – 2  
New Mexico   5 – 2     8 – 5  
Colorado State   4 – 3     7 – 6  
Air Force   3 – 4     7 – 5  
San Diego State   3 – 4     6 – 6  
BYU   3 – 4     4 – 8  
UNLV   2 – 5     6 – 6  
Wyoming   2 – 5     4 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The Utah Utes 2003 football team represented the University of Utah in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was Urban Meyer's first year coaching at the school, after being hired from Bowling Green. The team played its home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 287:00 pmUtah State*
W 40–2039,697
September 66:00 pmat Texas A&M*
KJZZL 26–2874,019
September 115:45 pmCalifornia*
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
ESPNW 31–2446,768
September 274:30 pmat Colorado State
KJZZW 28–2129,117
October 38:00 pmNo. 19 Oregon*
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
ESPN2W 17–1344,676
October 115:00 pmSan Diego Statedagger
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
KJZZW 27–639,132
October 181:00 pmat UNLV
ESPN+W 28–1026,241
October 251:00 pmNew MexicoNo. 24
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
ESPN+L 35–4737,288
November 110:00 amat Air Force
ESPN2W 45–43 3OT30,004
November 154:30 pmWyoming
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
KJZZW 47–1741,307
November 221:00 pmat BYU
ESPN+W 3–064,486
December 311:30 pmvs. Southern Miss*No. 25
ESPNW 17–055,989

[1][2]

Rankings

See also: 2003 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP——————282824——312929262521
Coaches5045—4944412727233232302627272521
BCSNot released————24222322Not released

Game summaries

Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 3 9 8 20
Utes 7 7 7 19 40

See also: Utah State and Battle of the Brothers

Texas A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Utes 0 0 13 13 26
Aggies 14 7 0 7 28

See also: 2003 Texas A&M Aggies football team

California

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 0 7 17 0 24
Utes 14 7 0 10 31

See also: California

Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total
Utes 0 14 7 7 28
Rams 0 7 0 14 21

See also: Colorado State

Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
Ducks 3 10 0 0 13
Utes 3 7 0 7 17

See also: 2003 Oregon Ducks football team

San Diego State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aztecs 3 3 0 0 6
Utes 0 0 13 14 27

See also: San Diego State

UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total
Utes 14 7 0 7 28
Rebels 0 7 3 0 10

See also: UNLV

New Mexico

1 2 3 4 Total
Lobos 0 16 28 3 47
Utes 0 14 6 15 35

See also: New Mexico

Air Force

1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT Total
Utes 3 14 6 0778 45
Falcons 0 7 0 16776 43

See also: Air Force

Wyoming

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 7 10 0 0 17
Utes 7 10 16 14 47

See also: Wyoming

BYU

1 2 3 4 Total
Utes 0 3 0 0 3
Cougars 0 0 0 0 0

See also: BYU and Holy War

Utah beat BYU for the second straight year with this 3–0 victory. There was heavy snow fall for much of the game. The victory snapped BYU's NCAA record for scoring in 361 straight games—BYU's first shutout since a 20–0 loss to Arizona State on September 25, 1975.[3]

Liberty Bowl: Utah vs. Southern Miss

Main article: 2003 Liberty Bowl

See also: 2003 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Utes 0 7 0 10 17
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 0 0

References

  1. ^ "Official Schedule". Retrieved February 18, 2008.
  2. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  3. ^ Call, Jeff. "Cougars Left to Live with Another Setback". Deseret News. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
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