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2003 Florida Gators football team

American college football season

American college football season

FieldValue
year2003
teamFlorida Gators
sportfootball
imageFlorida Gators script logo.svg
conferenceSoutheastern Conference
divisionEastern Division
short_confSEC
CoachRank25
APRank24
record8–5
conf_record6–2
head_coachRon Zook
hc_year2nd
off_coachEd Zaunbrecher
oc_year2nd
off_schemeSpread
def_coachCharlie Strong
dc_year1st
def_scheme[4–3](4-3-defense)
captainDaryl Dixon
captain2Keiwan Ratliff
captain3Max Starks
captain4Ben Troupe
stadiumBen Hill Griffin Stadium
championSEC Eastern Division co-champion
bowl[Outback Bowl](2004-outback-bowl)
bowl_resultL 17–37 vs. [Iowa](2003-iowa-hawkeyes-football-team)

The 2003 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida as a member of the Eastern Division in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head Ron Zook, the Gators compiled an overall record of 8–5 with mark of 6–2 in conference play, sharing the SEC's Eastern Division title with Georgia and Tennessee. Florida was invited to the Outback Bowl, where the Gators lost Iowa. The team played home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.

Consensus All-American Keiwan Ratliff set the school single-season interception mark in 2003 with 9.

Schedule

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Game summaries

San Jose State

Miami (FL)

Florida A&M

Tennessee

Kentucky

Ole Miss

LSU

Arkansas

Georgia

Vanderbilt

South Carolina

Florida State

;Florida St

  • Rix 14/19, 256 Yds, 3 TD
  • Washington 15 Rush, 65 Yds
  • Robinson 5 Rec, 102 Yds, TD ;Florida
  • Leak 22/36, 273 Yds, 2 TD
  • Carthon 13 Rush, 62 Yds
  • Troupe 4 Rec, 121 Yds, 2 TD

Outback Bowl

Roster

  • Ron Zook
  • Jerry Anderson
  • Dwayne Dixon
  • Larry Fedora
  • Mike Locksley
  • Bill Miller
  • Charlie Strong
  • Joe Wickline
  • Mike Woodford
  • Ed Zaunbrecher

Players drafted into the NFL

7249Bobby McCrayDEJacksonville Jaguars

Bibliography

  • 2009 Southeastern Conference Football Media Guide, Florida Year-by-Year Records, Southeastern Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, p. 60 (2009).
  • 2012 Florida Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 107–116 (2012).
  • Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). .

References

References

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  5. "2003 Football Boxscore Notes vs Miami (FL) 2003-09-06".
  6. "2003 Football Boxscore Notes vs Florida A&M 2003-09-13".
  7. "2003 Football Boxscore Notes vs Tennessee 2003-09-20".
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