Jump to content

2003 Alabama Crimson Tide football team: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 27: Line 27:
Head coach [[Dennis Franchione]] left after just two years with the program and one year after the team was hit with [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] sanctions. He took a job at Texas A&M, deemed a controversial move.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/news/2002/12/05/franchione_am/| title=Franchione bolts Alabama for Texas A&M| accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref>
Head coach [[Dennis Franchione]] left after just two years with the program and one year after the team was hit with [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] sanctions. He took a job at Texas A&M, deemed a controversial move.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/news/2002/12/05/franchione_am/| title=Franchione bolts Alabama for Texas A&M| accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref>


The team later hired [[Mike Price]] in December 2002 who coached the team until the spring of 2003. A story in ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' said that Price had been seen at a [[strip club]] "making it rain" and yelling "Roll Tide, Roll!". He allegedly later checked into a local hotel with at least one [[exotic dancer]] from the club. The magazine further alleged Price had sex with one of the strippers, a claim which Price denied, although he acknowledged being intoxicated on the evening in question. He filed a $20 million libel and defamation suit against ''Sports Illustrated.'' He was subsequently fired by [[University of Alabama|Alabama]], though having never signed a contract.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://static.espn.go.com/ncf/news/2003/0503/1548767.html| title=Alabama fires coach Mike Price| accessdate=2009-03-10}}</ref>
The team later hired [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]] head coach [[Mike Price]] in December 2002 who coached the team until the spring of 2003. A story in ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' said that Price had been seen at a [[strip club]] "making it rain" and yelling "Roll Tide, Roll!". He allegedly later checked into a local hotel with at least one [[exotic dancer]] from the club. The magazine further alleged Price had sex with one of the strippers, a claim which Price denied, although he acknowledged being intoxicated on the evening in question. He filed a $20 million libel and defamation suit against ''Sports Illustrated.'' He was subsequently fired by [[University of Alabama|Alabama]], though having never signed a contract.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://static.espn.go.com/ncf/news/2003/0503/1548767.html| title=Alabama fires coach Mike Price| accessdate=2009-03-10}}</ref>


On May 9, 2003, Alabama hired [[Mike Shula]] as their fourth head coach in four years.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05E4D6173FF93AA35756C0A9659C8B63| title=Alabama Decides to Hire Mike Shula as Its Coach| accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref>
On May 9, 2003, Alabama hired [[Mike Shula]] as their fourth head coach in four years.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05E4D6173FF93AA35756C0A9659C8B63| title=Alabama Decides to Hire Mike Shula as Its Coach| accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref>
Line 38: Line 38:
! Date || Time || Rank<sup>#</sup> || Opponent || Stadium · City || Result || TV
! Date || Time || Rank<sup>#</sup> || Opponent || Stadium · City || Result || TV
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| August 30, 2003* || 6:45 PM || || {{cfb link|year=2003|team=South Florida Bulls|title=South Florida}} || [[Legion Field]] · [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham, AL]] ||'''W''' 40-17 ||
| August 30* || 6:45 PM || || {{cfb link|year=2003|team=South Florida Bulls|title=South Florida}} || [[Legion Field]] · [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham, AL]] ||'''W''' 40-17 ||
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| September 6, 2003* || 6:45 PM || || [[2003 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]] || Bryant-Denny Stadium · [[Tuscaloosa, AL]] ||'''L''' 20-13 ||
| September 6* || 6:45 PM || || [[2003 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]] || Bryant-Denny Stadium · [[Tuscaloosa, AL]] ||'''L''' 20-13 ||
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| September 13, 2003 || 6:45 PM || || {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Kentucky Wildcats|title=Kentucky}} || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL ||'''W''' 27-17 ||
| September 13 || 6:45 PM || || {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Kentucky Wildcats|title=Kentucky}} || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL ||'''W''' 27-17 ||
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| September 20, 2003 * || 6:00 PM || || {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Northern Illinois Huskies|title=Northern Illinois}} || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL ||'''L''' 19-16 ||
| September 20* || 6:00 PM || || {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Northern Illinois Huskies|title=Northern Illinois}} || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL ||'''L''' 19-16 ||
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| September 27, 2003 || 2:30 PM || || {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Arkansas Razorbacks|title=Arkansas}} || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL ||'''L''' 34-31<sup>OT</sup>||
| September 27 || 2:30 PM || || {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Arkansas Razorbacks|title=Arkansas}} || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL ||'''L''' 34-31<sup>OT</sup>||
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| October 4, 2003 || 2:30 PM || || at [[2003 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]] || [[Sanford Stadium]] · [[Athens, Georgia|Athens, GA]] ||'''L''' 37-23 ||
| October 4 || 2:30 PM || || at [[2003 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]] || [[Sanford Stadium]] · [[Athens, Georgia|Athens, GA]] ||'''L''' 37-23 ||
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| October 11, 2003* || 2:00 PM || || {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Southern Miss Golden Eagles|title=Southern Miss}} || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL ||'''W''' 17-3 ||
| October 11* || 2:00 PM || || {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Southern Miss Golden Eagles|title=Southern Miss}} || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL ||'''W''' 17-3 ||
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| October 18, 2003 || || || at [[2003 Ole Miss Rebels football team|Mississippi]] || [[Vaught-Hemingway Stadium]] · [[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford, MS]] ||'''L''' 43-28 ||
| October 18 || || || at [[2003 Ole Miss Rebels football team|Mississippi]] || [[Vaught-Hemingway Stadium]] · [[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford, MS]] ||'''L''' 43-28 ||
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| October 25, 2003 || 2:30 PM || || {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Tennessee Volunteers|title=Tennessee}} || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL ([[Third Saturday in October]]) ||'''L''' 51-43<sup>OT</sup> ||
| October 25 || 2:30 PM || || {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Tennessee Volunteers|title=Tennessee}} || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL ([[Third Saturday in October]]) ||'''L''' 51-43<sup>OT</sup> ||
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| November 8, 2003 || 11:00 AM || || at {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Mississippi State Bulldogs|title=Mississippi State}} || [[Davis Wade Stadium]] · [[Starkville, Mississippi|Starkville, MS]] ||'''W''' 38-0 ||
| November 8 || 11:00 AM || || at {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Mississippi State Bulldogs|title=Mississippi State}} || [[Davis Wade Stadium]] · [[Starkville, Mississippi|Starkville, MS]] ||'''W''' 38-0 ||
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| November 15, 2003 || 6:45 PM || || [[2003 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]] || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL ([[Alabama-LSU rivalry]]) ||'''L''' 27-3 ||
| November 15 || 6:45 PM || || [[2003 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]] || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL ([[Alabama-LSU rivalry]]) ||'''L''' 27-3 ||
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| November 22, 2003 || 6:45 PM || || at [[2003 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn]] || [[Jordan-Hare Stadium]] · [[Auburn, Alabama|Auburn, AL]] ([[Iron Bowl]]) ||'''L''' 28-23 ||
| November 22 || 6:45 PM || || at [[2003 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn]] || [[Jordan-Hare Stadium]] · [[Auburn, Alabama|Auburn, AL]] ([[Iron Bowl]]) ||'''L''' 28-23 ||
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| November 29, 2003* || 6:45 PM || || at [[2003 Hawaii Warriors football team|Hawaii]] || [[Aloha Stadium]] · [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu, HI]] ||'''L''' 37-29 ||
| November 29* || 6:45 PM || || at [[2003 Hawaii Warriors football team|Hawaii]] || [[Aloha Stadium]] · [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu, HI]] ||'''L''' 37-29 ||
{{CFB Schedule End|rank=|poll=|timezone=[[Central Time]]}}
{{CFB Schedule End|rank=|poll=|timezone=[[Central Time]]}}
<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/teams/schedule?teamId=333&year=2003 ESPN - 2003 Alabama Schedule]</ref>
<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/teams/schedule?teamId=333&year=2003 ESPN - 2003 Alabama Schedule]</ref>

Revision as of 20:19, 8 February 2010

{{{year}}} [[{{{team}}} football]]

The 2003 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. They began their season trying to improve from a 10-3 (6-2) record from the 2002 season. This was the team's 71st year in the SEC. This season was the last that the team played at Legion Field in Birmingham due to unsafe conditions with the upper deck.[1]

Head coach Dennis Franchione left after just two years with the program and one year after the team was hit with NCAA sanctions. He took a job at Texas A&M, deemed a controversial move.[2]

The team later hired Washington State head coach Mike Price in December 2002 who coached the team until the spring of 2003. A story in Sports Illustrated said that Price had been seen at a strip club "making it rain" and yelling "Roll Tide, Roll!". He allegedly later checked into a local hotel with at least one exotic dancer from the club. The magazine further alleged Price had sex with one of the strippers, a claim which Price denied, although he acknowledged being intoxicated on the evening in question. He filed a $20 million libel and defamation suit against Sports Illustrated. He was subsequently fired by Alabama, though having never signed a contract.[3]

On May 9, 2003, Alabama hired Mike Shula as their fourth head coach in four years.[4]

Summary

Alabama began their season under first-year coach Mike Shula, after a rough off-season which had multiple coaching changes. The team struggled throughout the season, though they did come close in most of their games. A notable game from the 2003 season occurred on October 25 versus rival Tennessee which ended in a 51-43 five-overtime loss for the Crimson Tide.[5]

Schedule

Date Time Rank# Opponent Stadium · City Result TV
August 30* 6:45 PM South Florida Legion Field · Birmingham, AL W 40-17
September 6* 6:45 PM Oklahoma Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL L 20-13
September 13 6:45 PM Kentucky Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL W 27-17
September 20* 6:00 PM Northern Illinois Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL L 19-16
September 27 2:30 PM Arkansas Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL L 34-31OT
October 4 2:30 PM at Georgia Sanford Stadium · Athens, GA L 37-23
October 11* 2:00 PM Southern Miss Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL W 17-3
October 18 at Mississippi Vaught-Hemingway Stadium · Oxford, MS L 43-28
October 25 2:30 PM Tennessee Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL (Third Saturday in October) L 51-43OT
November 8 11:00 AM at Mississippi State Davis Wade Stadium · Starkville, MS W 38-0
November 15 6:45 PM LSU Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL (Alabama-LSU rivalry) L 27-3
November 22 6:45 PM at Auburn Jordan-Hare Stadium · Auburn, AL (Iron Bowl) L 28-23
November 29* 6:45 PM at Hawaii Aloha Stadium · Honolulu, HI L 37-29

Template:CFB Schedule End [6]

References

  1. ^ "Alabama forced to abandon Legion Field". Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  2. ^ "Franchione bolts Alabama for Texas A&M". Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  3. ^ "Alabama fires coach Mike Price". Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  4. ^ "Alabama Decides to Hire Mike Shula as Its Coach". Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  5. ^ "Clausen scores game-winner on sneak". Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  6. ^ ESPN - 2003 Alabama Schedule
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2003_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team&oldid=342767575"