{{{year}}} [[{{{team}}} football]] Coaches No. 25 AP No. 24
The 2003 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2003 college football season . The Gators competed in Division I-A of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. They were led by second-year coach Ron Zook , who coached the Gators to a first-place tie in the SEC East, an Outback Bowl berth, and an overall win-loss record of 8–5 (.615). Consensus All-American Keiwan Ratliff set the school single-season interception mark in 2003 with 9.
Schedule
August 30San Jose State *
PPV W 65–390,011
September 6at No. 3 Miami (FL) * No. 21
ABC L 33–3879,932
September 13Florida A&M * No. 19
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, Florida PPVW 63–390,087
September 20No. 12 Tennessee No. 17
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, Florida CBS L 10–2490,332
September 27at Kentucky No. 25
JPS W 24–2170,579
October 4Ole Miss No. 24
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, Florida JPSL 17–2090,101
October 11at No. 6 LSU
CBSW 19–792,077
October 18at No. 11 Arkansas
CBSW 33–2873,934
November 1vs. No. 4 Georgia No. 23
CBSW 16–1384,411
November 8Vanderbilt
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, Florida PPVW 35–1790,122
November 15at South Carolina No. 15
JPSW 24–2281,523
November 29No. 9 Florida State * No. 11
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, Florida CBSL 34–3890,407
January 1vs. No. 13 Iowa * No. 17
ESPN L 17–3765,372
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Sources: 2012 Florida Football Media Guide ,[ 2] [ 3]
Personnel
Season summary
San Jose State
1
2 3 4 Total
San Jose St
3
0 0 0
3
• Florida
3
27 14 21
65
Scoring summary Q1 SJSU Carr 47 yard field goal SJSU 3–0 Q1 FLA Leach 20 yard field goal Tie 3–3 Q2 FLA Leach 37 yard field goal FLA 6–3 Q2 FLA Carthon 2 yard run (Leach kick) FLA 13–3 Q2 FLA Kight 21 yard pass from Martin (Leach kick) FLA 20–3 Q2 FLA Scott 38 yard interception return (Leach kick) FLA 27–3 Q2 FLA Leach 30 yard field goal FLA 30–3 Q3 FLA Carthon 2 yard run (Leach kick) FLA 37–3 Q3 FLA Kight 16 yard pass from Leak (Leach kick) FLA 44–3 Q4 FLA Lewis 22 yard fumble return (Leach kick) FLA 51–3 Q4 FLA Jackson 29 yard pass from Dickey (Leach kick) FLA 58–3 Q4 FLA Orr 72 yard interception return (Leach kick) FLA 65–3
[ 4]
1
2 3 4 Total
Florida
10
9 14 0
33
• Miami (FL)
10
0 15 13
38
[ 5]
1
2 3 4 Total
Florida A&M
3
0 0 0
3
• Florida
14
21 7 21
63
Date: September 13Location: Ben Hill Griffith Stadium
[ 6]
Tennessee
1
2 3 4 Total
• Tennessee
0
7 10 7
24
Florida
3
0 0 7
10
Date: September 20Location: Ben Hill Griffith Stadium
[ 7]
Kentucky
1
2 3 4 Total
• Florida
0
3 0 21
24
Kentucky
7
7 7 0
21
[ 8]
Ole Miss
1
2 3 4 Total
• Ole Miss
3
7 3 7
20
Florida
7
10 0 0
17
Date: October 4Location: Ben Hill Griffith Stadium
[ 9]
LSU
1
2 3 4 Total
• Florida
10
3 6 0
19
LSU
7
0 0 0
7
[ 10]
Arkansas
1
2 3 4 Total
• Florida
0
13 13 7
33
Arkansas
7
0 0 21
28
[ 11]
Georgia
1
2 3 4 Total
Georgia
0
3 0 10
13
• Florida
0
3 7 6
16
[ 12]
Vanderbilt
1
2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt
7
3 0 7
17
• Florida
14
7 7 7
35
Date: November 8Location: Ben Hill Griffith Stadium
[ 13]
South Carolina
1
2 3 4 Total
• Florida
0
7 17 0
24
South Carolina
9
7 6 0
22
[ 14]
Florida State
1
2 3 4 Total
• Florida St
7
10 7 14
38
Florida
3
3 18 10
34
Date: November 29Location: Ben Hill Griffith Stadium
[ 15]
Outback Bowl
1
2 3 4 Total
• Iowa
7
13 14 3
37
Florida
7
0 3 7
17
[ 16]
See also
Bibliography
2009 Southeastern Conference Football Media Guide , Florida Year-by-Year Records, Southeastern Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, p. 60 (2009).2012 Florida Football Media Guide Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators , Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). ISBN 0-7948-2298-3 .
References
^ University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 2003 Media Guide" (PDF) . floridagators.com . University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018 . ^ 2012 Florida Football Media Guide Archived 2013-05-27 at the Wayback Machine ^ GatorZone.com, Football, History, Florida Football 2003 . Retrieved November 25, 2011.
^ ESPN . Retrieved 2014-Jul-31.^ [1] ^ [2] ^ [3] ^ ESPN.com . Retrieved 2018-Feb-11.^ ESPN.com . Retrieved 2018-Feb-11.^ ESPN.com . Retrieved 2018-Feb-11.^ ESPN.com . Retrieved 2018-Feb-11.^ ESPN.com . Retrieved 2018-Feb-11.^ ESPN.com . Retrieved 2018-Feb-11.^ ESPN.com . Retrieved 2018-Feb-11.^ ESPN.com . Retrieved 2018-Feb-11.^ ESPN.com . Retrieved 2018-Feb-11.
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