2003 Utah Utes football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 21

2003 Mountain West Conference football standings
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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 college football season of 2003-2004. 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

August 287:00 PMUtah State*

W 40–20 39,697 September 66:00 PMat Texas A&M*

KJZZL 26–28 74,019 September 115:45 PMCalifornia*

Rice–Eccles Stadium
Salt Lake City, UT

ESPNW 31–24 46,768 September 274:30 PMat Colorado State

KJZZW 28–21 29,117 October 38:00 PMNo. 22 Oregon*

Rice–Eccles Stadium
Salt Lake City, UT

ESPN2W 17–13 44,676 October 115:00 PMSan Diego State

Rice–Eccles Stadium
Salt Lake City, UT

KJZZW 27–6 39,132 October 181:00 PMat UNLV

ESPN+W 28–10 26,241 October 251:00 PMNew MexicoNo. 23

Rice–Eccles Stadium
Salt Lake City, UT (The Bowl)

ESPN+L 35–47 37,288 November 110:00 AMat Air Force

ESPN2W 45–43 ^3OT30,004 November 154:30 PMWyoming

Rice–Eccles Stadium
Salt Lake City, UT

KJZZW 47–17 41,307 November 221:00 PMat BYU

ESPN+W 3–0 64,486 December 311:30 PMvs. Southern Miss*No. 25

ESPNW 17–0 55,989

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Rankings

Ranking Movement
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
AP	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	28	24	-	-	31	29	29	26	25	21
Coaches	50	45	-	49	44	41	27	27	23	32	32	30	26	27	27	25	21
BCS	Not released								-	-	-	-	24	22	23	22

Game notes

Utah State

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

Texas A&M

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

California

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

Colorado State

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

Oregon

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

San Diego State

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

UNLV

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

New Mexico

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

Air Force

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Utes	3	14	6	0	7	7	8	45
Falcons	0	7	0	16	7	7	6	43

Wyoming

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

BYU

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

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes	0	7	0	10	17
Golden Eagles	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Official Schedule". Retrieved February 18, 2008.
^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
^ Call, Jeff. "Cougars Left to Live with Another Setback". Deseret News. Retrieved November 4, 2009.

[schedule-1] "Official Schedule". Retrieved February 18, 2008.

[2] "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

[3] Call, Jeff. "Cougars Left to Live with Another Setback". Deseret News. Retrieved November 4, 2009.

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