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The 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 2003, and concluded with the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 19, 2003, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Colgate Raiders by a final score of 40−0.[1]
Conference changes and new programs
Conference standings
Conference champions
Postseason
NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket
The top four teams in the tournament were seeded;[2] seeded teams were assured of hosting games in the first two rounds.[3]
| First Round November 29 Campus Sites
| | | Quarterfinals December 6 Campus Sites
| | | Semifinals December 13 Campus Sites
| | | National Championship Game December 19 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN
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| McNeese State*
| 3
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| Northern Arizona
| 35
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| | Northern Arizona*
| 25
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| | | Florida Atlantic
| 48
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| Bethune-Cookman*
| 24
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| Florida Atlantic
| 32
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| Florida Atlantic*
| 24
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| | | 4
| Colgate
| 36
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| 4
| Colgate*
| 19
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| UMass
| 7
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| | 4
| Colgate*
| 28
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| Western Illinois
| 27
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| Montana*
| 40
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| Western Illinois
| 43**
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| | 4
| Colgate
| 0
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| | | 2
| Delaware
| 40
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| 3
| Wofford*
| 31
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| North Carolina A&T
| 0
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| | 3
| Wofford*
| 34
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| Western Kentucky
| 17
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| Western Kentucky*
| 45
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| Jacksonville State
| 7
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| | 3
| Wofford
| 9
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| | | 2
| Delaware*
| 24
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| 2
| Delaware*
| 48
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| Southern Illinois
| 7
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| | 2
| Delaware*
| 37
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| Northern Iowa
| 7
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| Northern Iowa*
| 35
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| Montana State
| 14
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* By team name denotes host institution
* By score denotes overtime period(s)
References
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Champion – Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens |