2003–04 NCAA football bowl games
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![]() Gameplay during the BCS National Championship Sugar Bowl for the 2003 season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of bowls | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All-star games | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowl games | December 16, 2003 – January 4, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National Championship | 2004 Sugar Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location of Championship | Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champions | LSU Tigers (BCS/Coaches) & USC Trojans (AP) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowl Challenge Cup winner | ACC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2003–04 NCAA football bowl games were a series of 28 post-season games (including the Bowl Championship Series) played in December 2003 and January 2004 for Division I-A football teams and their all-stars. The post-season began with the New Orleans Bowl on December 16, 2003, and concluded on January 31, 2004, with the season-ending Gridiron Classic.
A total of 28 team-competitive games, and two all-star games, were played. To fill the 56 available bowl slots, four teams with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games—all four had a .500 (6–6) season. While teams that did not have winning seasons were invited to bowl games, seven teams with winning records were left out: Northern Illinois (10–2); Connecticut (9-3); Marshall and Toledo (both 8–4); Air Force and Akron (both 7–5); and South Florida (7–4).
Poll rankings
The below table lists top teams (per polls taken after the completion of the regular season and any conference championship games), their win-loss records (prior to bowl games), and the bowls they later played in. The AP column represents rankings per the AP Poll,[1] while the BCS column represents the Bowl Championship Series rankings.[2]
† denotes a BCS bowl game
Schedule
Conference bowl representation
Conference | Bowl Appearances | Top 25 (December 7 Polls) | |||||||
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# | Record | % | Winners | Losers | # | Teams | AP Rank | CP Rank
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All-star games
Date | Game | Winning Team | Losing Team | Venue | City | ||
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January 10, 2004 | East–West Shrine Game | West Team | 28 | East Team | 7 | SBC Park | San Francisco, California |
January 17, 2004 | Las Vegas All-American Classic | West Team | 14 | East Team | 7 | Sam Boyd Stadium | Las Vegas, Nevada |
January 17, 2004 | Hula Bowl | South (Aina) | 26 | North (Kai) | 7 | War Memorial Stadium | Wailuku, Hawaii |
January 24, 2004 | Senior Bowl | South Team | 28 | North Team | 10 | Ladd–Peebles Stadium | Mobile, Alabama |
January 31, 2004 | Gridiron Classic | North All-Stars | 35 | South All-Stars | 31 | The Villages Polo Stadium | The Villages, Florida |
References
- ^ "AP Poll". Tampa Bay Times. December 8, 2003. p. 49. Retrieved December 5, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bowl Championship Series Rankings". Tampa Bay Times. December 8, 2003. p. 49. Retrieved December 5, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "ESPN College FB Scoreboard (2003)". Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ^ a b "2003-2004 Bowl Results (about.com)". Retrieved 2009-01-01.