2003 Miami Hurricanes football team

2003 Miami Hurricanes football
2003 Miami Hurricanes football
Big East co-champion; Florida Cup champion; Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 16–14 vs. Florida State
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
Record	11–2 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach	Larry Coker (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Rob Chudzinski (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Randy Shannon (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3 Cover 2
Home stadium	Miami Orange Bowl; (Capacity: 72,319)

2003 Big East Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Miami (FL) $+	6	–	1	11	–	2
West Virginia +	6	–	1	8	–	5
Pittsburgh	5	–	2	8	–	5
Virginia Tech	4	–	3	8	–	5
Boston College	3	–	4	8	–	5
Syracuse	2	–	5	6	–	6
Rutgers	2	–	5	5	–	7
Temple	0	–	7	1	–	11

$ – BCS representative as conference champion + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 78th season of football and 13th and final as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hurricanes were led by third-year head coach Larry Coker and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 11–2 overall and 6–1 in the Big East to finish as conference co-champion. They were invited to the Orange Bowl where they defeated Florida State, 16–14.

Miami's 500th victory in program history came against West Virginia on October 2.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 28	7:30 pm	vs. Louisiana Tech*	No. 3	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA	ESPN	W 48–9	43,279
September 6	8:00 pm	No. 18 Florida*	No. 3	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	ABC	W 38–33	79,932
September 13	7:00 pm	East Carolina*	No. 2	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN2	W 38–3	65,825	^[2]
September 20	7:45 pm	at Boston College	No. 2	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN	W 33–14	44,500
October 2	7:30 pm	West Virginia	No. 2	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN	W 22–20	54,621
October 11	12:00 pm	at No. 5 Florida State*	No. 2	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry, College GameDay)	ABC	W 22–14	84,336
October 18	12:00 pm	Temple	No. 2	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN Plus	W 52–14	49,144
November 1	7:45 pm	at No. 10 Virginia Tech	No. 2	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 7–31	65,115
November 8	12:00 pm	No. 18 Tennessee*	No. 6	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ABC	L 6–10	69,722
November 15	12:00 pm	Syracuse	No. 14	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN Plus	W 17–10	48,130
November 22	12:00 pm	Rutgers	No. 13	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN Plus	W 34–10	39,572
November 29	8:00 pm	at No. 20 Pittsburgh	No. 10	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA	ABC	W 28–14	60,486
January 1	8:30 pm	vs. No. 9 Florida State*	No. 10	Pro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (Orange Bowl)	ABC	W 16–14	76,739
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	3 (2)	3 (2)	2 (2)	2 (3)	2 (3)	2 (3)	2 (1)	2 (3)	2 (3)	2 (3)	6	14	13	10	10	10	5
Coaches	3 (5)	3 (5)	2 (8)	2 (8)	2 (6)	2 (8)	2 (4)	2 (5)	2 (6)	2 (5)	7	14	13	10	10	9	5
BCS	Not released								2	2	4	12	12	10	10	9	Not released

Game summaries

Florida

#18 Florida at #3 Miami (FL)

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	10	9	14	0	33
• Miami (FL)	10	0	15	13	38

Date: September 6
Location: Orange Bowl, Miami
Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST
TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Bob Griese (Color) & Lynn Swann (Sideline)

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Florida State

Miami (FL) Hurricanes (5–0) at Florida State Seminoles (5–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami (FL)	6	13	3	0	22
Florida St	0	0	7	7	14

at Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida

Date: October 11
Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
Game weather: Rain • 75 °F (24 °C) • Wind SE 7 miles per hour (11 km/h; 6.1 kn)
Game attendance: 84,336
Referee: Jack Cramer
TV: ABC
Box Score

Game information

Miami (FL)

Brock Berlin
15/28, 181 Yds, TD, 3 INT
Jarrett Payton
26 Rush, 97 Yds
Kellen Winslow
7 Rec, 106 Yds

Florida State

Chris Rix
20/42, 235 Yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
Leon Washington
6 Rush, 26 Yds
P.K. Sam
5 Rec, 95 Yds

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	MIA	FSU
1	5:16	4	5	1:32	Miami (FL)	27-yard field goal by Jon Peattie	3	0
1	3:17	6	28	1:59	Miami (FL)	22-yard field goal by Jon Peattie	6	0
2	11:26	11	75	3:29	Miami (FL)	Jarrett Payton 14-yard touchdown reception from Brock Berlin, 2-point pass failed	12	0
2	3:11				Miami (FL)	Interception returned 50 yards for touchdown by Sean Taylor, Jon Peattie kick good	19	0
3	11:26	4	9	1:47	Miami (FL)	19-yard field goal by Jon Peattie	22	0
3	4:51	1	18	0:06	Florida State	Willie Reid 18-yard touchdown reception from Chris Rix, Xavier Beitia kick good	22	7
4	0:00	6	64	1:06	Florida State	Chris Davis 17-yard touchdown reception from Chris Rix, Xavier Beitia kick good	22	14
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							22	14

Roster

2003 Miami Hurricanes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`1`	Roscoe Parrish	So
WR	`3`	Jason Geathers	Sr
WR	`4`	Devin Hester	Fr
QB	`7`	Brock Berlin	Jr
WR	`8`	Darnell Jenkins	Fr
WR	`9`	Kevin Beard	Sr
QB	`12`	Marc Guillon	Fr
WR	`15`	Buck Ortega	So
QB	`16`	Kyle Wright	Fr
QB	`18`	Derrick Crudup	Sr
WR	`22`	Kelly Jennings	So
FB	`23`	Quadtrine Hill	So
FB	`27`	Jeff Malley	So
WR	`29`	Tanard Davis	So
RB	`30`	Tyrone Moss	Fr
RB	`32`	Frank Gore	So
RB	`34`	Jarrett Payton	Sr
FB	`40`	Kyle Cobia	Jr
FB	`41`	Talib Humphrey	Jr
FB	`46`	Jean Volcy	Fr
TE	`49`	Kurt Stange	So
OL	`52`	Matt Harper	So
OL	`53`	Jim Sikora	Sr
OL	`59`	Brad Kunz	Jr
OT	`60`	Vernon Carey	Sr
OL	`61`	Tony Tella	So
OL	`63`	Alex Pou	Fr
OL	`64`	Rashad Butler	So
OL	`65`	Alex Garcia	Sr
OL	`66`	Chris Napoli	Fr
OL	`66`	John Rochford	Fr
OL	`67`	Joe McGrath	Sr
OL	`70`	Joel Robinson	Jr
OL	`71`	Derrick Morse	Fr
OL	`72`	Andrew Bain	Fr
OL	`73`	Cyrim Wimbs	Fr
OL	`74`	Eric Winston	So
OT	`76`	Carlos Joseph	Sr
G	`77`	Chris Myers	Jr
OL	`78`	Anthony Wollschlager	Fr
OL	`79`	Robert Bergman	So
WR	`80`	Akieem Jolla	Fr
TE	`81`	Kellen Winslow II	Jr
WR	`83`	Sinorice Moss	Jr
TE	`84`	Kevin Everett	Jr
WR	`85`	Ryan Moore	Fr
TE	`86`	Brandon Sebald	So
FB		Jonathan Mann	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`2`	Jon Beason	Fr
DB	`5`	Greg Threat	So
CB	`6`	Antrel Rolle	Jr
LB	`17`	D.J. Williams	Sr
DB	`19`	Brandon Meriweather	Fr
DB	`20`	Terrell Walden	Fr
DB	`21`	Travarous Bain	Fr
DB	`24`	Marcus Maxey	Fr
CB	`25`	Alfonso Marshall	Sr
S	`26`	Sean Taylor	Jr
DB	`28`	Willie Cooper	Fr
DB	`31`	Glenn Sharpe	So
DB	`35`	Tim Kelly	So
DB	`36`	Maurice Sikes	Sr
DB	`37`	Michael Langley	Sr
LB	`38`	Carl Walker	Sr
LB	`43`	Leo Waiters	Fr
LB	`44`	Leon Williams	So
LB	`45`	Arlington Highsmith	Fr
DL	`47`	Vegas Franklin	Fr
LB	`47`	Christopher Timpson	Jr
LB	`49`	Darrell McClover	Sr
LB	`50`	Roger McIntosh	So
LB	`51`	Jonathan Vilma	Sr
LB	`52`	Tavares Gooden	Fr
DL	`54`	Teraz McCray	Fr
LB	`55`	Glenn Cook	Fr
DL	`56`	Santonio Thomas	Jr
DE	`57`	Javon Nanton	So
LB	`58`	Jarrell Weaver	Sr
DL	`68`	Nate Robinson	Fr
NT	`75`	Vince Wilfork	Jr
DL	`82`	David Williams	Jr
DL	`87`	Dave Howell	Fr
DL	`90`	Thomas Carroll	So
DL	`91`	Eric Moncur	Fr
DL	`92`	Orien Harris	So
DL	`93`	John Square	Jr
DL	`95`	Bryan Pata	Fr
DL	`96`	Alton Wright	Jr
DL	`97`	Larry Anderson	Sr
DL	`98`	Baraka Atkins	Fr
DL	`99`	Kareem Brown	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`10`	Matt Carter	Jr
K/P	`13`	Jon Peattie	Fr
K/P	`30`	Francesco Zampogna	Fr
K	`33`	Mark Gent	So
P	`39`	Brian Monroe	Fr
LS	`62`	Chris Harvey	Sr
LS	`88`	Curtis Justus	Fr

Head coach

Larry Coker

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Rob Chudzinski (OC/TE)
Don Soldinger (STC/RB)
Randy Shannon (DC/LB)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

References

^ "Miami Football Record Book". University of Miami Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
^ "Defense punctuates UM's win". The Miami Herald. September 14, 2003. Retrieved March 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Berlin Leads 'Canes Comeback Against Former Mates". ESPN. September 6, 2003. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2014.

[1] "Miami Football Record Book". University of Miami Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 3, 2012.

[2] "Defense punctuates UM's win". The Miami Herald. September 14, 2003. Retrieved March 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Berlin Leads 'Canes Comeback Against Former Mates". ESPN. September 6, 2003. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2014.

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Q1	14:47	MIA	Devin Hester 97 yard kickoff return (Jon Peattie kick)	MIA 7–0

Q1	9:25	FLA	Matt Leach 26 yard field goal	MIA 7–3

Q1	6:08	MIA	Jon Peattie 27 yard field goal	MIA 10–3

Q1	4:15	FLA	Carlos Perez 50 yard pass from Ingle Martin (Matt Leach kick)	Tie 10–10

Q2	11:36	FLA	Keiwan Ratliff 34 yard fumble return (pass failed)	FLA 16–10

Q2	:11	FLA	Matt Leach 30 yard field goal	FLA 19–10

Q3	14:49	FLA	DeShawn Wynn 65 yard run (Matt Leach kick)	FLA 26–10

Q3	6:10	FLA	Ran Carthon 4 yard run (Matt Leach kick)	FLA 33–10

Q3	3:35	MIA	Kevin Beard 26 yard pass from Brock Berlin (Ryan Moore pass from Brock Berlin)	FLA 33–18

Q3	:33	MIA	Frank Gore 1 yard run (Jon Peattie kick)	FLA 33–25

Q4	11:08	MIA	Ryan Moore 6 yard pass from Brock Berlin (Jon Peattie kick)	FLA 33–32

Q4	1:44	MIA	Frank Gore 12 yard run (pass failed)	MIA 38–33

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