2003 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

2003 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Big East co-champion
Gator Bowl, L 7–41 vs. Maryland
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record8–5 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSpread option
Defensive coordinatorJeff Casteel (2nd season)
Base defense3–3–5
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
2003 Big East Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
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 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University as a member of the Big East Conference during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Rich Rodriguez, the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 8–5 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, sharing the Big East title with the Miami Hurricanes. West Virginia was invited the Gator Bowl, where the Mountaineers lost to Maryland. The team played home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia.

West Virginia rebounded from a 1–4 start to end capture the program's first conference championship since 1993.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 3012:00 p.m.No. 20 Wisconsin*
ESPNL 17–2460,663
September 67:00 p.m.at East Carolina*
W 48–736,088[1]
September 1312:00 p.m.Cincinnati*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
ESPN PlusL 13–1551,189
September 206:05 p.m.at Maryland*
L 7–3451,973
October 27:30 p.m.at No. 2 Miami (FL)
ESPNL 20–2254,621
October 1112:00 p.m.Rutgers
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
ESPN PlusW 34–1950,896
October 227:30 p.m.No. 3 Virginia Tech
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
ESPNW 28–756,319
November 11:00 p.m.UCF*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 36–1842,712
November 812:00 p.m.at Boston College
ESPN PlusW 35–2839,723
November 157:00 p.m.No. 16 Pittsburgh
ESPN2W 52–3167,715
November 2212:00 p.m.at Syracuse
ESPN2W 34–2341,801
November 2912:00 p.m.Temple
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
ESPN PlusW 45–2835,942
January 112:30 p.m.vs. No. 24 Maryland*No. 23
NBCL 7–4178,892
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2003 West Virginia Mountaineers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 1 Kay-Jay Harris Jr
QB 2 Rasheed Marshall Jr
WR 5 Chris Henry So
FB 36 Adam King Sr
WR 86 John Pennington Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 6 Grant Wiley Sr
DB 9 Adam Jones So
DB 19 Lance Frazier Sr
DE 92 Ben Lynch Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "WVU hammers East Carolina". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. September 7, 2003. Retrieved March 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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