2003 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
The 2003 Florida Atlantic University Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was coached by Howard Schnellenberger and played their home games at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Owls competed in them as an independent.
| 2003 Florida Atlantic Owls football | |
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NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal, L 24–36 vs. Colgate | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 4[1] |
| 2003 record | 11–3 |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Larry Seiple (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
| Defensive coordinator | Kirk Hoza (3rd season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Lockhart Stadium (20,000, grass) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Florida Atlantic ^ | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Northern Colorado | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 0 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIU | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Savannah State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 28 | 8:00 p.m. | at Middle Tennessee | W 20–19 | 23,261 | |||
| September 6 | 4:00 p.m. | Valdosta State | L 17–45 | 4,758 | |||
| September 13 | 6:00 p.m. | at Central Florida | L 29–33 | 25,144 | |||
| September 20 | 7:00 p.m. | at Youngstown State | W 13–6 | 16,891 | |||
| September 27 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 23 Illinois State | W 28–10 | 6,837 | |||
| October 4 | 4:00 p.m. | Texas State |
| W 27–14 | 4,358 | ||
| October 11 | 4:00 p.m. | Nicholls State |
| W 31–23 | 3,302 | ||
| October 18 | 4:00 p.m. | Northern Colorado | No. 23 |
| W 21–19 | 4,255 | |
| November 1 | 4:00 p.m. | Gardner–Webb | No. 17 |
| W 31–26 | 5,263 | |
| November 15 | 4:00 p.m. | Siena | No. 15 |
| W 51–3 | 6,159 | |
| November 22 | 3:30 p.m. | at Florida International | No. 15 | W 32–23 | 9,288 | ||
| November 29 | 1:00 p.m. | at Bethune-Cookman | No. 13 | W 32–24 | 8,468 | ||
| December 6 | 8:05 p.m. | at No. 16 Northern Arizona | No. 13 | W 48–25 | 9,314 | ||
| December 13 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 6 Colgate | No. 13 |
| ESPN2 | L 24–36 | 12,857 |
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Awards and honors
Mid-season awards and honors
- Week 4 Independent Player of the Week: Roosevelt Bynes (WR, Jr.)
- Week 8 Independent Player of the Week: Willie Hughley (CB, So.)
All-Independent honors
- First Team All-Independent:
- Jared Allen (QB, Jr.)
- Roosevelt Bynes (WR, Jr.)
- Anthony Crissinger-Hill (WR, Jr.)
- Quentin Swain (LB, Sr.)
- Second Team All-Independent:
- Anthony Jackson (RB, Jr.)
- Ken Campos (OL, Sr.)
- George Guffey (OL, Sr.)
- Dave Richards (OL, Sr.)
- Chris Laskowski (LB, Jr.)
- Willie Hughley (CB, So.)
All-South Region honors
- First Team All-South Region:
- Roosevelt Bynes (WR, Jr.)
- Anthony Crissinger-Hill (WR, Jr.)
- Willie Hughley (CB, So.)
- Second Team All-South Region:
- Jared Allen (QB, Jr.)
- George Guffey (OL, Sr.)
- Dave Richards (OL, Sr.)
- Chris Laskowski (LB, Jr.)
- Third Team All-South Region:
- Yrvens Guerrier (DL, Sr.)
- Mike Myers (K, Jr.)
References
- "Sports Network's Final 2003 I-AA College Football Poll". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
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