2003 Troy State Trojans football team

The 2003 Troy State Trojans football team represented Troy State University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Trojans played their home games at Movie Gallery Stadium in Troy, Alabama and competed as a Division I-A Independent. The 2003 season was Troy State's second season as a member of Division I-A.

2003 Troy State Trojans football
ConferenceIndependent
2003 record6–6
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMark Fleetwood (1st season)
Offensive schemeI formation
Defensive coordinatorVic Koenning (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumMovie Gallery Stadium
(Capacity: 30,000)
2003 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Connecticut   –     9 –3  
Navy   –     8 –5  
Troy State   –     6 –6  
Notre Dame   –     5 –7  
Rankings from AP Poll

During the season, Troy managed to get one of the biggest wins in the program's history at the time, defeating Marshall 33-24 in front of a then record crowd of 26,000. Marshall had just finished their previous season as the #24-ranked team in the AP Poll, and prior to playing against Troy, had just come off of an upset victory over #6 Kansas State, which is what made the win a milestone victory for Troy. Following the win over Marshall, students and fans in attendance rushed the field and tore down the goal posts.[1]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 30at No. 7 Kansas State*
L 5–4141,812
September 6at Minnesota*
ESPN+L 7–4831,393
September 13at UAB*
W 20–918,216
September 20SE Louisiana*
Cox SportsW 28-019,889
September 27Marshall*
  • Movie Gallery Stadium
  • Troy, Alabama
ESPN RegionalW 33-2426,000
October 4at No. 12 Nebraska*
L 0–3077,825
October 18FIU*
W 21–1019,417
October 25at Virginia*
L 0–2457,580
October 30at North Texas*
ESPN RegionalL 0–2111,128
November 8at Middle Tennessee*
ESPN RegionalL 20–276,563
November 15at Utah State*
W 23–149,291
November 22Louisiana–Monroe*
  • Movie Gallery Stadium
  • Troy, Alabama
W 28–2419,057
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "The night the goal post came down". Troy Today. Retrieved 2018-10-03.


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