2003 Virginia Cavaliers football team

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2003 Virginia Cavaliers football
Continental Tire Bowl champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record8–5 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon Prince (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorAl Golden (3rd season)
Home stadiumScott Stadium
Seasons
← 2002
2004 →
2003 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 Florida State $   7 1     10 3  
No. 17 Maryland   6 2     10 3  
No. 22 Clemson   5 3     9 4  
NC State   4 4     8 5  
Virginia   4 4     8 5  
Georgia Tech   4 4     7 6  
Wake Forest   3 5     5 7  
Duke   2 6     4 8  
North Carolina   1 7     2 10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Al Groh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 pmDukeNo. 18W 27–061,737
September 612:30 pmat South Carolina*No. 15JPSL 7–3180,150
September 132:00 pmat Western Michigan*W 59–1621,982
September 273:30 pmWake Forest
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ABCW 27–2460,884
October 41:30 pmat North CarolinaW 38–1351,000
October 1112:00 pmat ClemsonNo. 25JPSL 27–30 OT76,774
October 187:45 pmNo. 8 Florida Statedagger
ESPNL 14–1962,875
October 253:00 pmTroy State*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 24–057,580
November 13:30 pmat NC StateABCL 37–5153,800
November 137:45 pmat No. 24 MarylandESPNL 17–2751,027
November 2212:00 pmGeorgia Tech
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
JPSW 29–1758,526
November 291:00 pmVirginia Tech*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
ABCW 35–2160,943
December 2712:00 pmvs. Pittsburgh*ESPN2W 23–1651,236
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Personnel[edit]

2003 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 7 Matt Schaub Sr
OT 61 Elton Brown Jr
OT 66 D'Brickashaw Ferguson So
OT 69 Brad Butler So
OL 77 Ian-Yates Cunningham Fr
FB 86 Kase Luzar Sr
TE 89 Heath Miller Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 56 Darryl Blackstock So
DT 95 Chris Canty Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Coaching staff[edit]

Name Position
Al Groh Head coach
Danny Rocco Assistant head coach / linebackers coach
Al Golden Defensive coordinator
Ron Prince Offensive coordinator / offensive line coach
Corwin Brown Special teams coach
Mike Groh Wide receivers / quarterbacks coach
Andy Heck Tight ends coach
Mike London Defensive line coach / recruiting coordinator
Bob Price Defensive backs coach
Kevin Ross Running backs coach
Anthony Poindexter Graduate assistant coach – offense
Tim Whitney Graduate assistant coach – defense
Evan Marcus Head strength coach

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2003 Season". University of Virginia Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2012.