2003 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
| 2003 Virginia Tech Hokies football | |
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Insight Bowl, L 49–52 vs. California | |
| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Record | 8–5 (4–3 Big East) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Bryan Stinespring (2nd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
| Defensive coordinator | Bud Foster (9th season) |
| Base defense | 4–4 |
| Home stadium | Lane Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2003 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Tech in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer. They played their home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia and participated as members of the Big East Conference.
This was the Hokies last season as a member of the Big East Conference. With them moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference the following year.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 31 | 3:00 p.m. | Central Florida* | No. 9 | ESPN | W 49–28 | 65,115 | ||
| September 6 | 1:00 p.m. | James Madison* | No. 9 |
| W 43–0 | 65,115 | [1] | |
| September 18 | 7:45 p.m. | Texas A&M* | No. 8 |
| ESPN | W 35–19 | 65,115 | |
| September 27 | 12:00 p.m. | Connecticut* | No. 5 |
| ESPN+ | W 47–13 | 65,115 | |
| October 4 | 12:00 p.m. | at Rutgers | No. 4 | ESPN+ | W 48–22 | 28,956 | ||
| October 11 | 12:00 p.m. | Syracuse | No. 4 |
| ESPN | W 51–7 | 65,115 | |
| October 22 | 7:30 p.m. | at West Virginia | No. 3 | ESPN | L 7–28 | 56,319 | ||
| November 1 | 7:45 p.m. | No. 2 Miami (FL) | No. 10 |
| ESPN | W 31–7 | 65,115 | |
| November 8 | 7:45 p.m. | at No. 25 Pittsburgh | No. 5 | ESPN | L 28–31 | 66,207 | ||
| November 15 | 1:00 p.m. | at Temple | No. 12 | W 24–23 OT | 27,425 | |||
| November 22 | 3:30 p.m. | Boston College | No. 12 |
| ESPN | L 27–34 | 65,115 | |
| November 29 | 1:00 p.m. | at Virginia* | No. 21 | ABC | L 21–35 | 60,943 | ||
| December 26 | 8:30 p.m. | vs. California* | ESPN | L 49–52 | 42,364 | |||
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Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
| AP | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 21 | — | — | — | Not released |
| Coaches Poll | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| BCS | Not released | 3 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 17 | — | — | — | Not released | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Tailback's injuries energize Hokies". The Charlotte Observer. September 7, 2003. Retrieved October 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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