American college football season
The 2003 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season . It was the Hurricanes' 78th season of football and 13th and final as a member of the Big East Conference . The Hurricanes were led by third-year head coach Larry Coker and played their home games at the Orange Bowl . They finished the season 11–2 overall and 6–1 in the Big East to finish as conference co-champion. They were invited to the Orange Bowl where they defeated Florida State , 16–14.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 7:30 pm vs. Louisiana Tech * No. 3 ESPN W 48–943,279
September 6 8:00 pm No. 18 Florida * No. 3 ABC W 38–3379,932
September 13 7:00 pm East Carolina * No. 2 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN2 W 38–365,825
September 20 7:45 pm at Boston College No. 2 ESPN W 33–1444,500
7:30 pm West Virginia No. 2 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN W 22–2054,621
October 11 12:00 pm at No. 5 Florida State * No. 2 ABC W 22–1484,336
October 18 12:00 pm Temple No. 2 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN+ W 52–1449,144
November 1 7:45 pm at No. 10 Virginia Tech No. 2 ESPN L 7–3165,115
November 8 12:00 pm No. 18 Tennessee * No. 6 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ABC L 6–1069,722
November 15 12:00 pm Syracuse No. 14 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN+ W 17–1048,130
November 22 12:00 pm Rutgers No. 13 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN+ W 34–1039,572
November 29 8:00 pm at No. 20 Pittsburgh No. 10 ABC W 28–1460,486
8:30 pm vs. No. 9 Florida State * No. 10 ABC W 16–1476,739
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Miami's 500th victory in school history came against West Virginia on October 2, 2003.[ 1]
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP 3 (2) 3 (2) 2 (2) 2 (3) 2 (3) 2 (3) 2 (1) 2 (3) 2 (3) 2 (3) 6 14 13 10 10 10 5 Coaches 3 (5) 3 (5) 2 (8) 2 (8) 2 (6) 2 (8) 2 (4) 2 (5) 2 (6) 2 (5) 7 14 13 10 10 9 5 BCS Not released 2 2 4 12 12 10 10 9 Not released
Roster
2003 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
QB
Brock Berlin
OT
Vernon Carey
TE
Kevin Everett
RB
Frank Gore
WR
Devin Hester
OT
Carlos Joseph
G
Chris Myers
WR
Roscoe Parrish
TE
Kellen Winslow II
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
LB
Jon Beason
CB
Alfonso Marshall
LB
Darrell McClover
CB
Antrel Rolle
S
Sean Taylor
LB
Jonathan Vilma
NT
Vince Wilfork
LB
D.J. Williams
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Game summaries
Florida
#18 Florida at #3 Miami (FL)
1
2 3 4 Total
Florida
10
9 14 0
33
• Miami (FL)
10
0 15 13
38
Scoring summary Q1 14:47 MIA Devin Hester 97 yard kickoff return (Jon Peattie kick)MIA 7–0
Q1 9:25 FLA Matt Leach 26 yard field goal MIA 7–3
Q1 6:08 MIA Jon Peattie 27 yard field goal MIA 10–3
Q1 4:15 FLA Carlos Perez 50 yard pass from Ingle Martin (Matt Leach kick) Tie 10–10
Q2 11:36 FLA Keiwan Ratliff 34 yard fumble return (pass failed)FLA 16–10
Q2 :11 FLA Matt Leach 30 yard field goal FLA 19–10
Q3 14:49 FLA DeShawn Wynn 65 yard run (Matt Leach kick)FLA 26–10
Q3 6:10 FLA Ran Carthon 4 yard run (Matt Leach kick)FLA 33–10
Q3 3:35 MIA Kevin Beard 26 yard pass from Brock Berlin (Ryan Moore pass from Brock Berlin) FLA 33–18
Q3 :33 MIA Frank Gore 1 yard run (Jon Peattie kick)FLA 33–25
Q4 11:08 MIA Ryan Moore 6 yard pass from Brock Berlin (Jon Peattie kick) FLA 33–32
Q4 1:44 MIA Frank Gore 12 yard run (pass failed) MIA 38–33
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Florida State
Miami (FL) Hurricanes (5–0) at Florida State Seminoles (5–0)
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
Miami (FL)
6
13
3 0 22
Florida St
0
0
7 7 14
at Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida
Date : October 11Game time : 12:00 p.m. EDTGame weather : Rain • 75 °F (24 °C) • Wind SE 7 miles per hour (11 km/h; 6.1 kn)Game attendance : 84,336Referee : Jack CramerTV : ABCBox Score
Game information
Miami (FL)
Brock Berlin 15/28, 181 Yds, TD, 3 INT
Jarrett Payton 26 Rush, 97 Yds
Kellen Winslow 7 Rec, 106 Yds
Florida State
Chris Rix 20/42, 235 Yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
Leon Washington 6 Rush, 26 Yds
P.K. Sam 5 Rec, 95 Yds
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
MIA
FSU
1
5:16
4
5
1:32
Miami (FL)
27-yard field goal by Jon Peattie
3
0
1
3:17
6
28
1:59
Miami (FL)
22-yard field goal by Jon Peattie
6
0
2
11:26
11
75
3:29
Miami (FL)
Jarrett Payton 14-yard touchdown reception from Brock Berlin, 2-point pass failed
12
0
2
3:11
Miami (FL)
Interception returned 50 yards for touchdown by Sean Taylor, Jon Peattie kick good
19
0
3
11:26
4
9
1:47
Miami (FL)
19-yard field goal by Jon Peattie
22
0
3
4:51
1
18
0:06
Florida State
Willie Reid 18-yard touchdown reception from Chris Rix, Xavier Beitia kick good
22
7
4
0:00
6
64
1:06
Florida State
Chris Davis 17-yard touchdown reception from Chris Rix, Xavier Beitia kick good
22
14
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
22
14
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