2003 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

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2003 Florida Atlantic Owls football
NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal, L 24–36 vs. Colgate
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 4[1]
2003 record11–3
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLarry Seiple (3rd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorKirk Hoza (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumLockhart Stadium
(20,000, grass)
Seasons
← 2002
2004 →
2003 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Florida Atlantic ^   –     11 – 3  
No. 19 Northern Colorado   –     9 – 2  
Cal Poly   –     7 – 4  
Southeastern Louisiana   –     5 – 7  
Southern Utah   –     4 – 7  
Saint Mary's   –     1 – 11  
FIU   –     0 – 10  
Savannah State   –     0 – 12  
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Record adjusted for 2 vacated wins by FIU
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 288:00 p.m.at Middle Tennessee
W 20–1923,261
September 64:00 p.m.Valdosta State
L 17–454,758
September 136:00 p.m.at UCF
L 29–3325,144
September 207:00 p.m.at Youngstown State
W 13–616,891
September 272:30 p.m.at No. 23 Illinois State
W 28–106,837
October 44:00 p.m.Texas State
  • Lockhart Stadium
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
W 27–144,358
October 114:00 p.m.Nicholls State
  • Lockhart Stadium
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
W 31–233,302
October 184:00 p.m.Northern ColoradoNo. 23
  • Lockhart Stadium
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
W 21–194,255
November 14:00 p.m.Gardner–WebbNo. 17
  • Lockhart Stadium
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
W 31–265,263
November 154:00 p.m.SienaNo. 15
  • Lockhart Stadium
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
W 51–36,159
November 223:30 p.m.at FIUNo. 15
W 32–239,288
November 291:00 p.m.at Bethune–CookmanNo. 13
W 32–248,468
December 68:05 p.m.at No. 16 Northern ArizonaNo. 13
W 48–259,314[2]
December 131:00 p.m.No. 6 ColgateNo. 13
  • Lockhart Stadium
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL (NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal)
ESPN2L 24–3612,857
  • Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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[]

  1. ^ "Sports Network's Final 2003 I-AA College Football Poll". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  2. ^ Ed Odeven (December 7, 2003). "Owls -- in a hoot". Arizona Daily Sun. pp. B1, B6 – via Newspapers.com.
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