2003 BYU Cougars football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 football 2003 BYU Cougars BYU Cougars logo.svg Mountain West Conference MW 4–8 3–4 Gary Crowton 3rd Robbie Bosco 1st Todd Bradford 1st Bronco Mendenhall 1st Spread 3–3–5 LaVell Edwards Stadium The 2003 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Schedule 2003 AP August 28 7:30 pm w y Georgia Tech LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT ESPN2 24–13 61,930 September 6 5:00 pm l y y USC 4 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA ABC 18–35 75,315 September 13 6:00 pm w y New Mexico University Stadium Albuquerque, NM SWP 10–7 33,606 September 20 4:30 pm l y Stanford LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT SWP 14–18 61,446 September 27 1:00 pm l Air Force LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT ESPN+ 10–24 62,210 October 4 8:00 pm w y San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA SWP 44–36 32,137 October 9 8:00 pm l Colorado State LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT ESPN2 13–58 58,377 October 18 4:00 pm l y Wyoming War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY SWP 10–13 22,797 October 25 5:00 pm w y UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV ABC 27–20 OT 30,084 October 30 5:30 pm l y Boise State LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT ESPN 12–50 60,554 November 15 12:30 pm l y y Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN NBC 14–33 80,795 November 22 1:00 pm l Utah Holy War LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT ESPN+ 0–3 64,486https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/brigham-young/2003-schedule.html 2003 Brigham Young Cougars Schedule and Results •SportsWest Productions (SWP) games were shown locally on KSL 5. Roster 2003 BYU Cougars f 8 Fr Matt Berry QB 2 Sr David Christensen WR 80 Sr Tody Christensen WR 64 Sr Scott Jackson Scott Jackson (American football) OL y 75 Sr Scott Young Scott Young (American football) G y 46 Sr Colby Bockwoldt LB y 92 Jr John Denney DE y 33 Jr Aaron Francisco SS y 56 Jr Shaun Nua DL y 49 Jr Brady Poppinga LB y https://byucougars.com/roster/football/2003 *Gary Crowton BYU Cougars Radio Network The BYU Cougars radio network carried every game on radio using the broadcast trio of Greg Wrubell (pxp), Marc Lyons (analyst), and Bill Riley (sidelines). KSL 1160 AM served as the flagship station for BYU Football. Game summaries Georgia Tech Georgia Tech 6 7 0 0 BYU 7 0 14 3 August 28 LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT 7:37 p.m. MST 3:17 61,930 Clear, 89 F, wind W 5 mph on Joe Rider Mark Malone, Mike Gottfried, Alex Flanagan (ESPN2)Bob Papa, Shea Walker (Westwood One) ESPN2/Westwood One yes 1 8:49 GT Dan Burnett 26-yard field goal GT 3-0 1 5:07 BYU Daniel Coates 38-yard pass from Matt Berry (Matt Payne kick) BYU 7-3 1 2:40 GT Dan Burnett 39-yard field goal BYU 7-6 2 10:50 GT Nathan Burton 18-yard blocked punt return (Dan Burnett kick) GT 13-7 3 11:12 BYU Daniel Coates 15-yard pass from Matt Berry (Matt Payne kick) BYU 14-13 3 5:55 BYU Tody Christensen 14-yard pass from Matt Berry (Matt Payne kick) BYU 21-13 4 2:32 BYU Matt Payne 24-yard field goal BYU 24-13 yes USC BYU 0 5 7 6 #4/8 USC 21 0 0 14 September 6 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA 5:08 p.m. PST 3:21 75,315 Sunny, 84 F, wind 6 mph on David Cutaia Keith Jackson, Dan Fouts, Todd Harris ABC yes 1 10:02 USC Mike Williams 1-yard pass from Matt Leinart (Ryan Killeen kick) USC 7-0 1 2:43 USC Keary Colbert 48-yard pass from Matt Leinart (Ryan Killeen kick) USC 14-0 1 2:34 USC Omar Nazel 16-yard interception return (Ryan Killeen kick) USC 21-0 2 2:51 BYU K.C. Bills safety USC 21-2 2 0:00 BYU Matt Payne 53-yard field goal USC 21-5 3 11:51 BYU Daniel Coates 14-yard pass from Matt Berry (Matt Payne kick) USC 21-12 4 14:03 BYU Matt Payne 26-yard field goal USC 21-15 4 7:05 BYU Matt Payne 52-yard field goal USC 21-18 4 4:11 USC Mike Williams 18-yard pass from Matt Leinart (Ryan Killeen kick) USC 28-18 4 1:40 USC Hershel Dennis 11-yard run (Ryan Killeen kick) USC 35-18 yes New Mexico BYU 3 7 0 0 New Mexico 0 0 7 0 September 13 University Stadium, Albuquerque, NM 6:05 p.m. MST 3:15 33,606 74 F, clear and windy, winds E 20 mph on Karl Richins Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler SportsWest Source: yes 1 7:17 BYU Matt Payne 20-yard field goal BYU 3-0 2 6:00 BYU Phillip Niu 29-yard pass from Matt Berry (Matt Payne kick) BYU 10-0 3 4:38 UNM DonTrell Moore 3-yard run (Wes Zunker kick) BYU 10-7 yes Stanford Stanford 6 0 3 9 BYU 7 0 7 0 September 20 LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT 4:35 p.m. MST 3:20 61,446 Clear, 77 F, wind NW 5 - 10 mph on Gerald Wright Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler SportsWest yes 1 4:33 BYU Tody Christensen 27-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick) GT 7-0 1 1:54 STAN Kenneth Tolon 4-yard run (kick blocked) BYU 7-6 3 9:14 STAN Michael Sgori 38-yard field goal STAN 9-7 3 0:10 BYU Daniel Coates 31-yrd pass from Lance Pendleton (Matt Payne kick) BYU 14-9 4 11:12 STAN Michael Sgori 24-yard field goal BYU 14-12 4 3:51 STAN Trent Edwards 14-yard run (pass failed) STAN 18-14 yes Air Force Air Force 0 3 7 14 BYU 3 0 7 0 September 27 LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT 1:05 p.m. MST 3:08 62,210 Clear, 77 F, wind WSW 5 mph on Karl Richins Gary Bender, J.C. Pearson, Anne Marie Anderson ESPN+ yes 1 3:38 BYU Matt Payne 38-yard field goal BYU 3-0 2 5:46 AFA Joey Ashcroft 30-yard field goal TIED 3-3 3 8:13 AFA Chance Harridge 8-yard run (Joey Ashcroft kick) AFA 10-3 3 3:02 BYU Phillip Niu 25-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick) TIED 10-10 4 8:05 AFA J.P. Waller 30-yard pass from Chance Harridge (Joey Ashcroft kick) AFA 17-10 4 0:00 AFA Chance Harridge 1-yard run (Joey Ashcroft kick) AFA 24-10 yes San Diego State BYU 7 24 10 3 San Diego State 14 10 6 6 October 4 Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA 7:07 p.m. PST 3:30 32,137 63 F, clear and windy, winds W 4 mph on Terry Leyden Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler SportsWest Source: yes 1 14:06 SDSU Brook Miller 44-yard fumble return (J.C. Mejia kick) SDSU 7-0 1 3:56 BYU John Beck 4-yard run (Matt Payne kick) TIED 7-7 1 3:40 SDSU Jeff Webb 70-yard pass from Adam Hall (J.C. Mejia kick) SDSU 14-7 2 14:11 BYU Naufahu Tahi 35-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick) TIED 14-14 2 7:40 BYU Rey Brathwaite 95-yard run (Matt Payne kick) BYU 21-14 2 4:11 SDSU Jeff Webb 24-yard pass from Adam Hall (J.C. Mejia kick) TIED 21-21 2 1:36 BYU Matt Payne 39-yard field goal BYU 24-21 2 1:06 BYU Colby Bockwoldt 13-yard fumble return (Matt Payne kick) BYU 31-21 2 0:00 SDSU J.C. Mejia 39-yard field goal BYU 31-24 3 10:43 BYU Naufahu Tahi 8-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick) BYU 38-24 3 7:12 BYU Matt Payne 47-yard field goal BYU 41-24 3 2:18 SDSU Jeff Webb 55-yard pass from Adam Hall (Devin Pitts pass failed) BYU 41-30 4 9:05 SDSU Alohaii Leolofi 24-yard fumble return (Lynel Hamilton rush failed) BYU 41-36 4 2:18 BYU Matt Payne 18-yard field goal BYU 44-36 yes Colorado State Colorado State 21 20 10 7 BYU 3 10 0 0 October 9 LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT 8:04 p.m. MST 3:13 58,377 Clear, 78 F, wind S 4 mph on Ken Flaherty Gary Bender, Craig James, Holly Rowe (ESPN2)Bob Papa, Shea Walker (Westwood One) ESPN2/Westwood One yes 1 11:50 CSU Eric Hill 39-yard pass from Bradlee Van Pelt (Jeff Babcock kick) CSU 7-0 1 7:12 CSU Marcus Houston 4-yard run (Jeff Babcock kick) CSU 14-0 1 3:39 BYU Matt Payne 24-yard field goal CSU 14-3 1 2:15 CSU Matt Bartz 59-yard pass from Bradlee Van Pelt (Jeff Babcock kick) CSU 21-3 2 12:08 BYU Justin Jory 9-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick) CSU 21-10 2 10:02 CSU Patrick Goodpaster 16-yard fumble return (kick failed) CSU 27-10 2 7:23 BYU Matt Payne 20-yard field goal CSU 27-13 2 4:32 CSU Eric Hill 25-yard pass from Bradlee Van Pelt (Jeff Babcock kick) CSU 34-13 2 3:37 CSU Marcus Houston 1-yard run (Jeff Babcock kick) CSU 41-13 3 8:02 CSU Marcus Houston 2-yard run (Jeff Babcock kick) CSU 48-13 3 1:05 CSU Jeff Babcock 38-yard field goal CSU 51-13 4 9:04 CSU Jimmy Green 7-yard run (Jeff Babcock kick) CSU 58-13 yes Wyoming BYU 0 0 3 7 Wyoming 3 10 0 0 October 18 War Memorial Stadium, Laramie, WY 4:00 p.m. MST 3:14 22,797 74 F, Sunny Gerald Wright Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler SportsWest Source: yes 1 11:14 WY Deric Yaussi 42-yard field goal WY 3-0 2 12:27 WY Deric Yaussi 43-yard field goal WY 6-0 2 6:39 WY Tyler Gottschalk 60-yard interception return (Deric Yaussi kick) WY 13-0 3 4:53 BYU Matt Payne 30-yard field goal WY 13-3 4 5:53 BYU Naufahu Tahi 2-yard run (Matt Payne kick) WY 13-10 yes UNLV BYU 0 13 0 7 7 UNLV 6 7 0 7 0 October 25 Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV 4:05 p.m. PST 3:33 30,084 Partly Cloudy and Breezy, 82 F Karl Richins Eric Collins, Ray Bentley ABC yes 1 7:10 UNLV Dillon Pieffer 33-yard field goal UNLV 3-0 1 0:41 UNLV Dillon Pieffer 33-yard field goal UNLV 6-0 2 13:50 UNLV Dyante Perkins 4-yard run (Dillon Pieffer kick) UNLV 13-0 2 9:56 BYU Tody Christensen 8-yard pass from Matt Berry (Matt Payne kick) UNLV 13-7 2 4:02 BYU Matt Payne 40-yard field goal UNLV 13-10 2 0:02 BYU Matt Payne 50-yard field goal TIED 13-13 4 4:56 UNLV Earvin Johnson 22-yard pass from Kurt Nantkes (Dillon Pieffer kick) UNLV 20-13 4 0:29 BYU Matt Berry 1-yard run (Matt Payne kick) TIED 20-20 OT BYU Tody Christensen 15-yard pass from Matt Berry (Matt Payne kick) BYU 27-20 yes Boise State Boise State 14 14 8 14 BYU 2 0 10 0 October 30 LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT 5:45 p.m. MST 3:35 60,554 Snow, 32 F, wind SW 5 - 8 mph on Gerald Wright Mike Tirico, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Dr. Jerry Punch ESPN yes 1 11:56 BSU Cam hall blocked punt recovery in the end zone (Tyler Jones kick) BSU 7-0 1 7:56 BSU David Mikell 2-yard run (Tyler Jones kick) BSU 14-0 1 5:01 BYU Team Safety BSU 14-2 2 10:11 BSU Wes Nurse 42-yard interception return (Tyler Jones kick) BSU 21-2 2 5:52 BSU Tim Gilligan 28-yard pass from Ryan Dinwiddie (Tyler Jones kick) BSU 28-2 3 9:27 BYU Team Safety BSU 28-4 3 2:04 BYU Tafui Vakapuna 1-yard run (Tody Christensen run) BSU 28-12 3 0:56 BSU Tim Gilligan 4-yard run (Tim Gilligan run) BSU 36-12 4 12:48 BSU Ryan Dinwiddie 2-yard run (Tyler Jones kick) BSU 43-12 4 3:45 BSU Tim Gilligan 27-yard pass from Ryan Dinwiddie (Tyler Jones kick) BSU 50-12 yes Notre Dame BYU 7 0 0 7 Notre Dame 6 10 7 10 November 15 Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, IN 2:56 p.m. CST 3:19 80,795 Cloudy, 39 F, winds S 7 mph on Ken Flaherty Tom Hammond, Pat Haden, Lewis Johnson (NBC) Tony Roberts, Allen Pinkett (Westwood One) NBC/Westwood One yes 1 7:38 ND D.J. Fitzpatrick 27-yard field goal ND 3-0 1 6:17 BYU Rey Brathwaite 18-yard run (Matt Payne kick) BYU 7-3 1 0:56 ND D.J. Fitzpatrick 31-yard field goal BYU 7-6 2 3:38 ND D.J. Fitzpatrick 34-yard field goal ND 9-7 2 0:25 ND Julius Jones 1-yard run (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) ND 16-7 3 0:02 ND Julius Jones 23-yard run (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) ND 23-7 4 12:23 ND D.J. Fitzpatrick 38-yard field goal ND 26-7 4 7:27 BYU Matt Berry 1-yard run (Matt Payne kick) ND 26-14 4 0:47 BYU Julius Jones 13-yard run (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick) ND 33-14 yes Utah UTAH 0 3 0 0 BYU 0 0 0 0 November 22 LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT 1:05 p.m. MST 2:58 64,486 19 F, Snow flurries, winds variable 15 mph on Clair Gausman Gary Bender, JC Pearson, Anne Marie Anderson ESPN+ Source: yes 2 4:13 UTAH Nate Borreson 41-yard field goal UTAH 3-0 yes References BYU Category:BYU Cougars football seasons BYU Cougars football