2003 Florida Gators football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2003 Florida Gators football Florida Gators script logo.svg Southeastern Conference Eastern Division SEC 25 24 8–5 6–2 Ron Zook 2nd Ed Zaunbrecher 2nd Spread Charlie Strong 1st 4–3 Daryl Dixon Keiwan Ratliff Max Starks Ben Troupe Ben Hill Griffin Stadium SEC Eastern Division co-champion Outback Bowl L Lost 17–37 vs. Iowa The 2003 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida as a member of the Eastern Division in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head Ron Zook, the Gators compiled an overall record of 8–5 with mark of 6–2 in conference play, sharing the SEC's Eastern Division title with Georgia and Tennessee. Florida was invited to the Outback Bowl, where the Gators lost Iowa. The team played home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. Consensus All-American Keiwan Ratliff set the school single-season interception mark in 2003 with 9. Schedule 2003 AP August 30 w y San Jose State Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL PPV 65–3 90,011 September 6 l y y 21 Miami (FL) 3 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL rivalry ABC 33–38 79,932 September 13 w y 19 Florida A&M Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL PPV 63–3 90,087 https://www.newspapers.com/article/florida-today-gators-stuff-rattlers-633/173621975/ Florida Today Gators stuff Rattlers 63–3 September 14, 2003 June 1, 2025 Newspapers.com September 20 l 17 Tennessee 12 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL rivalry CBS 10–24 90,332 September 27 w y 25 Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY rivalry JPS 24–21 70,579 October 4 l 24 Ole Miss Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL JPS 17–20 90,101 October 11 w y LSU 6 Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA rivalry CBS 19–7 92,077 October 18 w y Arkansas 11 Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR CBS 33–28 73,934 November 1 w y 23 Georgia 4 Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL rivalry CBS 16–13 84,411 November 8 w y 17 Vanderbilt Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL PPV 35–17 90,122 November 15 w y 15 South Carolina Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC JPS 24–22 81,523 November 29 l y 11 Florida State 9 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL rivalry, College GameDay CBS 34–38 90,407 January 1, 2004 l y y 17 Iowa 13 Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL Outback Bowl ESPN 17–37 65,372 2012 Florida Football Media Guide https://web.archive.org/web/20130527130648/http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2012/media_guide.pdf 2013-05-27 , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 114 & 116 (2012). Retrieved September 16, 2012.GatorZone.com, Football, History, Florida Football 2003August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes . Retrieved November 25, 2011. Game summaries San Jose State San Jose St 3 0 0 0 Florida 3 27 14 21 August 30 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida 6:00 p.m. EST 3:25 90,011 Warm and humid • 82 F C • Wind 5 E Jay Vines yes Q1 SJSU Carr 47 yard field goal SJSU 3–0 Q1 FLA Leach 20 yard field goal Tie 3–3 Q2 FLA Leach 37 yard field goal FLA 6–3 Q2 FLA Carthon 2 yard run (Leach kick) FLA 13–3 Q2 FLA Kight 21 yard pass from Martin (Leach kick) FLA 20–3 Q2 FLA Scott 38 yard interception return (Leach kick) FLA 27–3 Q2 FLA Leach 30 yard field goal FLA 30–3 Q3 FLA Carthon 2 yard run (Leach kick) FLA 37–3 Q3 FLA Kight 16 yard pass from Leak (Leach kick) FLA 44–3 Q4 FLA Lewis 22 yard fumble return (Leach kick) FLA 51–3 Q4 FLA Jackson 29 yard pass from Dickey (Leach kick) FLA 58–3 Q4 FLA Orr 72 yard interception return (Leach kick) FLA 65–3 yes ESPN. Retrieved 31 July 2014. Miami (FL) Florida–Miami football rivalry Florida 10 9 14 0 Miami (FL) 10 0 15 13 September 6 Orange Bowl 8:00 p.m. EST 3:42 79,932 Cloudy 67% Hum • 87 F C • Wind 14 SW http://floridagators.com/sports/2003/9/6/2939_boxscore_557.aspx 2003 Football Boxscore Notes vs Miami (FL) 2003-09-06 Florida A&M Florida A&M 3 0 0 0 Florida 14 21 7 21 September 13 Ben Hill Griffith Stadium 6:00 p.m. EST http://floridagators.com/sports/2003/9/13/2940_boxscore_558.aspx 2003 Football Boxscore Notes vs Florida A&M 2003-09-13 Tennessee Florida–Tennessee football rivalry Tennessee 0 7 10 7 Florida 3 0 0 7 September 20 Ben Hill Griffith Stadium 12:00 p.m. EST http://floridagators.com/sports/2003/9/20/2941_boxscore_559.aspx 2003 Football Boxscore Notes vs Tennessee 2003-09-20 Kentucky Florida 0 3 0 21 Kentucky 7 7 7 0 September 27 Commonwealth Stadium 12:30 p.m. EST ESPN.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018. Ole Miss Ole Miss 3 7 3 7 Florida 7 10 0 0 October 4 Ben Hill Griffith Stadium 12:30 p.m. EST ESPN.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018. LSU Florida–LSU football rivalry Florida 10 3 6 0 LSU 7 0 0 0 October 11 Tiger Stadium ESPN.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018. Arkansas Florida 0 13 13 7 Arkansas 7 0 0 21 October 18 Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium ESPN.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018. Georgia Florida–Georgia football rivalry Georgia 0 3 0 10 Florida 0 3 7 6 November 1 Alltel Stadium ESPN.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018. Vanderbilt Vanderbilt 7 3 0 7 Florida 14 7 7 7 November 8 Ben Hill Griffith Stadium ESPN.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018. South Carolina Florida 0 7 17 0 South Carolina 9 7 6 0 November 15 Williams–Brice Stadium ESPN.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018. Florida State 2003 Florida State Seminoles football team Florida–Florida State football rivalry Florida Gators 2; text-align:center collapsed Florida State Seminoles (9–2) at Florida Gators (8–3) November 29 3:20 p.m. EST Florida State 7 10 7 14 Florida 3 3 18 10 Ben Hill Griffith Stadium • Gainesville, Florida 90,407 Fair • 54 F C • Wind 10 NW Jack Childress CBS Box Score Florida St Rix14/19, 256 Yds, 3 TD Washington15 Rush, 65 Yds Robinson5 Rec, 102 Yds, TD Florida Leak22/36, 273 Yds, 2 TD Carthon13 Rush, 62 Yds Troupe4 Rec, 121 Yds, 2 TD FSU FLA collapsed 1 6:05 Florida 11 46 4:27 FG 47 Leach 0 3 1 1:46 Florida St 8 78 4:19 RecTD Robinson Rix 35 good Beitia run/pass good/failed/incomplete 7 3 2 7:31 Florida St 11 57 6:29 FG 28 Beitia 10 3 2 5:31 Florida 5 21 2:00 FG 47 Leach 10 6 2 5:02 Florida St 2 23 0:29 RecTD Henshaw Rix 20 good Beitia run/pass good/failed/incomplete 17 6 3 13:25 Florida 5 78 1:35 RecTD Troupe Leak 25 run good 17 14 3 7:44 Florida 9 41 3:30 FG 42 Leach 17 17 3 6:10 Florida FumbleTD Ratliff 77 good Leach run/pass good/failed/incomplete 17 24 3 2:49 Florida St FumbleTD Watkins 25 good Beitia run/pass good/failed/incomplete 24 24 4 8:01 Florida 11 81 3:24 FG 28 Leach 24 27 4 5:01 Florida St 8 80 3:00 RushTD Rix 1 good Beitia run/pass good/failed/incomplete 31 27 4 2:50 Florida 9 60 2:11 RecTD Troupe Leak 25 good Leach run/pass good/failed/incomplete 31 34 4 0:55 Florida St 5 72 1:55 RecTD Sam Rix 52 good Beitia run/pass good/failed/incomplete 38 34 38 34 Outback Bowl 2003 Iowa Hawkeyes football team Outback Bowl Iowa 7 13 14 3 Florida 7 0 3 7 January 1 Raymond James Stadium ESPN.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018. Roster 2003 Florida Gators y 81 FR y Dallas Baker WR y 67 Sr Steven Bell OT 16 So Vernell Brown WR 66 Fr Todd Bunce OL 72 So Lance Butler OT 85 So Hunter Cain TE 5 Fr Andre Caldwell WR y 83 Jr Darrell Carpenter TE 71 Fr Ryan Carter OL 33 Sr Ran Carthon RB y 20 Fr Joe Cohen RB 78 Jr Jonathan Colon OT 41 Sr Casey Conner WR 6 Fr Jemalle Cornelius WR 68 So Mike Degory C 17 Fr Gavin Dickey QB 4 So Ciatrick Fason RB y 82 So Otto Graham TE 65 Jr Billy Griffin OL 64 Jr Anthony Guerrero OL 48 Fr Tyler Guettler RB 74 So Randy Hand OG 45 So Eddie Hatch FB 37 Fr Tim Higgins WR 8 Fr Chad Jackson WR 46 FR Pat Kelley RB 88 Jr David Kenner TE 2 Sr Kelvin Kight WR y 60 Fr Zach King OL 9 Fr Matt Kynes QB 42 Fr Billy Latsko FB 27 Fr DaJuan Lawrence RB 12 Fr Chris Leak QB y 22 Fr Reggie Lewis WR 10 So Ingle Martin QB y y 63 So Jonathan Marvin OG 52 Sr Slyvester McGrew OL 73 Fr Carlton Medder OL 14 Fr Justin Midgett QB 28 So Kyle Morgan WR 87 SO Jimmy Newmeyer WR 70 Fr Chris Parker OL 23 Sr Carlos Perez WR 79 Fr Steve Rissler OL 11 Jr O.J. Small WR y 75 Sr Shannon Snell OG 77 Sr Max Starks OT y 62 Fr James Stone OL 25 Fr Skyler Thornton RB 3 Fr Kenneth Tookes WR 84 Sr Ben Troupe TE y 80 Jr Reggie Vickers WR 24 Fr Jimtavis Walker RB 76 Jr Tavares Washington OT 21 Fr DeShawn Wynn RB y 32 Jr Zephrin Augustine S 7 Jr Cory Bailey S 36 Fr Nick Brooks CB 45 Fr Adam Brown DB 28 Fr Richard Brown LB 52 Fr Alvin Butler LB 24 So Deshawn Carter CB 92 Fr Taurean Charles LB 49 So Shane Cimcock LB 55 Fr Channing Crowder LB y 13 Fr Brian Crum LB 34 Sr Daryl Dixon S 62 Jr Ronald Dowdy DT 39 Fr William Foxe DB 30 Fr Earl Everett LB 43 Sr Matt Farrior LB 40 Sr Reid Fleming LB 54 Fr Doug Guziec LB 93 Fr Steven Harris DE 27 Jr Travis Harris DE 46 So Jarvis Herring S 90 Fr Michael Hill DT 35 Jr Reynaldo Hill DB 56 Jr Eric Holcombe DT 49 Fr Terrence Holmes CB 29 Sr Dwight Jackson LB 19 Sr Matt Jackson CB 31 Sr Johnny Lamar CB 86 Sr Darrell Lee DE 99 Fr Howard Lingard LB 26 Fr Jermaine McCollum CB 18 Fr Tremaine McCollum CB 57 Sr Bobby McCray DE 47 Jr Todd McCullough LB 95 Fr Ray McDonald DT 98 Fr Clint McMillan DT 61 Jr Mo Mitchell DT 97 Fr Tranelle Morant DE 94 Fr Jarvis Moss DE 37 Jr Matt Nedeff DB 96 Jr Dwayne Norris DT 22 Jr Tre Orr S 58 Jr Kenny Parker DT 85 Fr MacKenzie Pierre DE 1 Sr Keiwan Ratliff CB y 59 Fr Julian Riley DE 51 So Bryan Royal LB 89 Sr Jeremy Sandow DE 53 So Alik Scott LB 9 Sr Guss Scott S 28 Fr Jermaine Thomas DB 44 Fr Marcus Thornton DT 15 Fr Demetric Webb DB 97 So Nick Fleming P 69 Sr Casey Griffith LS 39 Fr Chris Hetland PK 18 Jr Jason Hunter P 14 Jr Matt Leach PK 73 Jr Jonathan Lively LS 92 Sr Sean Morton P 12 Fr Eric Nappy PK 50 Fr Jay Patella LS 38 Jr Matt Piotrowicz PK 93 Sr Brendt Talcott PK 95 Jr Jeff Whitaker PK 10 Fr Eric Wilbur P y http://floridagators.com/roster.aspx?roster=316&path=football 27 January 2018 Ron Zook Jerry Anderson Dwayne Dixon Larry Fedora Mike Locksley Bill Miller Charlie Strong Joe Wickline Mike Woodford Ed Zaunbrecher Players drafted into the NFL 2004 NFL draft Florida Gators Round Pick Player Position NFL club 2 40 Ben Troupe TE Tennessee Titans 2 49 Keiwan Ratliff CB Cincinnati Bengals 3 75 Max Starks OT Pittsburgh Steelers 3 95 Guss Scott SS New England Patriots 7 249 Bobby McCray DE Jacksonville Jaguars Bibliography 2009 Southeastern Conference Football Media Guide, Florida Year-by-Year Records, Southeastern Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, p. 60 (2009). 2012 Florida Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 107–116 (2012). Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). 0-7948-2298-3. References Florida Category:Florida Gators football seasons Florida Gators football