2003 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 2003 Pittsburgh Panthers football Big East Conference Big East 8–5 5–2 Walt Harris 7th J. D. Brookhart 4th West Coast Paul Rhoads 4th Multiple 8-man front Heinz Field Continental Tire Bowl L 16–23 vs. Virginia Cavaliers The 2003 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Schedule 2003 AP Eastern September 6 7:00 p.m. w y 10 Kent State Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA 43–3 56,531 September 13 12:30 p.m. w y 11 Ball State Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA 42–21 44,117 September 20 7:00 p.m. l y y 9 Toledo Glass Bowl Toledo, OH 31–35 31,711 September 27 3:30 p.m. w y y 17 Texas A&M Kyle Field College Station, TX ABC 37–26 79,116 October 11 6:00 p.m. l y 15 Notre Dame rivalry Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA ESPN 14–20 66,421 October 18 1:30 p.m. w y Rutgers Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ 42–32 28,101 October 25 12:00 p.m. w y Syracuse rivalry Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA ESPN+ 34–14 61,421 November 1 1:00 p.m. w y 25 Boston College Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA 24–13 41,983 November 8 7:45 p.m. w 25 Virginia Tech 5 College GameDay Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA ESPN 31–28 66,207 November 15 7:00 p.m. l y 16 West Virginia Backyard Brawl Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV ESPN2 31–52 67,715 November 22 1:30 p.m. w y 21 Temple Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA 30–16 22,934 November 29 8:00 p.m. l 20 Miami (FL) 10 Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA ABC 14–28 60,486 December 27 11:00 a.m. l y y Virginia Continental Tire Bowl Ericsson Stadium Charlotte, NC ESPN 16–23 51,236 Roster 2002 Pittsburgh Panthers f 8 Sr Princell Brockenbrough WR 1 So Larry Fitzgerald WR y 25 Sr Brandon Miree RB yes y 75 Sr Matt Morgan T yes 53 Jr Matt Parsons OL 58 Fr Joe Perri OL 3 So Tyler Palko QB y 78 Jr Rob Petitti OL y 32 Sr Lousaka Polite RB y 9 So Ryan Regula WR 12 Sr Rod Rutherford QB y 71 Sr Jon Schall OL 66 Sr Penny Semaia OL 80 Sr Marco Tinor WR 76 Fr Neal Tracey C 64 Fr Chris Vangas OL 50 So Joe Villani OL 83 Sr Kris Wilson Kris Wilson (American football) TE yes y 30 Fr Mark Yezovich FB 24 So Alex Zavackis WR 57 So Andy Alleman DL 44 So Brian Bennett LB 51 Fr H. B. Blades LB y 22 So Reggie Carter DB 9 So Josh Lay DB y 37 Fr Chris McKillop LB 30 Jr Doug Roseberry LB 88 Fr Kyle Smith DL 55 Jr Thomas Smith DL 56 Jr Charles Spencer DL y Charles Spencer (American football) 19 Sr Shawntae Spencer DB y 94 Sr Dan Stephens DL 28 Fr Mike Vranesevich DB 36 Sr Andy Lee Andy Lee (American football) P y https://web.archive.org/web/20021015092942/http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com:80/sports/football/roster.asp *Walt Harris 2003-12-12 Coaching staff 2003 Pittsburgh Panthers football staff Coaching staff Walt Harris – Head coach Bob Junko – Assistant head coach/defensive tackles J.D. Brookhart – Offensive coordinator/wide receivers Paul Rhoads – Defensive coordinator/secondary Dino Babers – Running backs Curtis Bray – Linebackers Bryan Deal – Recruiting doordinator/Specialists/quarterbacks Tom Freeman – Offensive line/run game coordinator Bob Ligashesky – Tight ends/special teams Charlie Partridge – Defensive ends   Support staff Chris LaSala – Assistant Athletic Director/football operations Matt Williamson – Recruiting Assistant Scott McCurley – Graduate assistant Ben McAdoo – Graduate assistant   Strength and conditioning staff Dave Kennedy – Strength and conditioning coach Dave Langworthy – Assistant strength and conditioning coach Awards and honors Larry Fitzgerald: Fred Biletnikoff Award,http://www.biletnikoffaward.com/pastwinner.htm The Biletnikoff Award 2011-07-24 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110708001428/http://www.biletnikoffaward.com/pastwinner.htm 2011-07-08 Walter Camp Award,http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/waltercampaward.htm Football 2009-01-04 2008-01-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20080107193656/http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/waltercampaward.htm dead Unanimous All-American Team Players drafted into the NFL Player Position Round Pick NFL club Larry Fitzgerald Wide receiver 1 3 Arizona Cardinals Shawntae Spencer Defensive back 2 58 San Francisco 49ers Kris Wilson Tight end 2 61 Kansas City Chiefs Claude Harriott Defensive end 5 147 Chicago Bears Andy Lee Punter 6 188 San Francisco 49ers Brandon Miree Running back 7 247 Denver Broncos https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2004.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071223114213/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2004.htm 2007-12-23 2004 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com References Pittsburgh Category:Pittsburgh Panthers football seasons Pittsburgh Panthers football