2003 Miami Hurricanes football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2003 Miami Hurricanes Miami Hurricanes logo.svg 125 Big East Conference Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East 5 5 11–2 6–1 Larry Coker 3rd Rob Chudzinski 3rd Pro-style Randy Shannon 3rd 4–3 Cover 2 Miami Orange Bowl(Capacity: 72,319) Big East co-championFlorida Cup championOrange Bowl champion Orange Bowl W 16–14 vs. Florida State 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. Miami's 500th victory in program history came against West Virginia on October 2.Miami Football Record Book http://issuu.com/miamihurricanes/docs/umfootbalrecordbook University of Miami Department of Athletics August 3, 2012 Schedule 2003 AP Eastern August 28 Thursday 7:30 pm w y n 3 Louisiana Tech Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA ESPN 48–9 43,279 September 6 8:00 pm w y 3 Florida 21 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL rivalry ABC 38–33 79,932 September 13 7:00 pm w y 2 East Carolina Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN2 38–3 65,825 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73328316/defense-punctuates-ums-win/ The Miami Herald Defense punctuates UM's win September 14, 2003 March 12, 2021 Newspapers.com September 20 7:45 pm w y 2 Boston College Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA ESPN 33–14 44,500 October 2 Thursday 7:30 pm w 2 West Virginia Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN 22–20 54,621 October 11 12:00 pm w y y 2 Florida State 5 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL rivalry, College GameDay ABC 22–14 84,336 October 18 12:00 pm w 2 Temple Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN Plus 52–14 49,144 November 1 7:45 pm l y 2 Virginia Tech 10 Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA rivalry ESPN 7–31 65,115 November 8 12:00 pm l y 6 Tennessee 18 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ABC 6–10 69,722 November 15 12:00 pm w y 14 Syracuse Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN Plus 17–10 48,130 November 22 12:00 pm w 13 Rutgers Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN Plus 34–10 39,572 November 29 8:00 pm w y 10 Pittsburgh 20 Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA ABC 28–14 60,486 January 1 Thursday 8:30 pm w y y 10 Florida State 9 Pro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, FL Orange Bowl ABC 16–14 76,739 Rankings 2003 NCAA Division I-A football rankings AP 0 16 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 0 16 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 8 15 2 2 4 12 12 10 10 9 Game summaries Florida #18 Florida at #3 Miami (FL) Florida 10 9 14 0 Miami (FL) 10 0 15 13 September 6 Orange Bowl, Miami 8:00 p.m. EST Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Bob Griese (Color) & Lynn Swann (Sideline) ABC yes 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 yes Berlin Leads 'Canes Comeback Against Former Mates http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?id=232492390 https://web.archive.org/web/20131219155126/http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?id=232492390 dead December 19, 2013 ESPN September 6, 2003 January 12, 2014 Florida State 2003 Florida State Seminoles football team Florida State–Miami football rivalry Miami Hurricanes 2; text-align:center collapsed Miami (FL) Hurricanes (5–0) at Florida State Seminoles (5–0) October 11 12:00 p.m. EDT Miami (FL) 6 13 3 0 Florida St 0 0 7 7 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida 84,336 Rain • 75 F C • Wind SE 7 mph km/h knot Jack Cramer ABC Box Score Miami (FL) Brock Berlin15/28, 181 Yds, TD, 3 INT Jarrett Payton26 Rush, 97 Yds Kellen Winslow7 Rec, 106 Yds Florida State Chris Rix20/42, 235 Yds, 2 TD, 2 INT Leon Washington6 Rush, 26 Yds P.K. Sam5 Rec, 95 Yds MIA FSU collapsed 1 5:16 Miami (FL) 4 5 1:32 FG 27 Jon Peattie 3 0 1 3:17 Miami (FL) 6 28 1:59 FG 22 Jon Peattie 6 0 2 11:26 Miami (FL) 11 75 3:29 RecTD Jarrett Payton Brock Berlin 14 pass failed 12 0 2 3:11 Miami (FL) IntTD Sean Taylor 50 good Jon Peattie run/pass good/failed/incomplete 19 0 3 11:26 Miami (FL) 4 9 1:47 FG 19 Jon Peattie 22 0 3 4:51 Florida State 1 18 0:06 RecTD Willie Reid Chris Rix 18 good Xavier Beitia run/pass good/failed/incomplete 22 7 4 0:00 Florida State 6 64 1:06 RecTD Chris Davis Chris Rix 17 good Xavier Beitia run/pass good/failed/incomplete 22 14 22 14 Roster 2003 Miami Hurricanes y 1 So Roscoe Parrish WR y y 3 Sr Jason Geathers WR y 4 Fr Devin Hester WR y 7 Jr Brock Berlin QB y y 8 Fr Darnell Jenkins WR y 9 Sr Kevin Beard WR y y 12 Fr Marc Guillon QB y 15 So Buck Ortega WR y 16 Fr Kyle Wright QB y Kyle Wright (American football) 18 Sr Derrick Crudup QB y 22 So Kelly Jennings WR y y 23 So Quadtrine Hill FB y y 27 So Jeff Malley FB y 29 So Tanard Davis WR y 30 Fr Tyrone Moss RB 32 So Frank Gore RB y y 34 Sr Jarrett Payton RB y y 40 Jr Kyle Cobia FB y 41 Jr Talib Humphrey FB y 46 Fr Jean Volcy FB 49 So Kurt Stange TE 52 So Matt Harper OL 53 Sr Jim Sikora OL y 59 Jr Brad Kunz OL y 60 Sr Vernon Carey OT y y 61 So Tony Tella OL y 63 Fr Alex Pou OL y 64 So Rashad Butler OL y y 65 Sr Alex Garcia OL y 66 Fr Chris Napoli OL y 66 Fr John Rochford OL 67 Sr Joe McGrath OL y y Joe McGrath (Canadian football) 70 Jr Joel Robinson OL 71 Fr Derrick Morse OL y 72 Fr Andrew Bain OL 73 Fr Cyrim Wimbs OL 74 So Eric Winston OL y 76 Sr Carlos Joseph OT y 77 Jr Chris Myers OG y y Chris Myers (American football) 78 Fr Anthony Wollschlager OL y 79 So Robert Bergman OL y 80 Fr Akieem Jolla WR y 81 Jr Kellen Winslow II TE y 83 Jr Sinorice Moss WR y 84 Jr Kevin Everett TE y 85 Fr Ryan Moore WR y y Ryan Moore (American football) 86 So Brandon Sebald TE y Sr Jonathan Mann FB 2 Fr Jon Beason LB y 5 So Greg Threat DB 6 Jr Antrel Rolle CB y 17 Sr D.J. Williams LB y D. J. Williams (linebacker) 19 Fr Brandon Meriweather DB y y 20 Fr Terrell Walden DB 21 Fr Travarous Bain DB y 24 Fr Marcus Maxey DB y y 25 Sr Alfonso Marshall CB y 26 Jr Sean Taylor S y 28 Fr Willie Cooper DB 31 So Glenn Sharpe DB y 35 So Tim Kelly DB y 36 Sr Maurice Sikes DB y 37 Sr Michael Langley DB 38 Sr Carl Walker LB 43 Fr Leo Waiters LB 44 So Leon Williams LB y y Leon Williams (American football) 45 Fr Arlington Highsmith LB 47 Fr Vegas Franklin DL 47 Jr Christopher Timpson LB 49 Sr Darrell McClover LB y 50 So Roger McIntosh LB y y 51 Sr Jonathan Vilma LB y 52 Fr Tavares Gooden LB y 54 Fr Teraz McCray DL 55 Fr Glenn Cook LB 56 Jr Santonio Thomas DL y y 57 So Javon Nanton DE 58 Sr Jarrell Weaver LB y 68 Fr Nate Robinson DL y Nate Robinson (American football) 75 Jr Vince Wilfork NT y 82 Jr David Williams DL y 87 Fr Dave Howell DL y 90 So Thomas Carroll DL y 91 Fr Eric Moncur DL y 92 So Orien Harris DL y y 93 Jr John Square DL y 95 Fr Bryan Pata DL y 96 Jr Alton Wright DL 97 Sr Larry Anderson DL y 98 Fr Baraka Atkins DL y y 99 Fr Kareem Brown DL y y 10 Jr Matt Carter P 13 Fr Jon Peattie K/P y 30 Fr Francesco Zampogna K/P 33 So Mark Gent K y 39 Fr Brian Monroe P 62 Sr Chris Harvey LS y 88 Fr Curtis Justus LS y https://miamihurricanes.com/sports/football/roster/season/2003-04/ Larry Coker Rob Chudzinski (OC/TE) Don Soldinger (STC/RB) Randy Shannon (DC/LB) References Miami Category:Miami Hurricanes football seasons Category:Orange Bowl champion seasons Category:Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy seasons Miami Hurricanes football