2003 Utah Utes football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2003 Utah Utes football Utah Utes - U logo.svg 120 Mountain West Conference MW 21 21 10–2 6–1 Urban Meyer 1st Mike Sanford 1st Spread option Kyle Whittingham 9th 4–3 Rice-Eccles Stadium Mountain West championLiberty Bowl champion Liberty Bowl W 17–0 vs. Southern Miss The Utah Utes 2003 football team represented the University of Utah in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was Urban Meyer's first year coaching at the school, after being hired from Bowling Green. The team played its home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium. Schedule 2003 Mountain August 28 7:00 pm w y Utah State Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT Battle of the Brothers 40–20 39,697 September 6 6:00 pm l y y Texas A&M Kyle Field College Station, TX KJZZ 26–28 74,019 September 11 5:45 pm w y California Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT ESPN 31–24 46,768 September 27 4:30 pm w y Colorado State Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO KJZZ 28–21 29,117 October 3 8:00 pm w y Oregon 19 Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT ESPN2 17–13 44,676 October 11 5:00 pm w y San Diego State Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT KJZZ 27–6 39,132 October 18 1:00 pm w y UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV ESPN Plus 28–10 26,241 October 25 1:00 pm l 24 New Mexico Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT ESPN Plus 35–47 37,288 November 1 10:00 am w y Air Force Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO ESPN2 45–43 3OT 30,004 November 15 4:30 pm w Wyoming Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT KJZZ 47–17 41,307 November 22 1:00 pm w y BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT Holy War ESPN Plus 3–0 64,486 December 31 1:30 pm w y y 25 Southern Miss Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN Liberty Bowl ESPN 17–0 55,989 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109318490/beautiful-day-ugly-win/ The Commercial Appeal Beautiful day, ugly win January 1, 2004 September 10, 2022 Newspapers.com http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/utah/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-mfootbl-mg-156-183.pdf Ute Record Book University of Utah October 21, 2009 July 13, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713210940/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/utah/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-mfootbl-mg-156-183.pdf dead Rankings 2003 NCAA Division I-A football rankings 16 AP - - - - - - RV RV RV - - RV RV RV RV 25 21 16 Coaches RV RV - RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 21 8 15 BCS - - - - 24 22 23 22 Game summaries Utah State Aggies 0 3 9 8 Utes 7 7 7 19 Utah State Battle of the Brothers Texas A&M Utes 0 0 13 13 Aggies 14 7 0 7 2003 Texas A&M Aggies football team California Golden Bears 0 7 17 0 Utes 14 7 0 10 California Colorado State Utes 0 14 7 7 Rams 0 7 0 14 Colorado State Oregon Ducks 3 10 0 0 Utes 3 7 0 7 2003 Oregon Ducks football team San Diego State Aztecs 3 3 0 0 Utes 0 0 13 14 San Diego State UNLV Utes 14 7 0 7 Rebels 0 7 3 0 UNLV New Mexico Lobos 0 16 28 3 Utes 0 14 6 15 New Mexico Air Force Utes 3 14 6 0 7 7 8 Falcons 0 7 0 16 7 7 6 Air Force Wyoming Cowboys 7 10 0 0 Utes 7 10 16 14 Wyoming BYU Utes 0 3 0 0 Cougars 0 0 0 0 BYU Holy War Utah beat BYU for the second straight year with this 3–0 victory. There was heavy snow fall for much of the game. The victory snapped BYU's NCAA record for scoring in 361 straight games—BYU's first shutout since a 20–0 loss to Arizona State on September 25, 1975.http://www.deseretnews.com/article/540034744/Cougars-left-to-live-with-another-setback.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121018064254/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/540034744/Cougars-left-to-live-with-another-setback.html dead October 18, 2012 Jeff Call Cougars Left to Live with Another Setback Deseret News November 4, 2009 Liberty Bowl: Utah vs. Southern Miss 2003 Liberty Bowl 2003 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team Utes 0 7 0 10 Golden Eagles 0 0 0 0 References Utah Category:Utah Utes football seasons Category:Liberty Bowl champion seasons Category:Mountain West Conference football champion seasons Utah Utes football