2003 Miami RedHawks football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2003 Miami RedHawks football Mid-American Conference East Division MAC 12 10 13–1 8–0 Terry Hoeppner 5th Shane Montgomery 3rd Multiple Pat Narduzzi 1st 4–3 Yager Stadium MAC championMAC East Division championGMAC Bowl champion MAC Championship Game W 49–27 vs. Bowling Green GMAC Bowl W 49–28 vs. Louisville The 2003 Miami RedHawks football team represented Miami University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. They competed in the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) . The team was coached by Terry Hoeppner and played their homes game in Yager Stadium. The Redhawks finished the season with a record of 13–1 (8–0 MAC). They won the MAC for the first time since 1986 and was invited to the GMAC Bowl, where they beat Louisville 49–28. Schedule 2003 AP Eastern August 30 12:00 pm l y y Iowa Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA ESPN2 3–21 54,128 September 13 12:00 pm w y y Northwestern Ryan Field Evanston, IL ESPN Plus 44–14 24,215 September 20 3:00 pm w y y Colorado State Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO 41–21 31,610 September 27 2:00 pm w y Cincinnati Yager Stadium Oxford, OH Victory Bell 42–37 27,512 October 4 2:00 pm w Akron Yager Stadium Oxford, OH 45–20 20,157 October 11 2:00 pm w Buffalo Yager Stadium Oxford, OH 59–3 23,683 October 18 3:00 pm w y Ball State Ball State Stadium Muncie, IN ESPN Plus 49–3 18,396 October 25 2:00 pm w y Kent State Dix Stadium Kent, OH ESPN Plus 38–30 10,693 November 4, 2003 7:30 pm w Bowling Green 15 Yager Stadium Oxford, OH ESPN2 33–10 28,023 November 12, 2003 7:30 pm w 23 Marshall Yager Stadium Oxford, OH ESPN2 45–6 26,286 November 22 2:30 pm w y 18 Ohio Peden Stadium Athens, OH Battle of the Bricks FSN 49–31 14,327 November 28, 2003 1:00 pm w y 15 UCF Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL 56–21 12,902 December 4, 2003 7:00 pm w y 14 Bowling Green 20 Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH MAC Championship Game ESPN 49–27 24,813 December 18, 2003 8:30 pm w y y 14 Louisville Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL GMAC Bowl ESPN 49–28 40,620 Roster 2003 Miami RedHawks f 5 So Andre Henderson WR 6 Jr Michael Larkin WR 7 Jr Ben Roethlisberger QB y 8 So Josh Betts QB 60 Sr Dan Kosta OL 61 Jr Dave Rehker OL 62 So Todd Londot OL 64 Jr Ben Hartings OL 66 Sr Joe Serina OL 70 So Ryan Meyer OL 71 Sr Ben Herrell OL 74 Sr Jacob Bell Jacob Bell (American football) OL y 75 So Mark Kracium OL 76 So Chris Fessel OL 78 So Kenneth Getch OL 79 So Nate Bunce OL 82 So R. J. Corbin WR 83 Jr Calvin Blackmon WR 84 So Tyler Vogel TE 87 Sr Matt Brandt TE 88 Sr Korey Kirkpatrick WR 89 So Dan Tyler TE 90 Sr Geoff Robinson TE 47 Jr Jeremy Thompson DL 48 So Bill Lautar DL 49 Sr Will Stanley DL 65 So John Glavin DL *Terry Hoeppner Game summaries At Iowa 2003 Iowa Hawkeyes football team RedHawks 3 0 0 0 Hawkeyes 7 7 0 7 At Northwestern 2003 Northwestern Wildcats football team RedHawks 7 16 7 14 Wildcats 0 7 0 7 At Colorado State 2003 Colorado State Rams football team RedHawks 7 10 10 14 Rams 7 0 7 7 Cincinnati 2003 Cincinnati Bearcats football team Bearcats 0 17 0 20 RedHawks 14 14 7 7 No. 15 Bowling Green 2003 Bowling Green Falcons football team No. 15 Falcons 0 7 0 3 RedHawks 0 10 14 9 At No. 20 Bowling Green (MAC Championship Game) 2003 MAC Championship Game No. 14 RedHawks 7 14 21 7 No. 20 Falcons 7 10 3 7 Vs. Louisville (GMAC Bowl) 2003 Louisville Cardinals football team 2003 GMAC Bowl No. 14 RedHawks 21 14 0 14 Cardinals 0 21 7 0 After the season Comments Two Miami players were drafted into the National Football League: quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, left as a junior without a degree with a year of college eligibility remaining and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round, #11 overall, and guard Jacob Bell, taken by the Tennessee Titans in the fifth round, #138 overall. 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 Pro-Football-Reference.com Roethlisberger's #11 selection was the highest ever draft pick for a player from Miami.Roethlisberger Goes 11th to Pittsburgh Steelers in NFL Draft Miami RedHawks April 24, 2004 December 2, 2010 https://miamiredhawks.com/news/2004/4/24/roethlisberger_goes_11th_to_pittsburgh_steelers_in_nfl_draft.aspx Awards The Columbus Dispatch named Hoeppner "Ohio College Coach of the Year."Sports digest January 27, 2004 December 2, 2010 The Cincinnati Enquirer http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/01/27/spt_sptzdig.html The 2003 team as a whole earned the American Football Coaches Association's "Academic Achievement Honor" for achieving a graduation rate over 70%.Miami Football Earns AFCA Academic Achievement Honor Miami RedHawks June 11, 2004 December 2, 2010 http://www.muredhawks.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/061104aaa.htmlMay 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes References Miami Category:Miami RedHawks football seasons Category:Mid-American Conference football champion seasons Category:68 Ventures Bowl champion seasons Miami RedHawks football Category:Long stubs with short prose