2003 Auburn Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 2003 Auburn Tigers Auburn Tigers logo.svg 125 Southeastern Conference Western Division SEC 8–5 5–3 Tommy Tuberville 5th Hugh Nall 1st Pro-style Gene Chizik 2nd 4–3 Jordan–Hare Stadium Music City Bowl champion Music City Bowl W Won 28–14 vs. Wisconsin The 2003 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Auburn began the season with high expectations, but stumbled out of the gate before finishing the season with a disappointing 8–5 record, including a 5–3 record in the SEC, good for third place in the conference's Western Division. The Tigers, coached by Tommy Tuberville, began the season ranked #6 in both the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll, but opened with consecutive losses to Southern California and Georgia Tech, dropping out of both polls. The Tigers won their next four games, but remained unranked in either poll until the week after pulling a 10–3 upset win over Arkansas in Fayetteville on October 11, when they re-entered the AP Poll at #19 and the Coaches' Poll at #25. Following a victory over Mississippi State the following week, the Tigers climbed to #17 and #21 in the two polls, but after a 31–7 loss to eventual national champion LSU on October 25, the Tigers did not appear in either poll for the remainder of the season. However, several computer rating systems did include Auburn in their final rankings. The Tigers were ranked #17 by the BCS participating system of The New York Times,https://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/NCAA-RANKINGS.html The New York Times's Computer Ranking The New York Times #18 by Entropy,http://sports.sw-tech.com/r03 Archived copy 2008-10-07 2008-07-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20080720014219/http://sports.sw-tech.com/r03 dead and #19 consensus ranking by CollegeTop25.com.http://www.collegetop25.com/?s=ranks2003 CollegeTOP25.com - 2003 Final NCAA FBS D1A CFB Top 25 Consensus Rankings (CFB Bowl Subdivision) www.collegetop25.com After consecutive losses to Ole Miss, led by Eli Manning, and Georgia, the Tigers concluded a disappointing regular season by defeating arch rival Alabama, 28–23. In the postseason, Auburn knocked off Wisconsin 28–14 in the Music City Bowl, in Nashville, Tennessee.Music City Bowl - Wisconsin vs Auburn Box Score, December 31, 2003 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2003-12-31-auburn.html 2025-01-11 College Football at Sports-Reference.com en The disappointment of the season led university president William Walker, athletic director David Housel, and other trustees to take a plane owned by trustee Bobby Lowder to meet in secret with Louisville Cardinals head coach Bobby Petrino about replacing Tuberville. This occurred prior to the Alabama game, but newspapers in Montgomery and Louisville discovered the flight and broke the news. The visit caused controversy and Tuberville was ultimately retained. Schedule 2003 AP Central August 30 2:30 pm l y 6 USC 8 Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL CBS 0–23 86,063 September 6 2:30 pm l y y 17 Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA rivalry ABC 3–17 55,000 September 13 11:30 am w y Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN JPS 45–7 37,703 September 27 4:00 pm w y Western Kentucky 3 (I-AA) Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL PPV 48–3 85,046 October 4 6:45 pm w Tennessee 7 Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL rivalry ESPN 28–21 86,063 October 11 11:30 am w y Arkansas 7 Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR JPS 10–3 74,026 October 18 1:30 pm w 19 Mississippi State Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL PPV 45–13 86,063 October 25 6:45 pm l y 17 LSU 9 Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA rivalry ESPN 7–31 92,085 November 1 1:30 pm w y Louisiana–Monroe Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL 73–7 81,061 November 8 2:30 pm l Ole Miss 20 Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL rivalry CBS 20–24 86,063 November 15 2:30 pm l y Georgia 7 Sanford Stadium Athens, GA Deep South's Oldest Rivalry CBS 7–26 92,058 November 22 6:45 pm w Alabama Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL Iron Bowl ESPN 28–23 86,063 December 31 11:00 am w y y Wisconsin Nashville, TN The Coliseum Music City Bowl ESPN 28–14 55,109 Roster 2003 Auburn Tigers f 1 So Devin Aromashodu WR y 23 Jr Ronnie Brown RB y 17 Jr Jason Campbell QB y 12 Fr Brandon Cox QB y 65 Sr Monreko Crittenden OG y 85 Jr Silas Daniels WR y 76 Fr Tim Duckworth Tim Duckworth (American football) OG y 77 Fr King Dunlap OT y 5 Jr Brandon Jacobs RB y 81 Sr Jeris McIntyre WR y 73 So Marcus McNeill OT y 9 So Anthony Mix TE y 2 So Ben Obomanu WR y 79 Fr Jonathan Palmer Jonathan Palmer (American football) OG y 66 So Troy Reddick OG y 22 So Tre Smith Tre Smith (running back) RB y 32 Fr Carl Stewart Carl Stewart (American football) RB y 13 Fr Josh Sullivan Josh Sullivan (baseball) QB y 86 Fr Courtney Taylor Courtney Taylor (gridiron football) WR y 8 So Cooper Wallace TE y 24 Jr Carnell Williams RB y 33 Fr Eric Brock Eric Brock (safety) SS y 11 Sr Karlos Dansby LB y 21 Fr Karibi Dede SS y 54 Fr Quentin Groves DE y 90 Fr Ben Grubbs DT y 48 Fr Marquies Gunn DE y 35 Fr Will Herring FS y 6 Jr Kevin Hobbs CB y 4 Jr David Irons CB y 58 So T. J. Jackson T. J. Jackson (defensive tackle) NG y 53 Sr Spencer Johnson Spencer Johnson (American football) DT y 20 Fr Pat Lee Pat Lee (American football) CB y 75 Fr Stanley McClover DE y 83 Jr Jay Ratliff DE y 14 Jr Carlos Rogers Carlos Rogers (American football) CB y 56 So LeMarcus Rowell LB y 54 Sr Dontarrious Thomas LB y 97 Fr Josh Thompson Josh Thompson (gridiron football) NG y 82 Sr Reggie Torbor DE y 51 So Travis Williams Travis Williams (linebacker) LB y 30 Fr Kody Bliss P y 37 Fr John Vaughn K y https://auburntigers.com/sports/football/roster/2003 *Tommy Tuberville Captains Position Player LB Karlos Dansby WR Jeris McIntyre LB Dontarrious Thomas References Auburn Category:Auburn Tigers football seasons Category:Music City Bowl champion seasons Auburn Tigers football