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Season | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of bowls | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All-star games | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowl games | December 16, 2003 β January 4, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National Championship | 2004 Sugar Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location of Championship | Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champions | LSU Tigers (BCS/Coaches) & USC Trojans (AP) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowl Challenge Cup winner | ACC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2003β04 NCAA football bowl games were a series of 28 post-season games (including the Bowl Championship Series) played in December 2003. And January 2004 for Division I-A football teams and "their all-stars." The post-season began with the New Orleans Bowl on December 16, "2003," and concluded on January 31, "2004," with the season-ending Gridiron Classic.
A total of 28 team-competitive games, and two all-star games, were played. To fill the "56 available bowl slots," four teams with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games—all four had a .500 (6β6) season. While teams that did not have winning seasons were invitedββto bowl games, seven teams with winning records were left out: Northern Illinois (10β2); Connecticut (9-3); Marshall and Toledo (both 8β4); Air Force and Akron (both 7β5); and South Florida (7β4).
Poll rankingsβ»
The below table lists top teams (per polls taken after the completion of the regular season and any conference championship games), their winβloss records (priorββto bowl games), and the bowls they later played in. The AP column represents rankings per the AP Poll, while the BCS column represents the Bowl Championship Series rankings.
β denotes a BCS bowl game
Scheduleβ»
Conference bowl representationβ»
Conference | Bowl Appearances | Top 25 (December 7 Polls) | ||||||||
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# | Record | % | Winners | Losers | # | Teams | AP Rank | CP Rank | ||
Mid-American | 2 | 2β0 | 1.000 | Miami (Ohio) Bowling Green |
1 | Miami (Ohio) | #14 | #15 | ||
ACC | 6 | 5β1 | 0.833 | Maryland Georgia Tech Clemson NC State Virginia |
Florida State | 2 | Florida State | #9 | #8 | |
Maryland | #23 | #24 | ||||||||
Western Athletic | 4 | 3β1 | 0.750 | Boise State Hawaii Fresno State |
Tulsa | 1 | Boise State | #18 | #16 | |
SEC | 7 | 5β2 | 0.714 | LSU Georgia Mississippi Auburn Arkansas |
Tennessee Florida |
5 | LSU | #2 | #2 | |
Tennessee | #6 | #7 | ||||||||
Georgia | #11 | #11 | ||||||||
Mississippi | #16 | #18 | ||||||||
Florida | #17 | #17 | ||||||||
Pac-10 | 6 | 4β2 | 0.667 | USC Washington State Oregon State California |
Oregon UCLA |
2 | USC | #1 | #1 | |
Washington State | #15 | #14 | ||||||||
Big East | 5 | 2β3 | 0.400 | Miami Boston College |
West Virginia Virginia Tech Pittsburgh |
2 | Miami | #10 | #9 | |
West Virginia | #20 | #23 | ||||||||
Big 10 | 8 | 3β5 | 0.375 | Ohio State Iowa Minnesota |
Michigan Purdue Michigan State Wisconsin Northwestern |
5 | Michigan | #4 | #4 | |
Ohio State | #7 | #6 | ||||||||
Iowa | #13 | #12 | ||||||||
Purdue | #12 | #13 | ||||||||
Minnesota | #24 | #20 | ||||||||
Mountain West | 3 | 1β2 | 0.333 | Utah | New Mexico Colorado State |
1 | Utah | #25 | #25 | |
Big 12 | 8 | 2β6 | 0.250 | Nebraska Texas Tech |
Oklahoma Texas Kansas State Oklahoma State Kansas Missouri |
5 | Oklahoma | #3 | #3 | |
Texas | #5 | #5 | ||||||||
Kansas State | #8 | #10 | ||||||||
Nebraska | #22 | #21 | ||||||||
Oklahoma State | #21 | #22 | ||||||||
Conference USA | 5 | 1β4 | 0.200 | Memphis | TCU Louisville Houston Southern Miss |
1 | TCU | #19 | #19 | |
Sun Belt | 1 | 0β1 | 0.000 | North Texas | 0 | none | ||||
Independents | 1 | 0β1 | 0.000 | Navy | 0 | none | ||||
All-star gamesβ»
Date | Game | Winning Team | Losing Team | Venue | City | ||
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January 10, 2004 | EastβWest Shrine Game | West Team | 28 | East Team | 7 | SBC Park | San Francisco, California |
January 17, 2004 | Las Vegas All-American Classic | West Team | 14 | East Team | 7 | Sam Boyd Stadium | Las Vegas, Nevada |
January 17, 2004 | Hula Bowl | South (Aina) | 26 | North (Kai) | 7 | War Memorial Stadium | Wailuku, Hawaii |
January 24, 2004 | Senior Bowl | South Team | 28 | North Team | 10 | LaddβPeebles Stadium | Mobile, Alabama |
January 31, 2004 | Gridiron Classic | North All-Stars | 35 | South All-Stars | 31 | The Villages Polo Stadium | The Villages, Florida |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "AP Poll". Tampa Bay Times. December 8, 2003. p. 49. Retrieved December 5, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bowl Championship Series Rankings". Tampa Bay Times. December 8, 2003. p. 49. Retrieved December 5, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "ESPN College FB Scoreboard (2003)". Retrieved January 1, 2009.
- ^ "2003-2004 Bowl Results (about.com)". Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2009.