2003_Temple_Owls_football_team Knowpia

The 2003 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the college 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Temple competed as a member of the Big East Conference. The team was coached by Bobby Wallace and played their home games in newly completed Lincoln Financial Field.

2003 Big East Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Miami (FL) $+	6	–	1	11	–	2
West Virginia +	6	–	1	8	–	5
Pittsburgh	5	–	2	8	–	5
Virginia Tech	4	–	3	8	–	5
Boston College	3	–	4	8	–	5
Syracuse	2	–	5	6	–	6
Rutgers	2	–	5	5	–	7
Temple	0	–	7	1	–	11

$ – BCS representative as conference champion + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	3:30 pm	at Penn State*	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 10–23	101,553
September 6	4:00 pm	Villanova*	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA (Mayor's Cup)		L 20–23 ^2OT	30,090
September 20	7:00 pm	at Cincinnati*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH		L 24–30 ^3OT	30,405
September 27	3:00 pm	at Louisville*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY		L 12–21	38,489
October 4	7:00 pm	at Middle Tennessee*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		W 44–36	13,829
October 11	3:30 pm	Boston College	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	L 13–38	21,862
October 18	12:00 pm	at No. 2 Miami (FL)	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN+	L 14–52	49,144
October 25	1:00 pm	Rutgers	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		L 14–30	18,376
November 8	1:30 pm	at Syracuse	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY		L 17–41	43,149
November 15	1:00 pm	No. 12 Virginia Tech	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		L 23–24 ^OT	27,425
November 22	1:00 pm	No. 21 Pittsburgh	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		L 16–30	22,934
November 29	1:00 pm	at No. 24 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		L 28–45	35,942
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "2003 Final Statistics" (PDF). Temple University Department of Athletics. August 19, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2012.