2003 Utah Utes football team

American college football season

2003 Utah Utes football

Mountain West champion Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 17–0 vs. Southern Miss
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 21
Record	10–2 (6–1 MW)
Head coach	Urban Meyer (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Sanford (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Kyle Whittingham (9th season)
Home stadium	Rice-Eccles Stadium
Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

2003 Mountain West Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 21 Utah $	6	–	1	10	–	2
New Mexico	5	–	2	8	–	5
Colorado State	4	–	3	7	–	6
Air Force	3	–	4	7	–	5
San Diego State	3	–	4	6	–	6
BYU	3	–	4	4	–	8
UNLV	2	–	5	6	–	6
Wyoming	2	–	5	4	–	8

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	7:00 pm	Utah State*		Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Battle of the Brothers)		W 40–20	39,697
September 6	6:00 pm	at Texas A&M*		Kyle Field College Station, TX	KJZZ	L 26–28	74,019
September 11	5:45 pm	California*		Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN	W 31–24	46,768
September 27	4:30 pm	at Colorado State		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	KJZZ	W 28–21	29,117
October 3	8:00 pm	No. 19 Oregon*		Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN2	W 17–13	44,676
October 11	5:00 pm	San Diego State		Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	KJZZ	W 27–6	39,132
October 18	1:00 pm	at UNLV		Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV	ESPN+	W 28–10	26,241
October 25	1:00 pm	New Mexico	No. 24	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN+	L 35–47	37,288
November 1	10:00 am	at Air Force		Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ESPN2	W 45–43 ^3OT	30,004
November 15	4:30 pm	Wyoming		Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	KJZZ	W 47–17	41,307
November 22	1:00 pm	at BYU		LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT (Holy War)	ESPN+	W 3–0	64,486
December 31	1:30 pm	vs. Southern Miss*	No. 25	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	ESPN	W 17–0	55,989
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	28	28	24	—	—	31	29	29	26	25	21
Coaches	50	45	—	49	44	41	27	27	23	32	32	30	26	27	27	25	21
BCS	Not released								—	—	—	—	24	22	23	22	Not released

Game summaries

Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	3	9	8	20
Utes	7	7	7	19	40

Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes	0	0	13	13	26
Aggies	14	7	0	7	28

California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Bears	0	7	17	0	24
Utes	14	7	0	10	31

Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes	0	14	7	7	28
Rams	0	7	0	14	21

Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	3	10	0	0	13
Utes	3	7	0	7	17

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	3	3	0	0	6
Utes	0	0	13	14	27

UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes	14	7	0	7	28
Rebels	0	7	3	0	10

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	16	28	3	47
Utes	0	14	6	15	35

Air Force

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Utes	3	14	6	0	7	7	8	45
Falcons	0	7	0	16	7	7	6	43

Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	10	0	0	17
Utes	7	10	16	14	47

BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes	0	3	0	0	3
Cougars	0	0	0	0	0

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.^[3]

Liberty Bowl: Utah vs. Southern Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes	0	7	0	10	17
Golden Eagles	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Official Schedule". Retrieved February 18, 2008.
^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
^ Call, Jeff. "Cougars Left to Live with Another Setback". Deseret News. Retrieved November 4, 2009.

v t e Utah Utes football
Venues	Robert Rice Stadium (1927–1997) Rice–Eccles Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games BYU: Holy War (Beehive Boot) Colorado: Rumble in the Rockies Utah State: Battle of the Brothers (Beehive Boot)
Culture & lore	Swoop "Utah Man" Pride of Utah Utah pass
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Mountain West Conference football champions
BYU, Colorado State, & Utah (1999) Colorado State (2000) BYU (2001) Colorado State (2002) Utah (2003) Utah (2004) TCU (2005) BYU (2006) BYU (2007) Utah (2008) TCU (2009) TCU (2010) TCU (2011) Boise State, Fresno State, & San Diego State (2012) Fresno State (2013) Boise State (2014) San Diego State (2015) San Diego State (2016) Boise State (2017) Fresno State (2018) Boise State (2019) San Jose State (2020) Utah State (2021) Fresno State (2022) Boise State (2023)

Mountain West Conference football champions