2003 Virginia Cavaliers football team

2003 Virginia Cavaliers football

Continental Tire Bowl champion
Continental Tire Bowl, W 23–16 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2003 record	8–5 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Al Groh (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator	Ron Prince (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Al Golden (3rd year)
Home stadium	Scott Stadium (Capacity: 61,500)

2003 ACC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#11 Florida State $		7	–	1		10	–	3
#17 Maryland		6	–	2		10	–	3
#22 Clemson		5	–	3		9	–	4
NC State		4	–	4		8	–	5
Virginia		4	–	4		8	–	5
Georgia Tech		4	–	4		7	–	6
Wake Forest		3	–	5		5	–	7
Duke		2	–	6		4	–	8
North Carolina		1	–	7		2	–	10

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Al Groh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 PM	Duke	No. 17	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA		W 27–0	61,737
September 6	12:30 PM	at South Carolina*	No. 15	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	JPS	L 7–31	80,150
September 13	2:00 PM	at Western Michigan*		Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI		W 59–16	21,982
September 27	3:30 PM	Wake Forest		Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ABC	W 27–24	60,884
October 4	1:30 PM	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)		W 38–13	51,000
October 11	12:00 PM	at Clemson	No. 24	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Rivalry)	JPS	L 27–30 ^OT	76,774
October 18	7:45 PM	No. 8 Florida State		Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy)	ESPN	L 14–19	62,875
October 25	3:00 PM	Troy State*		Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA		W 24–0	57,580
November 1	3:30 PM	at NC State		Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ABC	L 37–51	53,800
November 13	7:45 PM	at No. 24 Maryland		Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD (Rivalry)	ESPN	L 17–27	51,027
November 22	12:00 PM	Georgia Tech		Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	JPS	W 29–17	58,526
November 29	1:00 PM	Virginia Tech*		Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (Commonwealth Cup)	ABC	W 35–21	60,943
December 27	12:00 PM	vs. Pittsburgh*		Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC (Continental Tire Bowl)	ESPN2	W 23–16	51,236
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Name	Position
Al Groh	Head Coach
Danny Rocco	Assistant Head Coach / Linebackers Coach
Al Golden	Defensive Coordinator
Ron Prince	Offensive Coordinator / Offensive Line Coach
Corwin Brown	Special Teams Coach
Mike Groh	Wide Receivers / Quarterbacks Coach
Andy Heck	Tight Ends Coach
Mike London	Defensive Line Coach / Recruiting Coordinator
Bob Price	Defensive Backs Coach
Kevin Ross	Running Backs Coach
Anthony Poindexter	Graduate Assistant Coach – Offense
Tim Whitney	Graduate Assistant Coach – Defense
Evan Marcus	Head Strength Coach

↑ "2003 Season". University of Virginia Department of Athletics. Retrieved September 17, 2012.

Virginia Cavaliers football

Venues	Madison Hall Field (1888–1912) Lambeth Field (1913–30) Scott Stadium (1931–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Florida State (Jefferson–Eppes Trophy) Maryland North Carolina (South's Oldest Rivalry) Virginia Tech (Commonwealth Cup)

Culture & lore	CavMan "The Cavalier Song" "The Good Old Song" Cavalier Marching Band "Toe meets leather"

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders W. A. Lambeth

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 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

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