2003 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
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Insight Bowl, California 52 - Virginia Tech 49
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Conference | Big East |
2003 record | 8–5 (4–3 Big East) |
Head coach | Frank Beamer |
Offensive coordinator | Bryan Stinespring |
Defensive coordinator | Bud Foster |
Home stadium | Lane Stadium (c. 65,115, grass) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2003 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer. They played their home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia and participated as members of the Big East Conference. Their offensive units include QB#5 Marcus Vick, QB Bryan Randall, RB#20 Mike Imoh, RB#32 Cedric Humes, WR#19 Ernest Wilford, WR#87 David Clowney, TE#86 Keith Willis, TE#90 Jeff King, RB#37 Steve Canter, WR#81 Chris Shreve, RB#44 Josh Candelas, RB#43 Doug Easlick, and TE#85 Jared Mazzetta. Deangelo Hall was also on the team.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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August 31 | 3:00 PM | UCF* | #9 | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA | ESPN | W 49–28 | 65,115 | ||
September 6 | 1:00 PM | James Madison* | #9 | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA | W 43–0 | 65,115 | |||
September 18 | 7:45 PM | Texas A&M* | #8 | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA | ESPN | W 35–19 | 65,115 | ||
September 27 | 12:00 PM | Connecticut | #5 | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA | ESPN+ | W 47–13 | 65,115 | ||
October 4 | 12:00 PM | at Rutgers | #4 | Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ | ESPN+ | W 48–22 | 28,956 | ||
October 11 | 12:00 PM | Syracuse | #4 | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA | ESPN | W 51–7 | 65,115 | ||
October 22 | 7:30 PM | at West Virginia | #3 | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Black Diamond Trophy) | ESPN | L 7–28 | 56,319 | ||
November 1 | 7:45 PM | #2 Miami (FL) | #10 | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Rivalry) | ESPN | W 31–7 | 65,115 | ||
November 8 | 7:45 PM | at #25 Pittsburgh | #5 | Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA | ESPN | L 28–31 | 66,207 | ||
November 15 | 1:00 PM | at Temple | #12 | Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 24–23 OT | 27,425 | |||
November 22 | 3:30 PM | Boston College | #12 | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA | ESPN | L 27–34 | 65,115 | ||
November 29 | 1:00 PM | at Virginia* | #21 | Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (Commonwealth Cup) | ABC | L 21–35 | 60,943 | ||
December 26 | 8:30 PM | vs. California* | Bank One Ballpark • Phoenix, AZ (Insight Bowl) | ESPN | L 49–52 | 42,364 | |||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. |