2003 Navy Midshipmen football team
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Houston Bowl, L 14–38 vs. Texas Tech
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| Conference | Independent |
| 2003 record | 8–5 |
| Head coach | Paul Johnson |
| Offensive scheme | Triple option |
| Home stadium | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | – | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Troy | – | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | – | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2003 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation. The team was led by second-year head coach Paul Johnson.
Schedule
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| August 30 | VMI | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | W 37–10 | ||||||
| September 6 | at #25 TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | L 3–17 | ||||||
| September 20 | Eastern Michigan | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | W 39–7 | ||||||
| September 27 | at Rutgers | Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ | ESPN+ | L 27–48 | |||||
| October 4 | Air Force | FedEx Field • Landover, MD (Commander-in-Chief Trophy) | HDNet[1] | W 28–25 | |||||
| October 11 | at Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN | W 37–27 | ||||||
| October 18 | at Rice | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX | W 38–6 | ||||||
| October 25 | #3 (FCS) Delaware | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | HDNet[2] | L 17–21 | |||||
| November 1 | Tulane | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | HDNet[3] | W 35–17 | |||||
| November 8 | at Notre Dame | Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN | NBC | L 24–27 | |||||
| November 22 | Central Michigan | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | W 63–24 | ||||||
| December 6 | vs. Army | Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game) | CBS | W 34–6 | |||||
| December 30 | vs. Texas Tech | Reliant Stadium • Houston, TX (Houston Bowl) | ESPN | L 14–38 | |||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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