2003 Maryland Terrapins football team

American college football season

2003 Maryland Terrapins football

Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 41–7 vs. West Virginia
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 17
Record	10–3 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach	Ralph Friedgen (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Charlie Taaffe (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Gary Blackney (3rd season)
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium
Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

2003 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 11 Florida State $	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 17 Maryland	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 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 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 2003 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Terrapins' 51st season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Ralph Friedgen led the team for his third season as head coach, while Charlie Taaffe served as the third-year offensive coordinator and Gary Blackney as the third-year defensive coordinator. Maryland finished the season with a 10–3 record. The Terrapins received an invitation to the Gator Bowl, where they defeated West Virginia, 41–7, in what was a rematch of a regular season game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	7:30 pm	at Northern Illinois*	No. 15	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	FSN	L 13–20 ^OT	28,018
September 6	7:15 pm	at No. 13 Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN2	L 10–35	82,885
September 13	6:00 pm	The Citadel*		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 61–0	51,594
September 20	6:00 pm	West Virginia*		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)		W 34–7	51,973
September 27	6:00 pm	at Eastern Michigan*		Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI		W 37–13	19,628
October 4	3:30 pm	Clemson		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	ABC	W 21–7	51,545
October 11	6:00 pm	Duke		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 33–20	50,084
October 23	7:45 pm	at Georgia Tech		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN	L 3–7	51,524
November 1	12:00 pm	North Carolina		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	JPS	W 59–21	51,195
November 13	7:45 pm	Virginia		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	ESPN	W 27–17	51,027
November 22	3:30 pm	at NC State		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ABC	W 26–24	53,800
November 29	3:30 pm	at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN	W 41–28	18,783
January 1	1:00 pm	vs. No. 23 West Virginia*	No. 24	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	NBC	W 41–7	78,892
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

The following players were selected in the 2004 NFL Draft.

This squad would be loaded with future NFL players on top of the prior names whom were drafted including

^ "Year-By-Year Results 1960-Present". University of Maryland Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.

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Venues	Maryland Agricultural College Field Old Byrd Stadium (1923–1947, 1949) Griffith Stadium (1948) SECU Stadium (1950–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Navy: Crab Bowl Classic Penn State Virginia West Virginia
Culture & lore	Testudo Mighty Sound of Maryland Anthony C. Nardo Memorial Trophy
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Honorees 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
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