2003 Georgia Bulldogs football team

2003 Georgia Bulldogs football
Capital One Bowl champion SEC Eastern Division champion
SEC Championship Game, L 13–34 vs. LSU
Capital One Bowl, W 34–27 ^OT vs. Purdue
Conference	Southeastern Conference Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	#6
AP	#7
2003 record	11–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach	Mark Richt (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator	Neil Callaway (3rd year)
Defensive coordinator	Brian VanGorder (3rd year)
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium (92,058)

2003 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#7 Georgia xy		6	–	2		11	–	3
#15 Tennessee x		6	–	2		10	–	3
#24 Florida x		6	–	2		8	–	5
South Carolina		2	–	6		5	–	7
Kentucky		1	–	7		4	–	8
Vanderbilt		1	–	7		2	–	10
Western Division
#2 LSU xy$#		7	–	1		13	–	1
#13 Ole Miss x		7	–	1		10	–	3
Auburn		5	–	3		8	–	5
Arkansas		4	–	4		9	–	4
Alabama		2	–	6		4	–	9
Mississippi State		1	–	7		2	–	10
Championship: LSU 34, Georgia 13
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with a 10–2 record. The Bulldogs had a regular season Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 6–2, and won the SEC East for the second year in a row. Georgia faced LSU in the SEC Championship Game, losing 13–34. The Bulldogs completed their season with a victory over Purdue in the Capital One Bowl by a score of 34–27 in overtime. In Mark Richt's third year as head coach, Georgia finished the season ranked 6th and 7th in the polls.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	12:00 PM	at Clemson*	#9	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ABC	W 30–0	82,034^[1]
September 6	1:00 PM	Middle Tennessee*	#8	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	PPV	W 29–10	92,058^[1]
September 13	3:30 PM	#25 South Carolina	#8	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	CBS	W 31–7	92,058^[1]
September 20	3:30 PM	at #11 LSU	#7	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	CBS	L 10–17	92,251^[1]
October 4	3:30 PM	Alabama	#12	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	CBS	W 37–23	92,058^[1]
October 11	7:45 PM	at #13 Tennessee	#8	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	ESPN2	W 41–14	107,517^[1]
October 18	2:00 PM	at Vanderbilt	#5	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	PPV	W 27–8	27,823^[1]
October 25	1:00 PM	UAB*	#5	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 16–13	92,058^[1]
November 1	3:30 PM	vs. #23 Florida	#4	Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (Florida vs. Georgia Football Classic)	CBS	L 13–16	84,411^[1]
November 15	3:30 PM	Auburn	#6	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	CBS	W 26–7	92,058^[1]
November 22	12:30 PM	Kentucky	#6	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	JPS	W 30–10	92,058^[1]
November 29	1:00 PM	at Georgia Tech*	#5	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	W 34–17	55,000^[1]
December 6	8:00 PM	vs. #3 LSU	#5	Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA (SEC Championship Game)	CBS	L 13–34	74,913^[1]
January 1	1:00 PM	vs. #12 Purdue*	#11	Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL (Capital One Bowl)	ABC	W 34–27 ^OT	64,565^[1]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Clemson

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Georgia	10	3	3	14	30
Clemson	0	0	0	0	0

Date: August 30
Location: Memorial Stadium, Clemson, South Carolina
Game start: 12:00 p.m. EST

Scoring summary

Q1	9:21	UGA	Fred Gibson 56 yard pass from David Greene (Billy Bennett kick)	UGA 7–0

Q1	1:50	UGA	Billy Bennett 34 yard field goal	UGA 10–0

Q2	11:09	UGA	Billy Bennett 30 yard field goal	UGA 13–0

Q3	4:32	UGA	Billy Bennett 42 yard field goal	UGA 16–0

Q4	5:53	UGA	David Greene 3 yard run (Billy Bennett kick)	UGA 23–0

Q4	2:42	UGA	D.J. Shockley 29 yard run (Billy Bennett kick)	UGA 30–0

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Georgia.
↑ "2003–2004 Schedule". georgiadogs.com. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
↑ ESPN

Georgia Bulldogs football

Venues	Herty Field (1892–1910) Sanford Field (1911–1928) Sanford Stadium (1929–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry Clemson Florida Georgia Tech: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	All games Hairy Dawg Uga "Glory, Glory" Georgia Redcoat Marching Band First forward pass 1927 Yale game

People	Head coaches Steadman V. Sanford Larry Munson Morgan Blake NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks 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

National championship seasons in bold

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