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American college football season
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 Source August 30 12:00 p.m. at
Clemson * No. 9
ABC W 30–082,034
September 6 1:00 p.m.
Middle Tennessee * No. 8
PPV W 29–1092,058
September 13 3:30 p.m. No. 25
South Carolina No. 8 Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (
rivalry )
CBS W 31–792,058
September 20 3:30 p.m. at No. 11
LSU No. 7 CBS L 10–1792,251
October 4 3:30 p.m.
Alabama No. 12 Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (
rivalry ) CBS W 37–2392,058
October 11 7:45 p.m. at No. 13
Tennessee No. 8
ESPN2 W 41–14107,517
October 18 2:00 p.m. at
Vanderbilt No. 5 PPV W 27–827,823
October 25 1:00 p.m.
UAB * No. 5 Sanford Stadium Athens, GA W 16–1392,058
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November 1 3:30 p.m. vs. No. 23
Florida No. 4 CBS L 13–1684,411
November 15 3:30 p.m.
Auburn No. 6 CBS W 26–792,058
November 22 12:30 p.m.
Kentucky No. 6 Sanford Stadium Athens, GA
JPS W 30–1092,058
November 29 1:00 p.m. at
Georgia Tech * No. 5 ABC W 34–1755,000
December 6 8:00 p.m. vs. No. 3 LSU No. 5 CBS L 13–3474,913
January 1, 2004 1:00 p.m. vs. No. 12
Purdue * No. 11 ABC W 34–27 OT 64,565
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in
Eastern time
Roster
2003 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final
AP 11 8 8 7 12 11 8 4 4 4 9 7 6 5 5 11 7
Coaches 9 8 8 7 12 12 10 5 5 4 9 6 6 5 5 11 6
BCS Not released 4 5 10 9 6 7 7 12 Not released
Clemson
1
2 3 4 Total
• Georgia
10
3 3 14
30
Clemson
0
0 0 0
0
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
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Seasons National championship seasons in bold