2003–04 NCAA football bowl games
| 2003–04 NCAA football bowl games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Gameplay during the BCS National Championship Sugar Bowl for the 2003 season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of bowls | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All-star games | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowl games |
December 16, 2003 – January 3, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National Championship | 2004 Sugar Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location of Championship |
Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Champions | LSU Tigers (BCS/Coaches) & USC Trojans (AP) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowl Challenge Cup winner | ACC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2003–04 NCAA football bowl games were a series of 28 post-season games (including the Bowl Championship Series) played in December 2003 and January 2004 for Division I-A football teams and their all-stars. The post-season began with the New Orleans Bowl on December 16, 2003, and concluded on January 30, 2004, with the season-ending Senior Bowl.
A total of 28 team-competitive games, and two all-star games, were played. To fill the 56 available bowl slots, four teams with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games—all four had a .500 (6–6) season. While teams that did not have winning seasons were invited to bowl games, seven teams with winning records were left out: Northern Illinois (10–2); Connecticut (9-3); Marshall and Toledo (both 8–4); Air Force and Akron (both 7–5); and South Florida (7–4).
Schedule
Conference bowl representation
| Conference | Bowl Appearances | Top 25 (December 7 Polls) | ||||||||
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| # | Record | % | Winners | Losers | # | Teams | AP Rank | CP Rank | ||
| Mid-American | 2 | 2–0 | 1.000 | Miami Bowling Green |
1 | Miami | #14 | #15 | ||
| ACC | 6 | 5–1 | 0.833 | Maryland Georgia Tech Clemson NC State Virginia |
Florida State |
2 | Florida State | #9 | #8 | |
| Maryland | #23 | #24 | ||||||||
| Western Athletic | 4 | 3–1 | 0.750 | Boise State Hawaii Fresno State |
Tulsa |
1 | Boise State | #18 | #16 | |
| SEC | 7 | 5–2 | 0.714 | LSU Georgia Mississippi Auburn Arkansas |
Tennessee Florida |
5 | LSU | #2 | #2 | |
| Tennessee | #6 | #7 | ||||||||
| Georgia | #11 | #11 | ||||||||
| Mississippi | #16 | #18 | ||||||||
| Florida | #17 | #17 | ||||||||
| Pac-10 | 6 | 4–2 | 0.667 | USC Washington State Oregon State California |
Oregon UCLA |
2 | USC | #1 | #1 | |
| Washington State | #15 | #14 | ||||||||
| Big East | 5 | 2–3 | 0.400 | Miami Boston College |
West Virginia Virginia Tech Pittsburgh |
2 | Miami | #10 | #9 | |
| West Virginia | #20 | #23 | ||||||||
| Big 10 | 8 | 3–5 | 0.375 | Ohio State Iowa Minnesota |
Michigan Purdue Michigan State Wisconsin Northwestern |
5 | Michigan | #4 | #4 | |
| Ohio State | #7 | #6 | ||||||||
| Iowa | #13 | #12 | ||||||||
| Purdue | #12 | #13 | ||||||||
| Minnesota | #24 | #20 | ||||||||
| Mountain West | 3 | 1–2 | 0.333 | Utah |
New Mexico Colorado State |
1 | Utah | #25 | #25 | |
| Big 12 | 8 | 2–6 | 0.250 | Nebraska Texas Tech |
Oklahoma Texas Kansas State Oklahoma State Kansas Missouri |
5 | Oklahoma | #3 | #3 | |
| Texas | #5 | #5 | ||||||||
| Kansas State | #8 | #10 | ||||||||
| Nebraska | #22 | #21 | ||||||||
| Oklahoma State | #21 | #22 | ||||||||
| Conference USA | 5 | 1–4 | 0.200 | Memphis |
TCU Louisville Houston Southern Miss |
1 | TCU | #19 | #19 | |
| Sun Belt | 1 | 0–1 | 0.000 | North Texas |
0 | none | ||||
| Independents | 1 | 0–1 | 0.000 | Navy |
0 | none | ||||
References
- 1 2 "ESPN College FB Scoreboard (2003)". Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- 1 2 "2003-2004 Bowl Results (about.com)". Retrieved 2009-01-01.