2003 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

2003 Florida Atlantic Owls football
NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal, L 24–36 vs. Colgate
Conference Independent
Ranking
Sports Network No. 4[1]
2003 record 11–3
Head coach Howard Schnellenberger (3rd season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Lockhart Stadium
(20,000, grass)
2003 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#4 Florida Atlantic ^  0 –0     11 –3  
#19 Northern Colorado  0 –0     9 –2  
Cal Poly  0 –0     7 –4  
Southeastern Louisiana  0 –0     5 –7  
Southern Utah  0 –0     4 –7  
Saint Mary's  0 –0     1 –11  
FIU  0 –0     0 –10  
Savannah State  0 –0     0 –12  
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Record adjusted for 2 vacated wins by Florida International
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2003 Florida Atlantic University Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was coached by Howard Schnellenberger and played their home games at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Owls competed in the as an independent.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 28 8:00 p.m. at Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN W 20–19   23,261
September 6 4:00 p.m. Valdosta State Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL L 17–45   4,758
September 13 6:00 p.m. at Central Florida Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL L 29–33   25,144
September 20 7:00 p.m. at Youngstown State Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH W 13–6   16,891
September 27 2:30 p.m. at No. 23 Illinois State Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL W 28–10   6,837
October 4 4:00 p.m. Texas State Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL W 27–14   4,358
October 11 4:00 p.m. Nicholls State Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL W 31–23   3,302
October 18 4:00 p.m. Northern Colorado No. 23 Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL W 21–19   4,255
November 1 4:00 p.m. Gardner–Webb No. 17 Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL W 31–26   5,263
November 15 4:00 p.m. Siena No. 15 Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL W 51–3   6,159
November 22 3:30 p.m. at Florida International No. 15 FIU Stadium • Miami, FL (Shula Bowl) W 32–23   9,288
November 29 1:00 p.m. at Bethune-Cookman No. 13 Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL (Division I-AA playoffs) W 32–24   8,468
December 6 8:05 p.m. at No. 16 Northern Arizona No. 13 Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ (Division I-AA playoffs) W 48–25   9,314
December 13 1:00 p.m. No. 6 Colgate No. 13 Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL (Division I-AA Semifinals) ESPN2 L 24–36   12,857
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards and honors

Mid-season awards and honors

  • Week 4 Independent Player of the Week: Roosevelt Bynes (WR, Jr.)
  • Week 8 Independent Player of the Week: Willie Hughley (CB, So.)

All-Independent honors

  • First Team All-Independent:
    • Jared Allen (QB, Jr.)
    • Roosevelt Bynes (WR, Jr.)
    • Anthony Crissinger-Hill (WR, Jr.)
    • Quentin Swain (LB, Sr.)
  • Second Team All-Independent:
    • Anthony Jackson (RB, Jr.)
    • Ken Campos (OL, Sr.)
    • George Guffey (OL, Sr.)
    • Dave Richards (OL, Sr.)
    • Chris Laskowski (LB, Jr.)
    • Willie Hughley (CB, So.)

All-South Region honors

  • First Team All-South Region:
    • Roosevelt Bynes (WR, Jr.)
    • Anthony Crissinger-Hill (WR, Jr.)
    • Willie Hughley (CB, So.)
  • Second Team All-South Region:
    • Jared Allen (QB, Jr.)
    • George Guffey (OL, Sr.)
    • Dave Richards (OL, Sr.)
    • Chris Laskowski (LB, Jr.)
  • Third Team All-South Region:
    • Yrvens Guerrier (DL, Sr.)
    • Mike Myers (K, Jr.)

References

  1. ↑ "Sports Network's Final 2003 I-AA College Football Poll". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
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