2003 LSU Tigers football team

The 2003 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Nick Saban, the LSU Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Tigers compiled an 11–1 regular season record and then defeated the No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship Game, Afterward, LSU was invited to play the Oklahoma Sooners in the Sugar Bowl for the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national title. LSU won the BCS National Championship Game, the first national football championship for LSU since 1958.

2003 LSU Tigers football
BCS national champion
SEC champion
SEC Western Division co-champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl (BCS NCG), W 21–14 vs. Oklahoma
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 2
2003 record13–1 (7–1 SEC)
Head coachNick Saban (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorJimbo Fisher (4th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorWill Muschamp (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
(Capacity: 91,600)
2003 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Eastern Division
No. 7 Georgia xy  6 –2     11 –3  
No. 15 Tennessee x  6 –2     10 –3  
No. 24 Florida x  6 –2     8 –5  
South Carolina  2 –6     5 –7  
Vanderbilt  1 –7     2 –10  
Kentucky  1 –7     4 –8  
Western Division
No. 2 LSU xy$#  7 –1     13 –1  
No. 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
    1. – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 college football regular season ended with three one-loss teams in BCS contention: the LSU Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, and USC Trojans. USC ended the regular season ranked No. 1 and LSU No. 2 in both the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. Media controversy ensued when the BCS computer-based selection system chose LSU and Oklahoma as the participants in the BCS title game, largely based on an assessment of the relative difficulty of the three teams' 2003 schedules. During the bowl games, LSU beat No. 3 Oklahoma 21–14 in the Sugar Bowl (designated as the BCS National Championship Game for the 2003–04 season), while USC defeated the No. 4 Michigan Wolverines 28–14 in the Rose Bowl. LSU was ranked No. 1 in the final Coaches' Poll, and USC remained No. 1 in the final AP Poll.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.Louisiana–Monroe*No. 14
W 49–789,148
September 69:00 p.m.at Arizona*No. 13
TBSW 59–1346,110
September 137:00 p.m.Western Illinois*No. 12
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 35–787,164
September 202:30 p.m.No. 7 GeorgiaNo. 11
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (College GameDay)
CBSW 17–1092,251
September 278:00 p.m.at Mississippi StateNo. 7
ESPN2W 41–645,835
October 112:30 p.m.FloridaNo. 6
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
CBSL 7–1992,077
October 186:45 p.m.at South CarolinaNo. 10
ESPN2W 33–782,525
October 257:00 p.m.No. 17 AuburnNo. 9
ESPNW 31–792,085
November 17:00 p.m.Louisiana Tech*No. 7
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
PPVW 49–1091,879
November 156:45 p.m.at AlabamaNo. 3
ESPNW 27–383,818
November 222:30 p.m.at No. 15 Ole MissNo. 3
CBSW 17–1462,552
November 281:30 p.m.ArkansasNo. 3
CBSW 55–2492,213
December 68:00 p.m.vs. No. 5 GeorgiaNo. 3
CBSW 34–1374,913
January 4, 20047:15 p.m.vs. No. 3 Oklahoma*No. 2
ABCW 21–1479,342
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster
(LSUSports.net Official Roster)

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

H-Backs

Fullbacks

  • 24 Tyler Olivier
  • 49 Michael Ricks
  • 35 Brandon Nowlin
  • 40 Shawn Jordan
  • 44 Kevin Steltz
  • 11 Jason Lile

Wide Receivers

  

Tight Ends

Center

Offensive Line

Defensive Line

  • 59 Leo Desselle

Defensive End

  

Defensive Tackle

Linebackers

  • 99 Jason LeDoux
  • 45 Willie Demps
  • 35 Mark Martin
  • 19 Darius Ingram
  • 63 Patrick McGibboney
  • 57 Dave Peterson
  • 34 Dorsett Buckels
  • 27 Eric Alexander
  • 40 Barrett Dupuy
  • 52 Joey Noto
  • 47 Dustin Adams[1]
  • 35 Micah Metrailer
  • 91 Alonzo Manuel
  • 56 Kenneth Hollis
  • 42 Phillip Maxwell
  • 46 Cameron Vaughn
  • 58 Lionel Turner
  • 51 Dominic Cooper
  • 54 Brian West
  • 55 Chris McCauley
  • 7 Adrian Mayes

Defensive Backs

  • 37 Daniel Francis
  • 38 Vernon Russell, Jr.
  • 6 Ryan Gilbert
  • 28 Jeff Cook
  • 39 Troy Hankton
  • 9 Corey Meredith
  • 28 Greg Hercules
  • 44 Patrick Babinecz
  • 30 LaRon Landry
  • 33 Jonathan Zenon
  • 26 Nick Child
  • 31 Jessie Daniels
  • 41 Marcques Lewis
  

Cornerbacks

Safeties

Punters

Kickers

  • 35 Andre Boagni
  • 6 Colt David
  • 41 Chris Jackson
  • 39 Ryan Gaudet

Long Snappers

  • 86 Steve Damen
  • 70 Gant Petty

Game summaries

Louisiana-Monroe
1 234Total
LA-Monroe 0 007 7
• LSU 0 21217 49

[2]

Arizona
1 234Total
• LSU 17 21714 59
Arizona 0 0013 13

[3]

Western Illinois
1 234Total
W Illinois 0 070 7
• LSU 6 7157 35

[4]

Georgia
1 234Total
Georgia 3 007 10
• LSU 0 737 17

[5]

Mississippi State
1 234Total
• LSU 7 17107 41
Mississippi St 0 006 6

[6]

Florida
1 234Total
• Florida 10 360 19
LSU 7 000 7

[7]

South Carolina
1 234Total
• LSU 6 1377 33
South Carolina 0 070 7

[8]

Auburn
1 234Total
Auburn 0 007 7
• LSU 21 0100 31

[9]

Louisiana Tech
1 234Total
Louisiana Tech 0 370 10
• LSU 28 2100 49

[10]

Alabama
1 234Total
• LSU 10 773 27
Alabama 0 003 3

[11]

Ole Miss
1 234Total
• LSU 3 707 17
Ole Miss 7 007 14

[12]

Arkansas
1 234Total
Arkansas 10 707 24
• LSU 10 24210 55

[13]

SEC Championship Game
1 234Total
• LSU 8 9710 34
Georgia 0 3100 13
  • Date: December 6
  • Location: Georgia Dome, Atlanta
  • Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Television network: CBS

[14]

Sugar Bowl
1 234Total
Oklahoma 0 707 14
• LSU 7 770 21
  • Date: January 4
  • Location: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Television network: ABC

LSU Tigers in the 2004 National Football League Draft
PlayerPositionRoundPickOverallNFL team
Michael ClaytonWide Receiver11515Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Devery HendersonWide Receiver21850New Orleans Saints
Marquise HillDefensive End23163New England Patriots
Stephen PetermanOffensive Guard32083Dallas Cowboys
Chad LavalaisDefensive Tackle510142Atlanta Falcons
Donnie JonesPunter723224Seattle Seahawks
Matt MauckQuarterback724225Denver Broncos

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2004.htm

References
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