2003 Navy Midshipmen football team

2003 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

Navy Midshipmen football
2003 Navy Midshipmen football
Houston Bowl, L 14–38 vs. Texas Tech
Conference	Independent
2003 record	8–5
Head coach	Paul Johnson (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

The 2003 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation. The team was led by second-year head coach Paul Johnson.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	VMI	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		W 37–10	30,129
September 6	at No. 25 TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		L 3–17	35,688
September 20	Eastern Michigan	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		W 39–7	27,627
September 27	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ESPN+	L 27–48	32,382
October 4	Air Force	FedExField Landover, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	HDNet[1]	W 28–25	30,623
October 11	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 37–27	25,417
October 18	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		W 38–6	27,832
October 25	No. 3 (FCS) Delaware	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	HDNet[2]	L 17–21	34,982
November 1	Tulane	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	HDNet[3]	W 35–17	27,417
November 8	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	NBC	L 24–27	80,795
November 22	Central Michigan	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD		W 63–24
December 6	vs. Army	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game/Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBS	W 34–6
December 30	vs. Texas Tech	Reliant Stadium Houston, TX (Houston Bowl)	ESPN	L 14–38	51,068
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

2003 Navy Midshipmen football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`11`	Craig Candeto	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

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Navy Midshipmen football
Venues	Worden Field (1890–1923) Thompson Stadium (1924–1958) Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (1959–present) Memorial Stadium (alternate)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Army: Army–Navy Game (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Air Force (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Johns Hopkins Maryland: Crab Bowl Classic Notre Dame (Rip Miller Trophy) SMU (Gansz Trophy)
Culture & lore	Bill the Goat "Anchors Aweigh" "I believe that we will win!" Marching band "Navy ends the drought" 2007 North Texas game
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 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 2017 2018 2019 2020
National championship seasons in bold

2003 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Connecticut			–			9	–	3
Navy			–			8	–	5
Troy State			–			6	–	6
Notre Dame			–			5	–	7

Rankings from AP Poll