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.
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 [ 1] 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 Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
2003 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) IneligibleRoster
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
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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