2003 Virginia Cavaliers football team

2003 Virginia Cavaliers football
2003 Virginia Cavaliers football
Continental Tire Bowl champion
Continental Tire Bowl, W 23–16 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	8–5 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Al Groh (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Ron Prince (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Al Golden (3rd season)
Home stadium	Scott Stadium
	Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Al Groh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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2003 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 11 Florida State $	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 17 Maryland	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 22 Clemson	5	–	3	9	–	4
NC State	4	–	4	8	–	5
Virginia	4	–	4	8	–	5
Georgia Tech	4	–	4	7	–	6
Wake Forest	3	–	5	5	–	7
Duke	2	–	6	4	–	8
North Carolina	1	–	7	2	–	10

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 pm	Duke	No. 18	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 27–0	61,737
September 6	12:30 pm	at South Carolina*	No. 15	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	JPS	L 7–31	80,150
September 13	2:00 pm	at Western Michigan*		Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI		W 59–16	21,982
September 27	3:30 pm	Wake Forest		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	W 27–24	60,884
October 4	1:30 pm	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)		W 38–13	51,000
October 11	12:00 pm	at Clemson	No. 25	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	JPS	L 27–30 ^OT	76,774
October 18	7:45 pm	No. 8 Florida State		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy)	ESPN	L 14–19	62,875
October 25	3:00 pm	Troy State*		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 24–0	57,580
November 1	3:30 pm	at NC State		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ABC	L 37–51	53,800
November 13	7:45 pm	at No. 24 Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	ESPN	L 17–27	51,027
November 22	12:00 pm	Georgia Tech		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	JPS	W 29–17	58,526
November 29	1:00 pm	Virginia Tech*		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	ABC	W 35–21	60,943
December 27	12:00 pm	vs. Pittsburgh*		Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC (Continental Tire Bowl)	ESPN2	W 23–16	51,236
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Name	Position
Al Groh	Head coach
Danny Rocco	Assistant head coach / linebackers coach
Al Golden	Defensive coordinator
Ron Prince	Offensive coordinator / offensive line coach
Corwin Brown	Special teams coach
Mike Groh	Wide receivers / quarterbacks coach
Andy Heck	Tight ends coach
Mike London	Defensive line coach / recruiting coordinator
Bob Price	Defensive backs coach
Kevin Ross	Running backs coach
Anthony Poindexter	Graduate assistant coach – offense
Tim Whitney	Graduate assistant coach – defense
Evan Marcus	Head strength coach

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