2003_LSU_Tigers_football

2003 LSU Tigers football
2003 LSU Tigers football
Coaches' Poll national champion; BCS national champion; NFF national champion; SEC champion; SEC Western Division co-champion; Sugar Bowl champion
SEC Championship Game, W 34–13 vs. Georgia
Sugar Bowl (BCS NCG), W 21–14 vs. Oklahoma
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 2
Record	13–1 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach	Nick Saban (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Jimbo Fisher (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Will Muschamp (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Tiger Stadium
	Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

2003 LSU Tigers football team

American college football season

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.

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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 (which was contractually obligated to rank the BCS champion No. 1) while USC remained No. 1 in the final AP Poll.

Roster

(LSUSports.net Official Roster)

Quarterbacks

12 Marcus Randall
15 Matt Flynn
18 Matt Mauck
4 JaMarcus Russell
8 Ty Barrett
19 Michael Harrison

Running backs

22 Torey Bennett
2 Shyrone Carey
23 Jason Spadoni
25 Justin Vincent
10 Joseph Addai
32 Barrington Edwards
22 Alley Broussard

H-Backs

Fullbacks

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

Wide receivers

86 Junior Joseph
13 Steve Mares
14 Michael Clayton
9 Devery Henderson
87 Blain Bech
4 Michael Russo
81 Dwayne Bowe
85 Craig Davis
17 Bennie Brazell
38 Gino Giambelluca
8 Terrell Clayton
80 Schirra Fields
5 Skyler Green
1 Amp Hill

Tight ends

47 Eric Edwards
82 David Jones
84 Andrew Wright
83 Kory Hebert
88 Demetri Robinson
89 Keith Zinger

Center

59 Doug Planchard
55 Ben Wilkerson
61 Jimmy Courtenay

Offensive line

65 Steve Arflin
62 Brandon Hurley
69 Garett Wibel
75 Brian Johnson
71 Nate Livings
68 Terrell McGill
72 Stephen Peterman
67 Bradley Sowa
74 Josh Dicharry
64 Rudy Niswanger
62 Harold Bicknell
73 Will Arnold
66 Jerry Sevin
76 Andrew Whitworth
63 Mac McLachlan
60 Rodney Reed
78 Paris Hodges
77 Peter Dyakowski

Defensive line

59 Leo Desselle

Defensive end

79 Sean Merrill
84 Marcus Spears
52 Ryan Willis
96 Carnell Stewart
97 Brandon Washington
94 Marquise Hill
48 Kirston Pittman
53 Tory Collins

Defensive tackle

98 Torran Williams
92 Bryce Wyatt
50 Jarrod Carter
89 Timothy Binion
90 Melvin Oliver
95 Kyle Williams
93 Chad Lavalais

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

13 Corey Webster
24 Keron Gordon
29 Travis Daniels
1 Ronnie Prude
21 Randall Gay

Safeties

8 Jack Hunt
43 Chad White

Punters

16 Ross Cockrell
80 Donnie Jones
36 Patrick Fisher

Kickers

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

Long snappers

86 Steve Damen
70 Gant Petty

Game summaries

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Monroe*	No. 14	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		W 49–7	89,148
September 6	9:00 p.m.	at Arizona*	No. 13	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	TBS	W 59–13	46,110
September 13	7:00 p.m.	Western Illinois*	No. 12	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		W 35–7	87,164
September 20	2:30 p.m.	No. 7 Georgia	No. 11	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (College GameDay)	CBS	W 17–10	92,251
September 27	8:00 p.m.	at Mississippi State	No. 7	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 41–6	45,835
October 11	2:30 p.m.	Florida	No. 6	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	CBS	L 7–19	92,077
October 18	6:45 p.m.	at South Carolina	No. 10	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ESPN2	W 33–7	82,525
October 25	7:00 p.m.	No. 17 Auburn	No. 9	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Tiger Bowl)	ESPN	W 31–7	92,085
November 1	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech*	No. 7	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	PPV	W 49–10	91,879
November 15	6:45 p.m.	at Alabama	No. 3	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	ESPN	W 27–3	83,818
November 22	2:30 p.m.	at No. 15 Ole Miss	No. 3	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Magnolia Bowl)	CBS	W 17–14	62,552
November 28	1:30 p.m.	Arkansas	No. 3	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Golden Boot)	CBS	W 55–24	92,213
December 6	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 5 Georgia	No. 3	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (SEC Championship Game) (College GameDay)	CBS	W 34–13	74,913
January 4, 2004	7:15 p.m.	vs. No. 3 Oklahoma*	No. 2	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) (College GameDay)	ABC	W 21–14	79,342
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2003_LSU_Tigers_football

2003 LSU Tigers football team

Schedule

Rankings

Roster

Game summaries

Louisiana–Monroe

Arizona

Western Illinois

Georgia

Mississippi State

Florida

South Carolina

Auburn

Louisiana Tech

Alabama

Ole Miss

Arkansas

SEC Championship Game

Sugar Bowl

LSU Tigers in the 2004 NFL Draft

References

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2003 LSU Tigers football

Coaches' Poll national champion BCS national champion NFF national champion SEC champion SEC Western Division co-champion Sugar Bowl champion
SEC Championship Game, W 34–13 vs. Georgia
Sugar Bowl (BCS NCG), W 21–14 vs. Oklahoma
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 2
Record	13–1 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach	Nick Saban (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jimbo Fisher (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Will Muschamp (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Tiger Stadium
Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

v t e
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
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	14	13	12	11	7	6	6	10	9	7	4	3	3	3	3	2 (21)	2 (17)
Coaches	15	13	11	10	7	6	6	10	9	8	4	3	3	3	3	2 (18)	1 (60)
BCS	Not released								12	7	7	4	4	3	3	2	Not released

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Overall	NFL team
Michael Clayton	Wide receiver	1	15	15	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Devery Henderson	Wide receiver	2	18	50	New Orleans Saints
Marquise Hill	Defensive end	2	31	63	New England Patriots
Stephen Peterman	Offensive Guard	3	20	83	Dallas Cowboys
Chad Lavalais	Defensive tackle	5	10	142	Atlanta Falcons
Donnie Jones	Punter	7	23	224	Seattle Seahawks
Matt Mauck	Quarterback	7	24	225	Denver Broncos