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2003 Texas A&M Aggies football team

2003 Texas A&M Aggies football team

American college football season


The 2003 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the college football season of 2003. The team's head football coach was Dennis Franchione. 2003 was the first year for Franchione who resigned from Alabama in late 2002. Franchione, known for his history of turning struggling football programs around, replaced R. C. Slocum who was fired after a mediocre 66 season in 2002.

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Franchione brought the majority of his coaching staff with him to College Station. Strength and conditioning coach Ben Pollard declined an offer to go to College Station and elected to remain at Alabama. Franchione signed a contract that was set to pay him a yearly salary of US$1.7 million through 2010.[1]

The Aggies finished the 2003 season with a 48 record, including a nationally televised 770 loss to Oklahoma, the worst loss in A&M's history. The season also marked the first losing season for the Aggies in 21 years.[2]

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References

  1. Eagle Staff (November 24, 2007). "Coach Fran timeline at Texas A&M". Bryan-College Station Eagle. Archived from the original on November 26, 2007. Retrieved November 24, 2007.
  2. Zwerneman, Brent (November 8, 2007). "Big 12 Football: Where did Fran fail?". San Antonio Express-News. Archived from the original on February 16, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
  3. "Cumulative Season Statistics". Texas A&M University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on October 17, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2011.



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