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SEC FOOTBALL 2003 Final 2003 Release Charles Bloom, Associate Commissioner (Football Contact) Southeastern Conference Media Relations E-Mail: [email protected] • Phone: (205) 458-3010 • Fax: (205) 458-3030 EASTERN DIVISION SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA 2002 Home Away Neutral vs. Div. vs. Top 25 Streak *#Georgia 6-2 .750 215 102 11-3 .786 371 203 13-1 6-0 4-1 1-2 4-1 3-3 W 1 *Tennessee 6-2 .750 260 170 10-3 .769 365 239 8-5 6-1 4-1 0-1 4-1 2-1 L 1 *Florida 6-2 .750 178 152 8-5 .615 390 271 8-5 3-3 4-1 1-1 4-1 3-4 L 2 South Carolina 2-6 .250 164 227 5-7 .417 268 314 5-7 5-3 0-4 0-0 2-3 1-5 L 4 Vanderbilt 1-7 .125 126 261 2-10 .167 235 358 2-10 2-5 0-5 0-0 1-4 0-4 L 1 Kentucky 1-7 .125 198 244 4-8 .333 328 321 7-5 3-4 1-4 0-0 0-5 0-3 L 4 *Eastern Division Co-Champions / #SEC Championship Game Representative WESTERN DIVISION SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA 2002 Home Away Neutral vs. Div. vs. Top 25 Streak *#^@LSU 7-1 .875 228 90 13-1 .929 475 154 8-5 6-1 5-0 2-0 5-0 5-0 W 8 *Ole Miss 7-1 .875 218 150 10-3 .769 442 285 7-6 5-2 4-1 1-0 4-1 3-1 W 2 Auburn 5-3 .625 190 148 8-5 .615 342 212 9-4 5-2 2-3 1-0 3-2 2-4 W 2 Arkansas 4-4 .500 247 223 9-4 .692 436 305 9-5 5-2 3-2 1-0 2-3 1-1 W 1 Mississippi State 1-7 .125 93 329 2-10 .167 225 471 3-9 2-4 0-6 0-0 0-5 0-4 L 6 #Alabama 2-6 .250 216 237 4-9 .308 331 333 10-3 3-5 1-4 0-0 1-4 0-5 L 3 *Western Division Co-Champions / #SEC Championship Game Representative / ^ SEC Champion / @ - National Champion NOTE: 2002 - Record after same number of games in 2002; vs. Top 25 - Record vs. teams in Top 25 when game was played; Teams listed in alphabetical order unless tie-breaker applicable. # - Not eligible for conference title. LSU WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SEC WINS NCAA-BEST 5 BOWL GAMES TIGERS WIN NATIONAL TITLE SEC HAS NCAA-HIGH FIVE BOWL SEC HAS NCAA-HIGH FIVE TEAMS LSU defeated Oklahoma, 21-14, in the VICTORIES RANKED IN FINAL POLLS Nokia Sugar Bowl to win its second national The SEC and the Atlantic Coast Conference LSU’s number one national ranking in the championship and the SEC’s 15th national each won five bowl games during the 2003-04 USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll leads a roster crown. college football post-season bowl season, earn- of five SEC teams ranked in the final 2003 The Nokia Sugar Bowl served as the Bowl ing the most wins among NCAA Division I-A college football rankings. Championship Series National Championship conferences. The Tigers are also ranked number two in Game. The SEC was 5-2 in its seven games while the final Associated Press poll. The Tigers last won a national champi- the ACC won five of its six bowl games. The SEC and the Big Ten each had five onship in 1958. It is the SEC’s first national Here is a look at how each conference fared teams listed in the final rankings. The Big 12 championship since Tennessee took the honors in its post-season bowl games: had four teams while the ACC had three and in 1998. the Pac-10 and the Mid-American had two Since the expansion of the SEC and the start SEC 5-2 .714 teams each. of the SEC Football Championship Game in ACC 5-1 .833 Georgia is ranked sixth in the coaches poll 1992, the league has had four different nation- Pac-10 4-2 .667 and seventh in the AP poll, while Ole Miss is al champions - Alabama in 1992, Florida in WAC 3-1 .750 14th in the coaches poll and 13th in the AP 1996, Tennessee in 1998 and LSU in 2003. Mid-American 2-0 1.000 poll. The SEC and the Big 12 have won more Big East 2-3 .400 Tennessee comes in at 16th in the coaches national championships than any other confer- Big Ten 2-5 .286 poll and 15th in the AP poll and Florida ence since 1992. The SEC has won 3.5 Big 12 2-6 .250 rounds out the SEC teams, ranked 25th in the national crowns with four different teams. The Mountain West 1-2 .333 coaches poll and 24th in the AP poll. Big 12 has 3.5 national titles among two teams Conference USA 1-4 .200 Since conference expansion in 2002, the while the ACC has two among one team, and Independents 0-1 .000 SEC has had 59 teams ranked in the final USA the Big Ten has 1.5 among two teams. Sun Belt 0-1 .000 Today/ESPN Coaches and AP polls, an aver- age of almost five teams per season. The SEC was 3-0 vs. the Big 12, 2-1 vs. the Big Ten and 0-1 vs. the ACC in post-season bowls this season. 2003 SEC Football • Page 2 Final 2003 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TEAM SCHEDULES AND RESULTS ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (4-9, 2-6 SEC) FLORIDA GATORS (8-5, 6-2 SEC) Home Stadium(s): Bryant-Denny (83,818); Legion Field (83,091) Home Stadium: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field (88,548) Home: 3-5 Away: 1-4 vs. Division: 1-4 vs. Top 25: 0-5 Home: 3-3 Away: 4-1 Neutral: 1-1 vs. Division: 4-1 vs. Top 25: 3-3 Total Home Attendance: 660,106 Average Home Attendance: 82,513 Total Home Attendance: 541,060 Average Home Attendance: 90,177 Aug. 30 *SOUTH FLORIDA (ESPN) W 40-17 76,780 Aug. 30 SAN JOSE STATE W 65-3 90,011 Sept. 6 OKLAHOMA (ESPN) [1/1] L 13-20 83,818 Sept. 6 at Miami (Fla.) (ABC) [3/3] L 33-38 79,932 Sept. 13 KENTUCKY (ESPN) W 27-17 83,018 Sept. 13 FLORIDA A&M W 63-3 90,087 Sept. 20 NORTHERN ILLINOIS L 16-19 83,018 Sept. 20 TENNESSEE (CBS) [12/12] L 10-24 90,332 Sept. 27 ARKANSAS (CBS) [9/14] (2OT) L 31-34 82,818 Sept. 27 at Kentucky (JP) W 24-21 70,579 Oct. 4 at Georgia (CBS) [11/12] L 23-37 92,058 Oct. 4 OLE MISS (JP) L 17-20 90,101 Oct. 11 SOUTHERN MISS [HC] W 17-3 83,818 Oct. 11 at LSU (CBS) [6/6] W 19-7 92,077 Oct. 18 at Ole Miss (JP) L 28-43 60,825 Oct. 18 at Arkansas (CBS) [11/11] W 33-28 73,934 Oct. 25 TENNESSEE (CBS) [22/22] (5OT) L 43-51 83,018 Nov. 1 *vs. Georgia (CBS) [4/4] W 16-13 84,411 Nov. 8 at Mississippi State (JP) W 38-0 48,242 Nov. 8 VANDERBILT [HC] W 35-17 90,122 Nov. 15 LSU (ESPN) [3/3] L 3-27 83,818 Nov. 15 at South Carolina (JP) W 24-22 81,523 Nov. 22 at Auburn (ESPN) L 23-28 86,063 Nov. 29 FLORIDA STATE (CBS) [9/9] L 34-38 90,407 Nov. 29 at Hawaii (ESPN) L 29-37 43,477 Jan. 1 vs. Iowa (ESPN) [13/12] L 17-37 65,372 (Outback Bowl • Tampa, Fla.) * - Birmingham, Ala. * - Jacksonville, Fla. ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS (9-4, 4-4 SEC) Home Stadium(s): Reynolds Razorback (82,000); War Memorial (53,727) GEORGIA BULLDOGS (11-3, 6-2 SEC) Home: 5-2 Away: 3-2 Neutral: 1-0 vs. Division: 2-3 vs. Top 25: 1-1 Home Stadium: Sanford (92,020) Total Home Attendance: 445,119 Average Home Attendance: 63,588 Home: 6-0 Away: 4-1 Neutral: 1-2 vs. Division: 4-1 vs. Top 25: 3-3 Total Home Attendance: 552,348 Average Home Attendance: 92,058 Sept. 6 TULSA W 45-13 69,442 Sept. 13 at Texas (ABC) [6/5] W 38-28 83,271 Aug. 30 at Clemson (ABC) W 30-0 83,000 Sept. 20 *NORTH TEXAS W 31-7 55,825 Sept. 6 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W 29-10 92,058 Sept. 27 at Alabama (CBS) (2OT) W 34-31 82,818 Sept. 13 SOUTH CAROLINA (CBS) [25/--] W 31-7 92,058 Oct. 11 AUBURN [HC] (JP) L 3-10 74,026 Sept. 20 at LSU (CBS) [11/10] L 10-17 92,251 Oct. 18 FLORIDA (CBS) L 28-33 73,934 Oct. 4 ALABAMA (CBS) W 37-23 92,058 Oct. 25 at Ole Miss (ESPN2) L 7-19 58,717 Oct. 11 at Tennessee (ESPN2) [13/14] W 41-14 107,517 Nov. 1 at Kentucky (ESPN2) (7OT) W 71-63 66,124 Oct. 18 at Vanderbilt W 27-8 27,823 Nov. 6 *SOUTH CAROLINA (ESPN) W 28-6 55,617 Oct. 25 UAB W 16-13 92,058 Nov. 15 NEW MEXICO STATE W 48-20 53,728 Nov.