2003 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
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2003 Georgia Southern Eagles football | |
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Conference | Southern Conference |
Ranking | |
Sports Network | No. 24 |
Record | 7–4 (5–3 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Mitch Ware (2nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Rusty Russell (7th season) |
Home stadium | Paulson Stadium (Capacity: 18,000) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Wofford $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 Georgia Southern | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elon | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2003 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Mike Sewak, in his second year as head coach for the Eagles.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 6 | 6:00 pm | Savannah State* | No. 2 | W 35–0 | 19,470 | ||
September 13 | 8:00 pm | at No. 3 McNeese State* | No. 2 | L 15–34 | 17,189 | [1] | |
September 20 | 7:00 pm | at No. 25 Wofford | No. 6 | L 14–20 | 9,648 | [2] | |
September 27 | 6:00 pm | Chattanooga | No. 16 |
| W 34–3 | 18,623 | |
October 4 | 1:00 pm | FIU* | No. 13 |
| W 37–35 | 10,409 | |
October 11 | 1:00 pm | Western Carolina | No. 11 |
| W 31–25 | 15,708 | |
October 18 | 4:00 pm | at Appalachian State | No. 10 | L 21–28 | 13,879 | [3] | |
October 25 | 1:00 pm | The Citadel | No. 19 |
| L 24–28 | 15,988 | |
November 1 | 1:00 pm | at East Tennessee State | W 34–22 | 4,235 | |||
November 8 | 1:00 pm | No. 18 Furman |
| W 29–24 | 14,562 | [4] | |
November 15 | 3:30 pm | at Elon | No. 24 | W 37–13 | 2,834 | ||
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References
- ^ "McNeese State 34, Ga. Southern 15". The Daily Advertiser. September 14, 2003. Retrieved March 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Penalties prove Eagles' downfall". The Atlanta Constitution. September 21, 2003. Retrieved September 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mountaineers roll, hand Eagles 3rd loss on road". The Atlanta Constitution. October 19, 2003. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eagles find joy in beating rival". The Atlanta Constitution. November 9, 2003. Retrieved September 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2003 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
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