American college football season
2003 Texas A&M Aggies football |
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
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Division | South Division |
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Record | 4–8 (2–6 Big 12) |
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Head coach | - Dennis Franchione (1st season)
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Offensive coordinator | Les Koenning (1st season) |
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Offensive scheme | Multiple |
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Defensive coordinator | Carl Torbush (1st season) |
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Base defense | 4–3 |
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Home stadium | Kyle Field |
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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 6–6 season in 2002.
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 4–8 record, including a nationally televised 77–0 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]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 7:00 pm | Arkansas State* | | | W 26–11 | 75,804[3] |
September 6 | 7:00 pm | Utah* | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX
| | W 28–26 | 74,019[3] |
September 18 | 6:30 pm | at No. 8 Virginia Tech* | | ESPN | L 19–35 | 65,115[3] |
September 27 | 2:30 pm | No. 17 Pittsburgh* | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX
| ABC | L 26–37 | 79,116[3] |
October 4 | 9:00 pm | at Texas Tech | | FSN | L 28–59 | 51,772[3] |
October 11 | 12:30 pm | Baylor | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX
| | W 73–10 | 73,030[3] |
October 18 | 11:30 am | at No. 18 Nebraska | | FSN | L 12–48 | 77,604[3] |
October 25 | 2:30 pm | No. 18 Oklahoma State | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX
| ABC | L 10–38 | 79,153[3] |
November 1 | 12:30 pm | Kansas | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX
| | W 45–33 | 68,487[3] |
November 8 | 11:00 am | at No. 1 Oklahoma | | ABC | L 0–77 | 83,461[3] |
November 15 | 11:30 am | at Missouri | | FSN | L 22–45 | 55,505[3] |
November 28 | 2:30 pm | No. 6 Texas | - Kyle Field
- College Station, TX (rivalry)
| ABC | L 15–46 | 84,094[3] |
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Game summaries
Arkansas State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Arkansas State | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 |
Texas A&M | 0 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
Utah
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Utah | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 26 |
Texas A&M | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
Virginia Tech
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Texas A&M | 3 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
Virginia Tech | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
Pittsburgh
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Pittsburgh | 9 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 37 |
Texas A&M | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 26 |
Texas Tech
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Texas A&M | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
Texas Tech | 17 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 59 |
Baylor
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Baylor | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Texas A&M | 10 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 73 |
Nebraska
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Texas A&M | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
Nebraska | 20 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 48 |
Oklahoma State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Oklahoma State | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Kansas
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Kansas | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 33 |
Texas A&M | 7 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 45 |
Oklahoma
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oklahoma | 14 | 35 | 28 | 0 | 77 |
Missouri
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Texas A&M | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 |
Missouri | 16 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 45 |
Texas
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Texas | 14 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 46 |
Texas A&M | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "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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