2003 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 2003 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

2003 Florida State Seminoles football
ACC champion
Orange Bowl, L 14–16 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 11
Record	10–3 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (28th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Bowden (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews (20th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 82,300)

2003 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Florida State $		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 17 Maryland		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 22 Clemson		5	–	3					9	–	4
NC State		4	–	4					8	–	5
Virginia		4	–	4					8	–	5
Georgia Tech		4	–	4					7	–	6
Wake Forest		3	–	5					5	–	7
Duke		2	–	6					4	–	8
North Carolina		1	–	7					2	–	10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	8:00 p.m.	at North Carolina	No. 13	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	W 37–0	59,800
September 6	7:15 p.m.	Maryland	No. 11	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN2	W 35–10	82,885
September 13	8:00 p.m.	Georgia Tech	No. 10	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	W 14–13	82,133
September 20	3:30 p.m.	Colorado*	No. 10	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	W 47–7	83,294
September 27	7:00 p.m.	at Duke	No. 6	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	PPV	W 56–7	24,370
October 11	12:00 p.m.	No. 2 Miami (FL)*	No. 5	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry, College GameDay)	ABC	L 14–22	84,336
October 18	7:45 p.m.	at Virginia	No. 7	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy)	ESPN	W 19–14	62,875
October 25	3:30 p.m.	Wake Forest	No. 6	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	W 48–24	82,393
November 1	2:30 p.m.	at Notre Dame*	No. 5	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC	W 37–0	80,795
November 8	7:45 p.m.	at Clemson	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 10–26	79,826
November 15	3:30 pm	NC State	No. 13	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	W 50–44 2OT	83,854
November 29	3:30 p.m.	at No. 11 Florida*	No. 9	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry, College GameDay)	CBS	W 38–34	90,407
January 1	8:30 p.m.	vs. No. 10 Miami (FL)*	No. 9	Pro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (Orange Bowl)	ABC	L 14–16	76,739
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

See also: 2003 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

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