2003 Florida Gators football team

2003 Florida Gators football
2003 Florida Gators football
SEC Eastern Division co-champion
Outback Bowl, L 17–37 vs. Iowa
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
AP	No. 24
Record	8–5 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach	Ron Zook (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Ed Zaunbrecher (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Charlie Strong (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Captain	Daryl Dixon; Keiwan Ratliff; Max Starks; Ben Troupe
Home stadium	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium; (Capacity: 88,548)
	Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

2003 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 7 Georgia xy	6	–	2	11	–	3
No. 15 Tennessee x	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 24 Florida x	6	–	2	8	–	5
South Carolina	2	–	6	5	–	7
Vanderbilt	1	–	7	2	–	10
Kentucky	1	–	7	4	–	8
Western Division
No. 2 LSU xy$#	7	–	1	13	–	1
No. 13 Ole Miss x	7	–	1	10	–	3
Auburn	5	–	3	8	–	5
Arkansas	4	–	4	9	–	4
Alabama	2	–	6	4	–	9
Mississippi State	1	–	7	2	–	10
Championship: LSU 34, Georgia 13
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2003 college football season. The Gators competed in Division I-A of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. They were led by second-year coach Ron Zook, who coached the Gators to a first-place tie in the SEC East, an Outback Bowl berth, and an overall win–loss record of 8–5 (.615). Consensus All-American Keiwan Ratliff set the school single-season interception mark in 2003 with 9.

^ University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 2003 Media Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved March 15, 2018.