2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season

2003 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Number of teams	121
Duration	August–November
Payton Award	Jamaal Branch (RB, Colgate)
Buchanan Award	Jared Allen (DE, Idaho State)
Playoff
Duration	November 29–December 19
Championship date	December 19, 2003
Championship site	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee
Champion	Delaware
NCAA Division I-AA football seasons
«2002 2004»

The 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 2003, and concluded with the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 19, 2003, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Colgate Raiders by a final score of 40−0.^[1]