2003 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

2003 Pittsburgh Panthers football
2003 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Continental Tire Bowl, L 16–23 vs. Virginia Cavaliers
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	8–5 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach	Walt Harris (7th season);
Offensive coordinator	J. D. Brookhart (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Paul Rhoads (4th season)
Base defense	Multiple 8-man front
Home stadium	Heinz Field
	Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season.

2003 Big East Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Miami (FL) $+	6	–	1	11	–	2
West Virginia +	6	–	1	8	–	5
Pittsburgh	5	–	2	8	–	5
Virginia Tech	4	–	3	8	–	5
Boston College	3	–	4	8	–	5
Syracuse	2	–	5	6	–	6
Rutgers	2	–	5	5	–	7
Temple	0	–	7	1	–	11

$ – BCS representative as conference champion + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	7:00 p.m.	Kent State*	No. 10	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA		W 43–3	56,531
September 13	12:30 p.m.	Ball State*	No. 11	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA		W 42–21	44,117
September 20	7:00 p.m.	at Toledo*	No. 9	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH		L 31–35	31,711
September 27	3:30 p.m.	at Texas A&M*	No. 17	Kyle Field College Station, TX	ABC	W 37–26	79,116
October 11	6:00 p.m.	Notre Dame*	No. 15	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 14–20	66,421
October 18	1:30 p.m.	at Rutgers		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ		W 42–32	28,101
October 25	12:00 p.m.	Syracuse		Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 34–14	61,421
November 1	1:00 p.m.	at Boston College	No. 25	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA		W 24–13	41,983
November 8	7:45 p.m.	No. 5 Virginia Tech	No. 25	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA (College GameDay)	ESPN	W 31–28	66,207
November 15	7:00 p.m.	at West Virginia	No. 16	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl)	ESPN2	L 31–52	67,715
November 22	1:30 p.m.	at Temple	No. 21	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		W 30–16	22,934
November 29	8:00 p.m.	No. 10 Miami (FL)	No. 20	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA	ABC	L 14–28	60,486
December 27	11:00 a.m.	vs. Virginia*		Ericsson Stadium Charlotte, NC (Continental Tire Bowl)	ESPN	L 16–23	51,236
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

2002 Pittsburgh Panthers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`8`	Princell Brockenbrough	Sr
WR	`1`	Larry Fitzgerald	So
RB	`25`	Brandon Miree	Sr
OT	`75`	Matt Morgan	Sr
OL	`53`	Matt Parsons	Jr
OL	`58`	Joe Perri	Fr
QB	`3`	Tyler Palko	So
OL	`78`	Rob Petitti	Jr
RB	`32`	Lousaka Polite	Sr
WR	`9`	Ryan Regula	So
QB	`12`	Rod Rutherford	Sr
OL	`71`	Jon Schall	Sr
OL	`66`	Penny Semaia	Sr
WR	`80`	Marco Tinor	Sr
C	`76`	Neal Tracey	Fr
OL	`64`	Chris Vangas	Fr
OL	`50`	Joe Villani	So
TE	`83`	Kris Wilson	Sr
FB	`30`	Mark Yezovich	Fr
WR	`24`	Alex Zavackis	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL	`57`	Andy Alleman	So
LB	`44`	Brian Bennett	So
LB	`51`	H. B. Blades	Fr
DB	`22`	Reggie Carter	So
DB	`9`	Josh Lay	So
LB	`37`	Chris McKillop	Fr
LB	`30`	Doug Roseberry	Jr
DL	`88`	Kyle Smith	Fr
DL	`55`	Thomas Smith	Jr
DL	`56`	Charles Spencer	Jr
DB	`19`	Shawntae Spencer	Sr
DL	`94`	Dan Stephens	Sr
DB	`28`	Mike Vranesevich	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`36`	Andy Lee	Sr

Roster
Last update: 2003-12-12

2003 Pittsburgh Panthers football staff

	Coaching staff Walt Harris – Head coach Bob Junko – Assistant head coach/defensive tackles J.D. Brookhart – Offensive coordinator/wide receivers Paul Rhoads – Defensive coordinator/secondary Dino Babers – Running backs Curtis Bray – Linebackers Bryan Deal – Recruiting doordinator/Specialists/quarterbacks Tom Freeman – Offensive line/run game coordinator Bob Ligashesky – Tight ends/special teams Charlie Partridge – Defensive ends			Support staff Chris LaSala – Assistant Athletic Director/football operations Matt Williamson – Recruiting Assistant Scott McCurley – Graduate assistant Ben McAdoo – Graduate assistant			Strength and conditioning staff Dave Kennedy – Strength and conditioning coach Dave Langworthy – Assistant strength and conditioning coach

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