2003 South Florida Bulls football team

2003 South Florida Bulls football
ConferenceConference USA
Record7–4 (5–3 CUSA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Hobbie (3rd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Co-defensive coordinators
  • Rick Kravitz (7th season)
  • Wally Burnham (3rd season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumRaymond James Stadium
2003 Conference USA football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Southern Miss $   8 – 0     9 – 4  
No. 24 TCU   7 – 1     11 – 2  
Memphis   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Louisville   5 – 3     9 – 4  
South Florida   5 – 3     7 – 4  
Houston   4 – 4     7 – 6  
UAB   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Tulane   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Cincinnati   2 – 6     5 – 7  
East Carolina   1 – 7     1 – 11  
Army   0 – 8     0 – 13  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Their head coach was Jim Leavitt, and the USF Bulls played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. The 2003 college football season was only the 7th season overall for the Bulls, and their first season in Conference USA.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 303:00 p.m.at Alabama*
ESPNL 17–4076,780
September 67:00 p.m.No. 19 (I-AA) Nicholls State*
W 27–1726,460
September 271:00 p.m.at Army
RNNW 28–030,509
October 47:00 p.m.Louisville
  • Raymond James Stadium
  • Tampa, FL
FSNW 31–28 2OT36,044
October 108:00 p.m.No. 18 TCU
  • Raymond James Stadium
  • Tampa, FL
ESPN2L 10–1333,368
October 187:00 p.m.Charleston Southern*
  • Raymond James Stadium
  • Tampa, FL
W 55–728,365[1]
October 253:00 p.m.at Southern Miss
FSNL 6–2723,708[2]
October 317:30 p.m.Cincinnati
  • Raymond James Stadium
  • Tampa, FL
ESPN2W 24–17 2OT28,616
November 82:00 p.m.at East Carolina
W 38–37 2OT27,100[3]
November 227:00 p.m.UAB
  • Raymond James Stadium
  • Tampa, FL
WFTSL 19–2230,216[4]
November 292:00 p.m.at Memphis
FSNW 21–1647,875
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References

  1. ^ "Handy Fisher leads rout". St. Petersburg Times. October 19, 2003. Retrieved July 31, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "USM offense stuns S. Florida". Sun Herald. October 26, 2003. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Bulls tap into their OT magic". Tampa Bay Times. November 9, 2003. Retrieved March 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "USF rally falls short". Tampa Bay Times. November 23, 2003. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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