2003 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

The 2003 Florida Atlantic University Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was coached by Howard Schnellenberger and played their home games at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Owls competed in the as an independent.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	8:00 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee		Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN		W 20–19	23,261
September 6	4:00 p.m.	Valdosta State		Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL		L 17–45	4,758
September 13	6:00 p.m.	at Central Florida		Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL		L 29–33	25,144
September 20	7:00 p.m.	at Youngstown State		Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH		W 13–6	16,891
September 27	2:30 p.m.	at No. 23 Illinois State		Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL		W 28–10	6,837
October 4	4:00 p.m.	Texas State		Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL		W 27–14	4,358
October 11	4:00 p.m.	Nicholls State		Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL		W 31–23	3,302
October 18	4:00 p.m.	Northern Colorado	No. 23	Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL		W 21–19	4,255
November 1	4:00 p.m.	Gardner-Webb	No. 17	Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL		W 31–26	5,263
November 15	4:00 p.m.	Siena	No. 15	Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL		W 51–3	6,159
November 22	3:30 p.m.	at Florida International	No. 15	FIU Stadium • Miami, FL (Shula Bowl)		W 32–23	9,288
November 29	1:00 p.m.	at Bethune-Cookman	No. 13	Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL (Division I-AA playoffs)		W 32–24	8,468
December 6	8:05 p.m.	at No. 16 Northern Arizona	No. 13	Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ (Division I-AA playoffs)		W 48–25	9,314
December 13	1:00 p.m.	No. 6 Colgate	No. 13	Lockhart Stadium • Fort Lauderdale, FL (Division I-AA Semifinals)	ESPN2	L 24–36	12,857
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards and honors

Mid-season awards and honors

• Week 4 Independent Player of the Week: Roosevelt Bynes (WR, Jr.)
• Week 8 Independent Player of the Week: Willie Hughley (CB, So.)

All-Independent honors

• First Team All-Independent:
  • Jared Allen (QB, Jr.)
  • Roosevelt Bynes (WR, Jr.)
  • Anthony Crissinger-Hill (WR, Jr.)
  • Quentin Swain (LB, Sr.)
• Second Team All-Independent:
  • Anthony Jackson (RB, Jr.)
  • Ken Campos (OL, Sr.)
  • George Guffey (OL, Sr.)
  • Dave Richards (OL, Sr.)
  • Chris Laskowski (LB, Jr.)
  • Willie Hughley (CB, So.)

All-South Region honors

• First Team All-South Region:
  • Roosevelt Bynes (WR, Jr.)
  • Anthony Crissinger-Hill (WR, Jr.)
  • Willie Hughley (CB, So.)
• Second Team All-South Region:
  • Jared Allen (QB, Jr.)
  • George Guffey (OL, Sr.)
  • Dave Richards (OL, Sr.)
  • Chris Laskowski (LB, Jr.)
• Third Team All-South Region:
  • Yrvens Guerrier (DL, Sr.)
  • Mike Myers (K, Jr.)

References

External links

• Florida Atlantic University 2003 football archive