2003 Texas A&M Aggies football team

2003 Texas A&M Aggies football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
2003 record	4–8 (2–6 Big 12)
Head coach	Dennis Franchione
Offensive coordinator	Les Koenning, Jr.
Defensive coordinator	Carl Torbush
Home stadium	Kyle Field (Capacity: 82,600)

2003 Big 12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
North
#14 Kansas State x$		6	–	2		11	–	4
#19 Nebraska		5	–	3		10	–	3
Missouri		4	–	4		8	–	5
Kansas		3	–	5		6	–	7
Colorado		3	–	5		5	–	7
Iowa State		0	–	8		2	–	10
South
#3 Oklahoma x%		8	–	0		12	–	2
#12 Texas		7	–	1		10	–	3
Oklahoma State		5	–	3		9	–	4
Texas Tech		4	–	4		8	–	5
Texas A&M		2	–	6		4	–	8
Baylor		1	–	7		3	–	9
Championship: Kansas State 35, Oklahoma 7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the college football season of 2003. The team's head football coach was Dennis Franchione. 2003 was the first year for Franchione who resigned from Alabama in late 2002. Franchione, known for his history of turning struggling football programs around, replaced R.C. Slocum who was fired after a mediocre 6–6 season in 2002.

Franchione brought the majority of his coaching staff with him to College Station. Strength and Conditioning Coach Ben Pollard declined an offer to go to College Station and elected to remain at Alabama. Franchione signed a contract that was set to pay him a yearly salary of $1.7 million through 2010.^[1]

The Aggies finished the 2003 season with a 4–8 record, including a nationally televised 77–0 loss to Oklahoma, the worst loss in A&M's history. The season also marked the first losing season for the Aggies in 21 years.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 PM	Arkansas State*	Kyle Field • College Station, TX		W 26–11	75,804^[3]
September 6	7:00 PM	Utah*	Kyle Field • College Station, TX		W 28–26	74,019^[3]
September 18	6:30 PM	at No. 8 Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	ESPN	L 19–35	65,115^[3]
September 27	2:30 PM	No. 17 Pittsburgh*	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ABC	L 26–37	79,116^[3]
October 4	9:00 PM	at Texas Tech	Jones SBC Stadium • Lubbock, TX (A&M–Tech rivalry)	FSN	L 28–59	51,772^[3]
October 11	12:30 PM	Baylor	Kyle Field • College Station, TX		W 73–10	73,030^[3]
October 18	11:30 AM	at No. 18 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	FSN	L 12–48	77,604^[3]
October 25	2:30 PM	No. 18 Oklahoma State	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ABC	L 10–38	79,153^[3]
November 1	12:30 PM	Kansas	Kyle Field • College Station, TX		W 45–33	68,487^[3]
November 8	11:00 AM	at No. 1 Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	ABC	L 0–77	83,461^[3]
November 15	11:30 AM	at Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	FSN	L 22–45	55,505^[3]
November 28	2:30 PM	No. 6 Texas	Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Lone Star Showdown)	ABC	L 15–46	84,094^[3]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Game notes

Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arkansas State	0	3	0	8	11
Texas A&M	0	9	10	7	26

Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utah	0	0	13	13	26
Texas A&M	14	7	0	7	28

Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	3	9	0	7	19
Virginia Tech	7	7	7	14	35

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pittsburgh	9	0	21	7	37
Texas A&M	0	13	0	13	26

Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	0	14	0	14	28
Texas Tech	17	14	21	7	59

Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
Baylor	3	7	0	0	10
Texas A&M	10	28	21	14	73

Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	3	0	3	6	12
Nebraska	20	0	14	14	48

Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma State	14	7	10	7	38
Texas A&M	0	0	0	10	10

Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas	7	7	6	13	33
Texas A&M	7	7	24	7	45

Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	0	0	0	0	0
Oklahoma	14	35	28	0	77

Missouri

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	0	6	3	13	22
Missouri	16	6	9	14	45

Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	14	6	16	10	46
Texas A&M	0	9	6	0	15

References

↑ Eagle Staff (November 24, 2007). "Coach Fran timeline at Texas A&M". Bryan-College Station Eagle. Retrieved November 24, 2007.
↑ Zwerneman, Brent (November 8, 2007). "Big 12 Football: Where did Fran fail?". San Antonio Express-News. Archived from the original on February 16, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Cumulative Season Statistics". Texas A&M University Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 16, 2011.

Texas A&M Aggies football

Venues	Kyle Field (1927–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Baylor: Battle of the Brazos LSU TCU Texas Texas Tech

Culture & lore	Reveille "Aggie War Hymn" Aggie Band 2005 Texas game "Manziel beats Bama" 12th man Aggie Bonfire Junction Boys Sherman era

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

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