# 2003 Utah Utes football team

The Utah Utes 2003 football team represented the University of Utah in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was Urban Meyer's first year coaching at the school, after being hired from Bowling Green. The team played its home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 28 | 7:00 pm | Utah State* | | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT (Battle of the Brothers) | | W 40–20 | 39,697 |
| September 6 | 6:00 pm | at Texas A&M* | | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | KJZZ | L 26–28 | 74,019 |
| September 11 | 5:45 pm | California* | | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | ESPN | W 31–24 | 46,768 |
| September 27 | 4:30 pm | at Colorado State | | Hughes StadiumFort Collins, CO | KJZZ | W 28–21 | 29,117 |
| October 3 | 8:00 pm | No. 19 Oregon* | | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | ESPN2 | W 17–13 | 44,676 |
| October 11 | 5:00 pm | San Diego State | | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | KJZZ | W 27–6 | 39,132 |
| October 18 | 1:00 pm | at UNLV | | Sam Boyd StadiumLas Vegas, NV | ESPN+ | W 28–10 | 26,241 |
| October 25 | 1:00 pm | New Mexico | No. 24 | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | ESPN+ | L 35–47 | 37,288 |
| November 1 | 10:00 am | at Air Force | | Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO | ESPN2 | W 45–43 $^{3OT}$ | 30,004 |
| November 15 | 4:30 pm | Wyoming | | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | KJZZ | W 47–17 | 41,307 |
| November 22 | 1:00 pm | at BYU | | LaVell Edwards StadiumProvo, UT (Holy War) | ESPN+ | W 3–0 | 64,486 |
| December 31 | 1:30 pm | vs. Southern Miss* | No. 25 | Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN (Liberty Bowl) | ESPN | W 17–0 | 55,989 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time ||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 21 |
| Coaches | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 21 |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | — | — | 24 | 22 | 23 | 22 | Not released |

## Game summaries
### Utah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 |
| Utes | 7 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 40 |

### Texas A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Utes | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 26 |
| Aggies | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |

### California

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Bears | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 24 |
| Utes | 14 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 31 |

### Colorado State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Utes | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Rams | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |

### Oregon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Ducks | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Utes | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |

### San Diego State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aztecs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Utes | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 27 |

### UNLV

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Utes | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Rebels | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |

### New Mexico

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lobos | 0 | 16 | 28 | 3 | 47 |
| Utes | 0 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 35 |

### Air Force

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | Total |
| Utes | 3 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 45 |
| Falcons | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 43 |

### Wyoming

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Utes | 7 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 47 |

### BYU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Utes | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cougars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Utah beat BYU for the second straight year with this 3–0 victory. There was heavy snow fall for much of the game. The victory snapped BYU's NCAA record for scoring in 361 straight games—BYU's first shutout since a 20–0 loss to Arizona State on September 25, 1975.

### Liberty Bowl: Utah vs. Southern Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Utes | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| Golden Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |