# 2003 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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 US$1.7 million through 2010.
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.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 7:00 pm | Arkansas State* | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | | W 26–11 | 75,804 |
| September 6 | 7:00 pm | Utah* | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | | W 28–26 | 74,019 |
| September 18 | 6:30 pm | at No. 8 Virginia Tech* | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | ESPN | L 19–35 | 65,115 |
| September 27 | 2:30 pm | No. 17 Pittsburgh* | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | ABC | L 26–37 | 79,116 |
| October 4 | 9:00 pm | at Texas Tech | Jones SBC StadiumLubbock, TX (rivalry) | FSN | L 28–59 | 51,772 |
| October 11 | 12:30 pm | Baylor | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | | W 73–10 | 73,030 |
| October 18 | 11:30 am | at No. 18 Nebraska | Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE | FSN | L 12–48 | 77,604 |
| October 25 | 2:30 pm | No. 18 Oklahoma State | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | ABC | L 10–38 | 79,153 |
| November 1 | 12:30 pm | Kansas | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | | W 45–33 | 68,487 |
| November 8 | 11:00 am | at No. 1 Oklahoma | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK | ABC | L 0–77 | 83,461 |
| November 15 | 11:30 am | at Missouri | Faurot FieldColumbia, MO | FSN | L 22–45 | 55,505 |
| November 28 | 2:30 pm | No. 6 Texas | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX (rivalry) | ABC | L 15–46 | 84,094 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### 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 |