2003 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 2003 Gopher-Wolverine game.
The 2003 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh year under head coach Glen Mason, the Golden Gophers compiled a 10–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 503 to 285.[1] The team made an appearance in the Sun Bowl. The 2003 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was ranked 17th in the final USA Today/AFCA Coaches poll and 20th in the final Associated Press poll.
Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
August 30 |
6:00 PM |
Tulsa* |
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN |
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W 49–10 |
36,623[2] |
September 6 |
7:00 PM |
Troy State* |
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN |
ESPN+ |
W 48–7 |
31,393[3] |
September 13 |
1:00 PM |
at Ohio* |
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Peden Stadium • Athens, OH |
ESPN+ |
W 42–20 |
20,227[4] |
September 20 |
7:00 PM |
Louisiana–Lafayette* |
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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN |
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W 48–14 |
34,929[5] |
September 27 |
11:00 AM |
at Penn State |
No. 24 |
Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA |
ESPN |
W 20–14 |
106,735[6] |
October 4 |
11:00 AM |
at Northwestern |
No. 21 |
Ryan Field • Evanston, IL |
ESPN+ |
W 42–17 |
23,539[7] |
October 10 |
7:00 PM |
No. 20 Michigan |
No. 17 |
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN (Little Brown Jug) |
ESPN |
L 35–38 |
62,374[8] |
October 18 |
11:00 AM |
No. 15 Michigan State |
No. 25 |
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN |
ESPN2 |
L 38–44 |
38,778[9] |
October 25 |
11:00 AM |
at Illinois |
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Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL |
ESPN+ |
W 36–10 |
46,407[10] |
November 1 |
1:00 PM |
Indiana |
No. 24 |
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN |
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W 55–7 |
45,398[11] |
November 8 |
11:00 AM |
Wisconsin |
No. 24 |
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe) |
ESPN |
W 37–34 |
59,543[12] |
November 15 |
11:00 AM |
at No. 20 Iowa |
No. 19 |
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Floyd of Rosedale) |
ESPN2 |
L 22–40 |
70,397[13] |
December 31 |
1:00 PM |
vs. Oregon* |
No. 24 |
Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl) |
CBS |
W 31–30 |
49,894[14] |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. |
Game notes
Wisconsin
Wisconsin at #24/18 Minnesota
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Wisconsin |
3 |
10 | 14 | 7 |
34 |
• Minnesota |
10 |
14 | 3 | 10 |
37 |
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Scoring summary |
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1 |
14:04 | MINN | Laurence Maroney 30-yard run (Rhys Lloyd kick) | MINN 7-0 |
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1 |
7:56 | MINN | Rhys Lloyd 34-yard field goal | MINN 10-0 |
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1 |
:13 | WIS | Mike Allen 27-yard field goal | MINN 10-3 |
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2 |
10:52 | MINN | Asad Abdul-Khaliq 13-yard run (Rhys Lloyd kick) | MINN 17-3 |
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2 |
4:54 | WIS | Mike Allen 23-yard field goal | MINN 17-6 |
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2 |
2:01 | MINN | Thomas Tapeh 6-yard run (Rhys Lloyd kick) | MINN 24-6 |
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2 |
1:25 | WIS | Owen Daniels 27-yard pass from Jim Sorgi (Mike Allen kick) | MINN 24-13 |
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3 |
12:47 | WIS | Lee Evans 17-yard pass from Jim Sorgi (Mike Allen kick) | MINN 24-20 |
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3 |
9:17 | MINN | Rhys Lloyd 34-yard field goal | MINN 27-20 |
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3 |
1:35 | WIS | Darrin Charles 12-yard pass from Jim Sorgi (Mike Allen kick) | Tied 27-27 |
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4 |
11:13 | MINN | Marion Barber III 11-yard run (Rhys Lloyd kick) | MINN 34-27 |
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4 |
7:15 | WIS | Owen Daniels 26-yard pass from Jim Sorgi (Mike Allen kick) | Tied 34-34 |
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4 |
:00 | MINN | Rhys Lloyd 35-yard field goal | MINN 37-34 |
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