2003 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 2003 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Orangemen were coached by Paul Pasqualoni and played their home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. The Orangemen posted a two-win improvement over the previous season.

2003 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	6–6 (2–5 Big East)
Head coach	Paul Pasqualoni (13th season)
Offensive coordinator	George DeLeone (15th as OC, 18th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Chris Rippon (5th as DC, 11th overall season)
Captain	R.J. Anderson Keith Belton Rich Scanlon
Home stadium	Carrier Dome (Capacity: 49,262)

2003 Big East Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 Miami (FL) $+		6	–	1					11	–	2
West Virginia +		6	–	1					8	–	5
Pittsburgh		5	–	2					8	–	5
Virginia Tech		4	–	3					8	–	5
Boston College		3	–	4					8	–	5
Syracuse		2	–	5					6	–	6
Rutgers		2	–	5					5	–	7
Temple		0	–	7					1	–	11
$ – BCS representative as conference champion + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

This was the last season in which Syracuse used the "Orangemen" nickname. Beginning with the 2004–05 school year, the school adopted its current nickname of Orange.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	1:30 pm	at North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, North Carolina		W 49–47 3OT	47,000
September 13	1:30 pm	Louisville*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York		L 20–30	38,550
September 20	12:00 pm	UCF*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York	ESPN+	W 38–14	35,103
September 27	6:30 pm	Toledo*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York		W 34–7	36,083
October 11	12:00 pm	at No. 4 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, Virginia	ESPN	L 7–51	65,115
October 18	12:00 pm	Boston College	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York	ESPN+	W 39–14	45,313
October 25	12:00 pm	at Pittsburgh	Heinz Field Pittsburgh (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 14–34	61,421
November 8	1:30 pm	Temple	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York		W 41–17	43,149
November 15	12:00 pm	at No. 14 Miami (FL)	Miami Orange Bowl Miami	ESPN+	L 10–17	48,130
November 22	12:00 pm	No. 25 West Virginia	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York (Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy)	ESPN2	L 23–34	41,801
November 29	12:00 pm	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey		L 7–24	18,563
December 6	1:00 pm	Notre Dame*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York	ABC	W 38–12	48,170
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Roster

2003 Syracuse Orangemen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 1 Damien Rhodes So WR 2 Johnnie Morant Sr RB 3 Tim Washington  Fr QB 5 R. J. Anderson Sr WR 9 Kyle Bell Fr QB 10 Perry Patterson  Fr QB 11 Matt Hale Fr WR 11 Jamiel Seebadri Fr WR 12 Jared Jones Jr FB 22 Sean Flannery Fr RB 23 Alexander Ridore Jr RB 24 Hymnson Chan Fr RB 24 Jeremy Sellers Fr WR 32 Todd Lisi Jr FB 38 Breyone Evans Fr RB 39 Walter Reyes Jr TE 40 Joe Donnelly Sr TE 41 Lenny Cusumano Sr OT 78 Adam Terry Jr OT 79 Eugene Newsome Fr WR 80 Andre Fontenette Jr WR 81 Timothy Lane  Fr WR 83 Stan Bush Fr TE 84 Brandon Darlington  Fr TE 85 Joe Kowalewski So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 13 Marcus Clayton Fr DB 19 Jonathan Plato So FS 20 Anthony Smith So FS 21 O'Neil Scott Jr SS 22 Diamond Ferri Jr CB 25 Steve Gregory So LB 55 Adam Namoury  Fr DE 56 Julian Pollard Jr LB 57 Rich Scanlon Sr LB 58 Jesse Pellegrino Fr LB 92 Tommy Harris So DT 93 Christian Ferrara Sr DE 94 Ryan LaCasse So DT 96 Brian Hooper Jr DT 96 Justin Opalenski Fr DE 97 Josh Thomas Sr DL 98 Lee Williams Fr DT 99 Louis Gachelin Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Paul Pasqualoni Coordinators/assistant coaches Jerry Azzinaro (defensive line / recruiting coordinator) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster