2003 NC State Wolfpack football team

The 2003 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Chuck Amato. N.C. State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the league's inception in 1953. The Wolfpack played its home games in 2003 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.

2003 NC State Wolfpack football
Tangerine Bowl champion
Tangerine Bowl, W 56–26 vs. Kansas
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2003 record	8–5 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Chuck Amato (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Noel Mazzone
Home stadium	Carter–Finley Stadium (Capacity: 53,800)

2003 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Florida State $		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 17 Maryland		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 22 Clemson		5	–	3					9	–	4
NC State		4	–	4					8	–	5
Virginia		4	–	4					8	–	5
Georgia Tech		4	–	4					7	–	6
Wake Forest		3	–	5					5	–	7
Duke		2	–	6					4	–	8
North Carolina		1	–	7					2	–	10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 PM	Western Carolina*	No. 16	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina		W 59–20	53,800
September 6	12:00 PM	at Wake Forest	No. 14	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, North Carolina (rivalry)	ABC	L 24–38	35,741
September 13	12:00 PM	at No. 3 Ohio State*	No. 24	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	ABC	L 38–44 ^3OT	104,890
September 20	12:00 PM	Texas Tech*		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina	ESPN2	W 49–21	53,800
September 27	2:00 PM	North Carolina		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina (rivalry)	PPV	W 47–34	53,800
October 4	12:00 PM	at Georgia Tech		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta	JPS	L 21–29	50,113
October 11	1:00 PM	Connecticut*		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina		W 31–24	50,119
October 16	7:45 PM	Clemson		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina (Textile Bowl)	ESPN	W 17–15	53,800
October 25	1:00 PM	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina		W 28–21	27,614
November 1	3:30 PM	Virginia		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina	ABC	W 51–37	53,800
November 15	3:30 PM	at No. 13 Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	ABC	L 44–50 ^2OT	83,854
November 22	3:30 PM	Maryland		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina	ABC	L 24–26	53,800
December 22	6:30 PM	vs. Kansas*		Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida (Tangerine Bowl)	ESPN	W 56–26	26,482
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

2003 NC State Wolfpack football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 17 Philip Rivers Sr RB 44 T. A. McLendon So G 54 Sean Locklear Sr WR 82 Jerricho Cotchery Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 8 Victor Stephens Sr DE 9 Mario Williams Fr DB 14 Dovonte Edwards Jr DB 22 Greg Golden Jr CB 28 Lamont Reid Jr DB 36 Andre Maddox Jr LB 50 Stephen Tulloch Fr LB 91 Manny Lawson So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 21 Adam Kiker Sr	Head coach Chuck Amato Coordinators/assistant coaches Noel Mazzone – Offensive coordinator/Tight ends Doc Holliday – Asst. Head coach/Wide receivers Mike Barry – Offensive line Curt Cignetti – Quarterbacks Dick Portee – Running backs Manny Diaz – Linebackers Todd Stroud – Strength and conditioning Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

See also: 2003 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Game summaries

Western Carolina

See also: Western Carolina Catamounts football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–0	1994	W, 38–13

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Wake Forest

See also: 2003 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team and NC State–Wake Forest rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
59–31–6	2002	W, 32–13

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Ohio State

NC State at Ohio State

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT Total No. 24 Wolfpack 0 7 0 17 7 7 0 38 • No. 3 Buckeyes 14 0 3 7 7 7 6 44 Date: September 13 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH Game start: 12:00 p.m. EDT Game attendance: 104,890 TV announcers (ABC): Tim Brant (Play-by-play), Ed Cunningham (Color) & Sam Ryan (Sideline) Source: ESPN

Scoring summary 1 4:13 Ohio St Michael Jenkins 44-yard pass from Craig Krenzel (Mike Nugent kick) Ohio St 7-0 1 2:47 Ohio St Lydell Ross 2-yard run (Mike Nugent kick) Ohio St 14-0 2 :18 NC State Jerricho Cotchery 11-yard pass from Philip Rivers (Adam Kiker kick) Ohio St 14-7 3 :00 Ohio St Mike Nugent 22-yard field goal Ohio St 17-7 4 11:25 Ohio St Craig Krenzel 6-yard run (Mike Nugent kick) Ohio St 24-7 4 8:26 NC State Jerricho Cotchery 9-yard pass from Philip Rivers (Adam Kiker kick) Ohio St 24-14 4 5:51 NC State Adam Kiker 24-yard field goal Ohio St 24-17 4 :21 NC State T.J. Williams 5-yard pass from Philip Rivers (Adam Kiker kick) Tie 24-24 OT Ohio St Ben Hartsock 10-yard pass from Craig Krenzel (Mike Nugent kick) Ohio St 31-24 OT NC State Tramain Hall 17-yard pass from Philip Rivers (Adam Kiker kick) Tie 31-31 2OT NC State T.A. McLendon 2-yard run (Adam Kiker kick) NC State 38-31 2OT Ohio St Ryan Hamby 2-yard pass from Craig Krenzel (Mike Nugent kick) Tie 38-38 3OT Ohio St Michael Jenkins 7-yard pass from Craig Krenzel (pass failed) Ohio St 44-38

See also: 2003 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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Texas Tech

See also: 2003 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2002	W, 51–48

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North Carolina

See also: 2003 North Carolina Tar Heels football team and North Carolina–NC State football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–60–6	2002	W, 34–17

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Georgia Tech

See also: 2003 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–14	2002	L, 17–24

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Connecticut

See also: 2003 Connecticut Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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Clemson

See also: 2003 Clemson Tigers football team and Textile Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–44–1	2002	W, 38–6

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Duke

See also: 2003 Duke Blue Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–39–5	2002	W, 24–22

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Virginia

See also: 2003 Virginia Cavaliers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–20–1	2002	L, 9–14

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Florida State

See also: 2003 Florida State Seminoles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–16	2002	W, 17–7

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Maryland

See also: 2003 Maryland Terrapins football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–27–4	2000	L, 21–24

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Tangerine Bowl

Main article: 2003 Tangerine Bowl

See also: 2003 Kansas Jayhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1973	W, 31–18

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Awards and honors

• Philip Rivers – ACC Offensive Player of the Year

Team players in the 2004 NFL Draft

Main article: 2004 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club	Notes
Philip Rivers	Quarterback	1	4	New York Giants	Traded to San Diego Chargers
Sean Locklear	Guard	3	84	Seattle Seahawks
Jerricho Cotchery	Wide receiver	4	108	New York Jets

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References

1. "NC State Football Archive". North Carolina State University Department of athletics. Archived from the original on 2012-11-19. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
2. "Hall, Wolfpack Romp Over Western Carolina, 59-20". North Carolina State University Athletic Department. August 30, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
3. "Wake Whips Wolfpack, 38-24". North Carolina State University Athletic Department. September 6, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
4. "NC State Falls Inches Short in Triple OT Loss to Buckeyes". North Carolina State University Athletic Department. September 13, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
5. "Wolfpack Wrecks Texas Tech, 49-21". North Carolina State University Athletic Department. September 20, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
6. "Rivers, Cotchery Lead NC State Past Tar Heels, 47-34". North Carolina State University Athletic Department. September 27, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
7. "Georgia Tech Decks Wolfpack, 29-21". North Carolina State University Athletic Department. October 4, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
8. "Wolfpack Intercepts 31-24 Win Over Connecticut". North Carolina State University Athletic Department. October 11, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
9. "Wolfpack Holds off Clemson, 17-15". North Carolina State University Athletic Department. October 16, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
10. "NC State Wins Duel With Duke, 28-21". North Carolina State University Athletic Department. October 25, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
11. "Wolfpack Wins Wild One Over Virginia, 51-37". North Carolina State University Athletic Department. November 1, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
12. "Noles Nip Wolfpack in Double-Overtime, 50-44". North Carolina State University Athletic Department. November 15, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
13. "Another Maryland Rally Stuns Wolfpack, 26-24". North Carolina State University Athletic Department. November 22, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
14. "Wolfpack Rocks, Shocks Jayhawks". North Carolina State University Athletic Department. December 22, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
15. "2004 NFL Draft". National Football League. Retrieved August 4, 2019.

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