2003 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 2003 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team participated as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They played their homes games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The team was led by head coach Carl Franks, who was fired during the season and replaced by interim head coach, Ted Roof. Duke won two of the last three games of the season under Roof earning him the full-time coaching position.

2003 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	4–8 (2–6 ACC)
Head coach	Carl Franks (5th season; first 7 games) Ted Roof (interim; last 5 games)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Pry (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Fun and gun
Defensive coordinator	Ted Roof (2nd season)
Base defense	Multiple 4–3
MVPs	Chris Douglas Ryan Fowler Terrell Smith
Captains	Ryan Fowler Terrell Smith Drew Strojny Alex Wade
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium

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	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 pm	at No. 18 Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		L 0–27	61,737
September 6	6:00 pm	Western Carolina*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 29–3	18,022
September 13	6:00 pm	Rice*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 27–24 OT	18,742
September 20	2:00 pm	Northwestern*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 10–28	21,143
September 27	7:00 pm	No. 6 Florida State	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	PPV	L 7–56	24,370
October 11	6:00 pm	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		L 20–33	50,084
October 18	12:00 pm	Wake Forest	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	JPS	L 13–42	17,314
October 25	1:00 pm	NC State	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)		L 21–28	27,614
November 1	4:00 pm	at No. 19 Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	PPV	L 6–23	104,772
November 8	1:00 pm	Georgia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 41–17	12,976
November 15	1:00 pm	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		L 7–40	71,731
November 22	1:00 pm	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)		W 30–22	48,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2003 Duke Blue Devils football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OT 65 Christian Mitchell Jr C 78 Dan Mooney Sr FB 40 Zach Novak Jr QB 16 Adam Smith Sr OT 75 Drew Strojny Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 98 Drew Ciepcielinski Sr LB 27 Ryan Fowler Sr DE 97 David Martin So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Ted Roof Coordinators/assistant coaches Brad Sherrod (Linebackers coach) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2003-12-07

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Drew Strojny	Tackle	7	203	New York Giants