2003 FIU Golden Panthers football team

2003 FIU Golden Panthers football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–10, 2 wins vacated
Head coach	Don Strock (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Briner (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	FIU Stadium

2003 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Florida Atlantic ^			–						11	–	3
Cal Poly			–						7	–	4
Southeastern Louisiana			–						5	–	7
Southern Utah			–						4	–	7
Saint Mary's			–						1	–	11
FIU			–						0	–	10
Savannah State			–						0	–	12
^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Record adjusted for 2 vacated wins by FIU Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2003 FIU Golden Panthers football team represented Florida International University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season as an NCAA Division I-AA independent school. The Panthers were led by head coach Don Strock in his second season and finished with a record of zero wins and ten losses (0–10). In 2008, the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions found major violations within the football program and as such vacated the Panthers' two wins from the 2003 season.^[1][2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	at Indiana State	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	L 10–13	2,565
September 13	at No. 18 Maine	Alfond Sports Stadium Orono, ME	L 14–24	6,227
September 20	No. 7 Bethune–Cookman	FIU Stadium Miami, FL	L 14–24	13,123
September 27	Carson–Newman	FIU Stadium Miami, FL	L 33–55	6,707
October 4	at No. 13 Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 35–37	10,409
October 9	Stephen F. Austin	FIU Stadium Miami, FL	L 13–35	5,299
October 18	at Troy State	Movie Gallery Stadium Troy, AL	L 10–21	19,417
October 25	Holy Cross	FIU Stadium Miami, FL	W 34–23 (vacated)	4,506	[3]
October 30	Jacksonville	FIU Stadium Miami, FL	W 55–12 (vacated)	3,512
November 8	at Louisiana–Lafayette	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	L 10–43	13,571
November 15	at Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	L 19–22 ^OT	1,106
November 22	No. 14 Florida Atlantic	FIU Stadium Miami, FL (Shula Bowl)	L 23–32	9,288
Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. "NCAA sanctions Florida International". Yahoo! Sports. May 7, 2008. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
2. "Year-By-Year Records" (PDF). 2015 FIU Football Media Information Guide. FIUsports.com. p. 143. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
3. Izquierdo, Daniel (October 26, 2003). "Finally: Runs Key Panthers' First Win". Sun-Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.