2003 Michigan Wolverines football team

The 2003 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Lloyd Carr. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium. The team won the first of its back-to-back Big Ten championships. The team lost to the USC Trojans 28–14 in the 2004 Rose Bowl.

2003 Michigan Wolverines football
Big Ten champion
Rose Bowl, L 14–28 vs. USC
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 6
Record	10–3 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lloyd Carr (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Terry Malone (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Herrmann (7th season)
Base defense	Multiple
MVP	Chris Perry
Captains	Grant Bowman Carl Diggs John Navarre
Home stadium	Michigan Stadium
Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

2003 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 6 Michigan $		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 4 Ohio State %		6	–	2					11	–	2
No. 18 Purdue		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 8 Iowa		5	–	3					10	–	3
No. 20 Minnesota		5	–	3					10	–	3
Michigan State		5	–	3					8	–	5
Wisconsin		4	–	4					7	–	6
Northwestern		4	–	4					6	–	7
Penn State		1	–	7					3	–	9
Indiana		1	–	7					2	–	10
Illinois		0	–	8					1	–	11
% – BCS at-large representative $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	12:10 p.m.	Central Michigan*	No. 4	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN Plus	W 45–7	110,637
September 6	12:00 p.m.	Houston*	No. 5	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	W 50–3	109,580
September 13	3:30 p.m.	No. 15 Notre Dame*	No. 5	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry, College GameDay)	ABC	W 38–0	111,726
September 20	3:30 p.m.	at No. 22 Oregon*	No. 3	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	ABC	L 27–31	59,023
September 27	12:10 p.m.	Indiana	No. 11	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN Plus	W 31–17	110,788
October 4	3:30 p.m.	at No. 23 Iowa	No. 9	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ABC	L 27–30	70,397
October 10	7:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Minnesota	No. 20	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (Little Brown Jug)	ESPN	W 38–35	62,374
October 18	12:00 p.m.	Illinois	No. 17	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ESPN Plus	W 56–14	110,231
October 25	3:30 p.m.	No. 10 Purdue	No. 13	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	W 31–3	111,349
November 1	12:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Michigan State	No. 11	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	ABC	W 27–20	75,129
November 15	3:30 p.m.	at Northwestern	No. 5	Ryan Field Evanston, IL (rivalry)	ESPN	W 41–10	40,681
November 22	12:00 p.m.	No. 4 Ohio State	No. 5	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (The Game, College GameDay)	ABC	W 35–21	112,118
January 1, 2004	5:00 p.m.	vs. No. 1 USC*	No. 4	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl, College GameDay)	ABC	L 14–28	93,849
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Central Michigan

Houston

For the third time in 12 seasons* Houston travelled to Ann Arbor for a game against Michigan. The Cougars had what was considered to be a unique offense that some analysts felt could possibly give the Michigan defense some problems. After a competitive 1st quarter, however, the Wolverines dominated the Cougars the rest of the way, winning the game in an epic beat-down, 50-3. * The other 2 games were played in Ann Arbor in 1992, and 1993. Michigan won both of them easily, 61-7, and 42-21 respectively (when you combine the scores of all 3 games, Michigan has outscored Houston, 143-31).

Notre Dame

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	0	0	0	0	0
• Michigan	7	10	7	14	38

• Date: September 13
• Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI
• Game start: 3:40 p.m. EST
• Elapsed time: 3:10
• Game attendance: 111,726
• Referee: Bill LeMonnier
• TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

• Source: [1]

Scoring summary

1	6:25	MICH	Chris Perry 2-yard run (Adam Finley kick)	MICH 7–0
2	14:56	MICH	Adam Finley 24-yard field goal	MICH 10–0
2	9:00	MICH	Chris Perry 5-yard pass from John Navarre (Adam Finley kick)	MICH 17–0
3	12:35	MICH	Chris Perry 9-yard run (Adam Finley kick)	MICH 24–0
4	13:26	MICH	Chris Perry 1-yard run (Adam Finley kick)	MICH 31–0
4	4:24	MICH	Pierre Rembert 7-yard run (Garrett Rivas kick)	MICH 38–0

Oregon

Indiana

Iowa

Minnesota

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan	0	0	7	31	38
Minnesota	7	7	14	7	35

• Date: October 10
• Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN
• Game start: 8:05 p.m. EST
• Elapsed time: 3:30
• Game attendance: 62,374
• Game weather: Indoors
• Referee: Steve Pamon
• TV announcers (ESPN): Sean McDonough (Play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (Color), Mike Golic (Color) & Alex Flanagan (Sideline)

• Source: [2]

Scoring summary

1	6:14	MINN	Marion Barber III 20-yard run (Rhys Lloyd kick)	MINN 7–0
2	9:17	MINN	Laurence Maroney 8-yard run (Rhys Lloyd kick)	MINN 14–0
3	11:00	MICH	John Navarre 36-yard pass from Steve Breaston (Garrett Rivas kick)	MINN 14–7
3	8:04	MINN	Laurence Maroney 38-yard run (Rhys Lloyd kick)	MINN 21–7
3	0:58	MINN	Thomas Tapeh 2-yard run (Rhys Lloyd kick)	MINN 28–7
4	14:24	MICH	Chris Perry 10-yard pass from John Navarre (Garrett Rivas kick)	MINN 28–14
4	13:30	MICH	Jacob Stewart 30-yard interception return (Garrett Rivas kick)	MINN 28–21
4	11:11	MINN	Asad Abdul-Khaliq 52-yard run (Rhys Lloyd kick)	MINN 35–21
4	10:18	MICH	Braylon Edwards 52-yard pass from John Navarre (Garrett Rivas kick)	MINN 35–28
4	5:48	MICH	Chris Perry 10-yard run (Garrett Rivas kick)	Tied 35–35
4	0:47	MICH	Garrett Rivas 33-yard field goal	MICH 38–35

Illinois

Purdue

Purdue Boilermakers at Michigan Wolverines

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	0	3	0	3
Michigan	14	0	7	10	31

at Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Date: October 25
• Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST
• Game weather: Cloudy • Mid 50s • Wind 10–15 W
• Game attendance: 111,349
• Referee: J. Lapetina
• TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson, and Jack Arute
• M Go Blue - Football

Game information
Purdue Kyle Orton 18/37, 184 Yds, 2 INT Jerod Void 13 Rush, 52 Yds Taylor Stubblefield 5 Rec, 72 Yds Michigan John Navarre 17/30, 225 Yds, 2 TD Chris Perry 28 Rush, 95 Yds Jason Avant 5 Rec, 90 Yds

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP PUR MICH 1 7:03 8 65 4:34 Michigan Edwards 14-yard touchdown reception from Navarre, Rivas kick good 0 7 1 0:00 5 49 1:28 Michigan Breaston 21-yard touchdown run, Rivas kick good 0 14 3 9:46 9 47 3:40 Purdue 27-yard field goal by Jones 3 14 3 6:57 6 80 2:49 Michigan Edwards 26-yard touchdown reception from Navarre, Rivas kick good 3 21 4 12:22 Michigan Fumble recovery returned 2 yards for touchdown by Curry, Rivas kick good 3 28 4 5:48 10 61 4:15 Michigan 27-yard field goal by Rivas 3 31 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 3 31

Michigan State

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan	0	13	7	7	27
Michigan State	0	3	7	10	20

• Date: November 1
• Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI
• Game start: 12:09 p.m. EST
• Elapsed time: 3:16
• Game attendance: 75,129
• Referee: Dave Witvoet
• TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

• Source: [3]

Scoring summary

2	12:31	MICH	Chris Perry 1-yard run (Garrett Rivas kick)	MICH 7–0
2	7:07	MSU	Dave Rayner 20-yard field goal	MICH 7–3
2	1:03	MICH	Braylon Edwards 40-yard pass from John Navarre (kick failed)	MICH 13–3
3	4:12	MICH	Andy Mignery 20-yard pass from John Navarre (Garrett Rivas kick)	MICH 21–3
3	3:58	MSU	Agim Shabaj 73-yard pass from Jeff Smoker (Dave Rayner kick)	MICH 20–10
4	13:31	MICH	Braylon Edwards 16-yard pass from John Navarre (Garrett Rivas kick)	MICH 27–10
4	10:32	MSU	Dave Rayner 32-yard field goal	MICH 27–13
4	6:03	MSU	Clifford Dukes 65-yard fumble return (Dave Rayner kick)	MICH 27–20

Northwestern

Ohio State

Ohio State Buckeyes (10–1) at Michigan Wolverines (9–2)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio St	0	7	7	7	21
Michigan	7	14	7	7	35

at Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Date: November 22
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
• Game weather: Mostly cloudy • low 50s • Wind 10–20 E/NE
• Game attendance: 112,118
• Referee: Jim Lapetina
• TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Dan Fouts, and Todd Harris
• Box Score

Game information
Ohio St Craig Krenzel 20/33, 221 Yds, 2 TD Lydell Ross 9 Rush, 22 Yds, TD Michael Jenkins 9 Rec, 132 Yds Michigan John Navarre 21/32, 278 Yds, 2 TD, INT Chris Perry 31 Rush, 154 Yds, 2 TD Braylon Edwards 7 Rec, 130 Yds, 2 TD

100th meeting

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP OSU MICH 1 0:39 18 89 7:04 Michigan Steve Breaston 1-yard touchdown run, Garrett Rivas kick good 0 7 2 13:33 3 74 0:47 Michigan Braylon Edwards 64-yard touchdown reception from John Navarre, Rivas kick good 0 14 2 5:49 10 80 3:49 Michigan Braylon Edwards 23-yard touchdown reception from John Navarre, Garrett Rivas kick good 0 21 2 0:44 12 81 5:05 Ohio St Santonio Holmes 8-yard touchdown reception from Craig Krenzel, Mike Nugent kick good 7 21 3 13:04 5 62 1:56 Michigan Chris Perry 30-yard touchdown run, Garrett Rivas kick good 7 28 3 6:55 4 43 1:03 Ohio St Santonio Holmes 13-yard touchdown reception from Craig Krenzel, Mike Nugent kick good 14 28 4 13:53 11 93 2:59 Ohio St Lydell Ross 2-yard touchdown run, Mike Nugent kick good 21 28 4 7:55 8 88 3:53 Michigan Chris Perry 15-yard touchdown run, Garrett Rivas kick good 21 35 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 21 35

Rose Bowl

Personnel

Coaching staff

• Head coach: Lloyd Carr
• Assistant coaches: Erik Campbell (assistant head coach), Mike DeBord, Ron English, Jim Herrmann, Fred Jackson, Scot Loeffler, Terry Malone, Andy Moeller, Bill Sheridan
• Trainer: Paul Schmidt
• Managers: Davon Wilson (senior manager), Bob Belke, Tom Bellen, Tom Burpee, Jeff Clancy, Brandon Greer, Brad Hoffman, Jeff Levine, Atif Lodhi, Chris Mancuso, Darin Ottaviani, Blake Postma, Brad Rosenwasser

Roster

2003 Michigan Wolverines football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 8 Jason Avant So OL 75 David Baas Sr WR 27 Calvin Bell Sr OL 71 Tom Berishaj So OL 54 Mark Bihl So OL, LS 61 Turner Booth So WR 15 Steve Breaston So RB 41 Tim Bracken Sr RB 6 Alijah Bradley So QB 7 Spencer Brinton RSr WR 9 Tyrece Butler RSr RB 9 Anton Campbell Fr OL 55 Andy Christopfel Sr TE 89 Tyler Ecker So WR 1 Braylon Edwards Jr TE 86 Jim Fisher Sr OL 64 Jeff Gaston Sr WR 18 Jermaine Gonzales Sr QB 12 Matt Gutierrez So OL 65 Leo Henige Jr RB 24 Jerome Jackson Fr QB 20 Mike Kaselitz RSr QB 13 Jeff Kastl So WR 22 Ross Kesler Sr OL 76 Mike Kolodziej So TE 83 Adam Kraus Fr WR 36 Brian Lafer Sr OL 67 Matt Lentz Jr OL 77 Jake Long Fr TE 82 Mike Mandich Jr TE 88 Tim Massaquoi Jr WR 80 Chris Matsos Jr TE, P 14 Andy Mignery RSr OL 62 Courtney Morgan RSr TE 84 Kevin Murphy So QB 16 John Navarre RSr OL 77 Tony Pape RSr OL 57 Dave Pearson RSr RB 23 Chris Perry Sr RB 20 Pierre Rembert So QB 10 Clayton Richard Fr OL 72 Rueben Riley So OL 69 David Schoonover Jr OL 68 Patrick Sharrow Fr OL 74 Demeterius Solomon RSr TE 85 Dave Spytek Jr OL 79 Adam Stenavich Jr WR 99 Andy Stejskal Sr TE 94 Matt Studenski Jr WR 17 Carl Tabb So FB 35 Brian Thompson So RB 5 David Underwood Jr QB 8 Matt Wilde So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 19 Willis Barringer So DL 63 Derek Bell Jr DL 91 Rondell Biggs So LB 15 Jonathan Borden Sr DL 60 Grant Bowman RSr S 6 Prescott Burgess Fr DB 26 Mike Carl So LB 2 Shawn Crable Fr CB 49 Brent Cummings RSr CB 30 Markus Curry Jr ILB 43 Carl Diggs RSr FB 32 Kevin Dudley Sr CB 31 Brandent Englemon Fr CB 29 Leon Hall Fr LB 45 David Harris So DL 96 Larry Harrison So DL 90 Norman Heuer RSr CB 4 Darnell Hood So DL 53 David Hull Fr CB 3 Marlin Jackson Jr LB 51 Jeff Jansen Fr DB 14 Tyrone Jordan Fr DL 95 Alain Kashama Sr ILB 37 Zach Kaufman Sr LB 34 Joe Leoni So CB 21 Jeremy LeSueur RSr LS 52 Ross Mann Sr OLB 58 Roy Manning Sr DL 94 Patrick Massey Jr LB 36 Scott McClintock Jr CB 27 Quinton McCoy Fr S 26 Ryan Mundy Fr DL 93 Alex Ofili Jr LB 40 Obi Oluigbo So DB 38 B.J. Opong-Owusu So DE 92 William Paul Fr LB 97 Max Pollock Fr LB 46 James Presley Fr LB 55 Jeremy Read Sr LB 42 Lawrence Reid Jr LB 59 Joey Sarantos Jr LB 66 Paul Sarantos So FS 22 Jon Shaw RSr DB 25 Ernest Shazor Jr DL 13 Larry Stevens Sr DB 28 Jacob Stewart So DE 50 Jeremy Van Alstyne So DL 78 Gabriel Watson So LB 56 LaMarr Woodley Fr DL 99 Pierre Woods Jr DB 33 Charles Young Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 34 Philip Brabbs RSr P, PK 39 Adam Finley Sr PK 31 Craig Moore So PK 10 Troy Nienberg RSr PK 97 Luke Perl Sr PK 38 Garrett Rivas Fr P 3 Ross Ryan So P 2 Mark Spencer So	Head coach Lloyd Carr Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Statistical achievements

Chris Perry was the Big Ten rushing individual statistical champion (126.8 yards per conference games and 128.8 yards per game). Perry set numerous current school records during the season including single-game attempts (51, November 1, 2003) surpassing Ron Johnson's 1967 record of 42, and single-season attempts (338) surpassing Anthony Thomas' 2000 record of 319.

The team led the Big Ten in passing offense for all games (270.8 yards per game), although Michigan State won the title for conference games. They were also the Big Ten scoring statistical champions for conference games (35.8 points per game), although Minnesota was the champion for all games. They also ranked first in passing efficiency defense for both conference games (96.6) and all games (102.2). The team led the conference in total defense for conference games (286.1) and all games (316.4). The November 22 Michigan - Ohio State football rivalry game set the current conference single-game attendance record of 112,118.

Braylon Edwards posted four consecutive 100-yard reception games, surpassing Desmond Howard, Carter and Marcus Knight who all had three in various seasons. Edwards would tie this record the following season, but Mario Manningham posted six in 2007 to establish the current record. John Navarre set numerous career records: pass attempts (1366) extending his own record established the prior season; completions (765), surpassing Elvis Grbac's 1992 record of 522; passing yards (9254), surpassing Grbac's 6460. Chad Henne broke each of these records during his career ending in 2007. Navarre also broke his own single-season records for pass attempts (456), completions (270) and yards (3331) set the prior season. Navarre broke Tom Brady's single-game passing yards record of 375 with a 389-yard performance on October 4 against Iowa. These single-game and single-season records still stand. The final touchdown pass of his career gave him 72, one more than Grbac for another record to be broken by Henne. Navarre established the current records for single-season yards per game (256.2), surpassing his own record of the prior year, and career yards per game (215.2), surpassing Jim Harbaugh's 175.8. He broke his own single-season 200-yard game record with 10 bringing his record setting career total to 28.

Awards and honors

The individuals in the sections below earned recognition for meritorious performances.

National

• All-Americans: Chris Perry
• Doak Walker Award: Perry
• Jim Brown Trophy: Perry

Conference

• Big Ten Football MVP: Chris Perry
• All-Conference: John Navarre, Chris Perry, Braylon Edwards, Tony Pape
• Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year: Perry
• Big Ten Freshman of the Year: Steve Breaston (coaches)

Team

• Co-captains: Grant Bowman, Carl Diggs, John Navarre
• Most Valuable Player: Chris Perry
• Meyer Morton Award: Braylon Edwards
• John Maulbetsch Award: Jake Long
• Frederick Matthei Award: Jason Avant
• Dick Katcher Award: Grant Bowman, Norman Heuer, Larry Stevens
• Arthur Robinson Scholarship Award: Andy Mingery
• Hugh Rader Jr. Award: David Baas, Tony Pape
• Robert P. Ufer Award: John Navarre
• Roger Zatkoff Award: Lawrence Reid
• Dick Katcher Award: Grant Bowman, Norman Heuer, Larry Stevens