2003 GMAC Bowl
Bowl Game
Miami RedHawks Louisville Cardinals (12-1) (9-3) 49 28 Head coach:  Terry Hoeppner Head coach:  Bobby Petrino AP Coaches BCS 14 15 11 1 2 3 4 Total Miami 21 14 0 14 49 Louisville 0 21 7 0 28
Date	December 18, 2003
Stadium	Ladd Peebles Stadium
Location	Mobile, Alabama
MVP	Miami(OH) QB Ben Roethlisberger
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN

The 2003 GMAC Bowl was an American college football bowl game. It was part of the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season, and was the 6th edition. It was played in December of 2003, and featured the Louisville Cardinals, and the Miami Redhawks. GMAC Bowl Logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The Miami University RedHawks are a college football program that competes in NCAA Division I-A and the Mid-American Conference. ... Head coach Steve Kragthorpe 1st year, 3–2 Home stadium Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium Capacity 42,000 - FieldTurf Conference Big East First year 1912 Website UofL Sports Team records All-time record 428–407–17 Postseason bowl record 6–7–1 Awards Conference titles 6 Pageantry Colors Red and... Terry Hoeppner (August 19, 1947 – June 19, 2007) was an American college football coach who served as head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers from 2005 to 2006. ... Bernard Bobby Petrino (b. ... The Associated Press (AP) Poll, along with the USA Today Coaches Poll, ranks the top 25 NCAA Division I college football and basketball teams, weekly. ... The USA Today Coaches Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I-A college football and Division I college basketball teams. ... The 2003 NCAA Division 1-A football rankings describes the polls and rankings formulated by several critics and experts of college football. ... is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the building type. ... Ladd Peebles Stadium (formerly Ladd Memorial Stadium) is a stadium in Mobile, Alabama. ... Nickname: Coordinates: , Country State County Mobile Founded 1702 Incorporated 1814 Government  - Mayor Sam Jones Area  - City 412. ... In sports, a Most Valuable Player (MVP) award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests. ... Ben Roethlisberger (born March 2, 1982, in Findlay, Ohio[1]), nicknamed Big Ben, is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... ESPN, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... The GMAC Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division 1-A college football bowl game that has been played annually at 40,646-seat Ladd Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, since 1999. ... This article covers college football played in the United States. ... A bowl game is a post-season college football game, typically at the Division I-A level. ... SCREW USC! The 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) in a heap of controversy. ...

Miami started the scoring with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger throwing a 28 yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Michael Larkin to post an early 7-0 lead. Later in the quarter, running back Calvin Murray scored on a two yard touchdown run to give the Redhawks a 14-0 lead. Ben Roethlisberger threw a 12 yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Martin Nance to give Miami a 21-0 first quarter lead. Ben Roethlisberger (born March 2, 1982, in Findlay, Ohio[1]), nicknamed Big Ben, is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. ... Calvin Murray (born July 30, 1971 in Dallas, Texas), is a retired professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1999-2004 for the San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, and Chicago Cubs. ... Martin Nance(born May 26, 1983) is a wide receiver on theMinnesota Vikings. ...

Early in the second quarter, Lionel Gates scored a rushing touchdown for Louisville to make it 21-7. Ben Roethlisberger threw a 16 yard touchdown pass to Matt Brandt, and the lead was 28-7. Roethlisberger threw another touchdown pass to Michael Larkin, to give Miami a 35-7 lead. Louisville running back Michael Bush threw a 31 yard touchdown pass to wide receiver JR Russell to make it 35-14. Before halftime, quarterback Stefan LeFors threw a 2 yard touchdown pass to Russell, and the halftime score was Miami 35, Louisville 21. Lionel Theron Gates(Born:March 13,1982) is an NFL runningback for the Buffalo Bills. ... Michael Bush (born June 16, 1984, in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American football running back player for the Oakland Raiders. ... Stefan Wayne Lefors (born June 7, 1981) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is an American football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers. ...

Stefan Lefors threw a 24 yard touchdown pass to Russell in the third quarter, to make the score 35-28 Miami, but Louisville would get no closer. Mike Smith scored on a 3 yard touchdown run, and Mike Pusateri returned an interception 35 yards for a touchdown to make the final score 49-28.

External links

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