2003 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 2003 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University as a member of the Big East Conference during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Rich Rodriguez, the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 8–5 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, sharing the Big East title with the Miami Hurricanes. West Virginia was invited the Gator Bowl , where the Mountaineers lost to Maryland. The team played home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia.

West Virginia rebounded from a 1–4 start to end capture the program's first conference championship since 1993.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	12:00 p.m.	No. 20 Wisconsin*		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ESPN	L 17–24	60,663
September 6	7:00 p.m.	at East Carolina*		Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC		W 48–7	36,088	[1]
September 13	12:00 p.m.	Cincinnati*		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ESPN Plus	L 13–15	51,189
September 20	6:05 p.m.	at Maryland*		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		L 7–34	51,973
October 2	7:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Miami (FL)		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN	L 20–22	54,621
October 11	12:00 p.m.	Rutgers		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ESPN Plus	W 34–19	50,896
October 22	7:30 p.m.	No. 3 Virginia Tech		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	ESPN	W 28–7	56,319
November 1	1:00 p.m.	UCF*		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV		W 36–18	42,712
November 8	12:00 p.m.	at Boston College		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN Plus	W 35–28	39,723
November 15	7:00 p.m.	No. 16 Pittsburgh		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl)	ESPN2	W 52–31	67,715
November 22	12:00 p.m.	at Syracuse		Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 34–23	41,801
November 29	12:00 p.m.	Temple		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ESPN Plus	W 45–28	35,942
January 1	12:30 p.m.	vs. No. 24 Maryland*	No. 23	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	NBC	L 7–41	78,892
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time