Boston College Athletics
Eagles Announce 2003 Football Schedule
February 06, 2003 | Football
Feb. 6, 2003
Home games vs. 2002 national runner-up Miami, traditional rival Notre Dame, BIG EAST foes Pittsburgh and West Virginia and 2002 Seattle Bowl champion Wake Forest highlight the 2003 Boston College football schedule, which was released Thursday.
"Although this is a very challenging schedule for our football team, it is an extremely attractive one for our fans," Athletic Director Gene DeFilippo says. "With Miami, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and some other outstanding teams coming to Alumni Stadium, we're looking forward to some very exciting Saturdays this fall."
The Eagles will open the 2003 season on August 30 with a home game vs. Wake Forest of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Demon Deacons have engineered one of the top turnarounds in the country over the course of the past two seasons and capped a 7-6 campaign in 2002 with an impressive victory over Oregon, 38-17, in the Seattle Bowl.
One week later, BC travels to "Happy Valley" to take on Coach Joe Paterno's Penn State Nittany Lions, followed the next week by a visit to the University of Connecticut's new football stadium in East Hartford. The Eagles return home on September 20 to take on the Miami Hurricanes. One week later, Ball State travels to the Heights.
Following an off date on October 4, the Eagles begin a stretch of seven straight games with a visit to Temple, followed by a trip to Syracuse. Then Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and West Virginia will visit Alumni Stadium on successive Saturdays before the Eagles finish the 2003 slate with road games at Rutgers and Virginia Tech.
The Eagles will enter the 2003 season in the hunt for an unprecedented fifth consecutive bowl game and fourth consecutive bowl win. The 2002 Eagles finished with a 9-4 record after an impressive 51-25 victory over Toledo in the Motor City Bowl.
2003 Boston College Football Schedule
Aug. 30 Wake Forest
Sept. 6 @Penn State
Sept. 13 @Connecticut
Sept. 20 Miami*
Sept. 27 Ball State
Oct. 11 @Temple*
Oct. 18 @Syracuse*
Oct. 25 Notre Dame
Nov. 1 Pittsburgh*
Nov. 8 West Virginia*
Nov. 15 @Rutgers*
Nov. 22 @Virginia Tech*
*Denotes BIG EAST contest Kickoff times announced at a later date
