The 2003 Florida Atlantic Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University (FAU) as an independent during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by third-year head coach Howard Schnellenberger, the Owls compiled a record of 11âÂÂ3. Florida Atlantic advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where the Owls defeated BethuneâÂÂCookman in the first round and Northern Arizona in the quarterfinals before falling to the eventual national runner-up, Colgate, in the semifinals. Florida Atlantic played home games at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Schedule
Awards and honors
Mid-season awards and honors
- Week 4 Independent Player of the Week: Roosevelt Bynes (WR, Jr.)
- Week 8 Independent Player of the Week: Willie Hughley (CB, So.)
All-Independent honors
- First Team All-Independent:
- Jared Allen (QB, Jr.)
- Roosevelt Bynes (WR, Jr.)
- Anthony Crissinger-Hill (WR, Jr.)
- Quentin Swain (LB, Sr.)
- Second Team All-Independent:
- Anthony Jackson (RB, Jr.)
- Ken Campos (OL, Sr.)
- George Guffey (OL, Sr.)
- Dave Richards (OL, Sr.)
- Chris Laskowski (LB, Jr.)
- Willie Hughley (CB, So.)
All-South Region honors
- First Team All-South Region:
- Roosevelt Bynes (WR, Jr.)
- Anthony Crissinger-Hill (WR, Jr.)
- Willie Hughley (CB, So.)
- Second Team All-South Region:
- Jared Allen (QB, Jr.)
- George Guffey (OL, Sr.)
- Dave Richards (OL, Sr.)
- Chris Laskowski (LB, Jr.)
- Third Team All-South Region:
- Yrvens Guerrier (DL, Sr.)
- Mike Myers (K, Jr.)
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