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 8âÂÂ5 with a mark of 6âÂÂ1 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 1âÂÂ4 start to end capture the program's first conference championship since 1993.