2003–04 NCAA football bowl games
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Gameplay during the BCS National Championship Sugar Bowl for the 2003 season
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| Season | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of bowls | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All-star games | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowl games | December 16, 2003 – January 3, 2004 |
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| National Championship | 2004 Sugar Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location of Championship |
Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana |
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| Champions | LSU Tigers (BCS/Coaches) & USC Trojans (AP) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowl Challenge Cup winner | ACC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bowl Record by Conference | |||
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| Conference | Bowls | Record | Final AP Poll |
| Big Ten | 8 | 3–5 (0.375) | 5 |
| Big 12 | 8 | 2–6 (0.250) | 5 |
| SEC | 7 | 5–2 (0.714) | 5 |
| ACC | 6 | 5–1 (0.833) | 2 |
| Pac-10 | 6 | 4–2 (0.667) | 2 |
| Big East | 5 | 2–3 (0.400) | 2 |
| Conference USA | 5 | 1–4 (0.200) | 1 |
| WAC | 4 | 3–1 (0.750) | 1 |
| Mountain West | 3 | 1–2 (0.333) | 1 |
| MAC | 2 | 2–0 (1.000) | 1 |
| Sun Belt | 1 | 0–1 (0.000) | 0 |
| Independents | 1 | 0–1 (0.000) | 0 |
The 2003-04 NCAA college football bowl season was a series of 28 post-season games (including the Bowl Championship Series) played in December 2003 and January 2004 for Division I-A football teams and their all-stars. The post-season began with the New Orleans Bowl on December 16, 2003, and concluded on January 30, 2004, with the season-ending Senior Bowl.
A total of 28 team-competitive games, and two all-star games, were played. To fill the 56 available bowl slots, four teams with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games—all four had a .500 (6–6) season. While teams that did not have winning seasons were invited to bowl games, seven teams with winning records were left out: Northern Illinois (10–2); Connecticut (9-3); Marshall and Toledo (both 8–4); Air Force and Akron (both 7–5); and South Florida (7–4).
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