2003 Capital One Bowl

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{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game

| game_name = Capital One Bowl

| subheader =

| title_sponsor =

| image =

| caption =

| date_game_played = January 1

| year_game_played = 2003

| football_season = 2002

| stadium = Florida Citrus Bowl

| city = Orlando, Florida

| visitor_school = Pennsylvania State University

| visitor_name_short = Penn State

| visitor_nickname = Nittany Lions

| visitor_record = 9–3

| visitor_rank_AP = 10

| visitor_rank_coaches = 10

| visitor_rank_BCS = 12

| visitor_coach = Joe Paterno

| visitor_conference =Big Ten

| visitor_1q = 3

| visitor_2q = 3

| visitor_3q = 0

| visitor_4q = 3

| home_school = Auburn University

| home_name_short = Auburn

| home_nickname = Tigers

| home_record = 8–4

| home_rank_AP = 19

| home_rank_coaches = 22

| home_rank_BCS = NR

| home_coach = Tommy Tuberville

| home_conference =SEC

| home_1q = 0

| home_2q = 0

| home_3q = 7

| home_4q = 6

| MVP = Ronnie Brown

| odds = Penn State by 7.5

| anthem =

| referee = Jack Cramer (Big East)

| halftime =

| attendance = 66,334

| payout =

| us_network = ABC

| us_announcers = Sean McDonough, David Norrie

| ratings =

| intl_network =

| intl_announcers =

| different_previous = 2002

}}

The 2003 Capital One Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Auburn Tigers on January 1, 2003, at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. Auburn won the game 13–9; Auburn running back Ronnie Brown was the game's MVP, rushing for 184 yards and two touchdowns.{{cite web|title=Brown gets carries, yards; Johnson gets frustrated|url=http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=230010002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104203411/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=230010002|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 4, 2013|publisher=ESPN.com|access-date=December 2, 2012}}