2003 Houston Bowl

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{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game

| game_name = Houston Bowl

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| image = File:US Navy 031230-N-6213R-502 The U.S. Naval Academy Brigade of Midshipmen marches onto the field as seen from the press box in the EV1.Net Houston Bowl at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.jpg

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| date_game_played = December 30

| year_game_played = 2003

| football_season = 2003

| stadium = Reliant Stadium

| city = Houston, Texas

| visitor_school = United States Naval Academy

| visitor_name_short = Navy

| visitor_nickname = Midshipmen

| visitor_record = 8–4

| visitor_rank_AP =

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| visitor_conference = Independent

| visitor_coach = Paul Johnson

| visitor_1q = 0

| visitor_2q = 0

| visitor_3q = 7

| visitor_4q = 7

| home_school = Texas Tech University

| home_name_short = Texas Tech

| home_nickname = Red Raiders

| home_record = 7–5

| home_rank_AP =

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| home_conference = Big 12

| home_coach = Mike Leach

| home_1q = 0

| home_2q = 14

| home_3q = 10

| home_4q = 14

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| referee = Jack Folliard (Pac-10)

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| us_network = ESPN

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The 2003 Houston Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Navy Midshipmen and the Texas Tech Red Raiders on December 30, 2003, at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. It was the fourth time the Houston Bowl was played and the final game of the 2003 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. Texas Tech defeated Navy 38–14.{{cite web | title=Symons finishes win on bum knee | website=ESPN.com | date=December 30, 2003 | accessdate=September 18, 2010 | url=http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=233642641| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015195939/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=233642641| url-status=dead| archive-date=October 15, 2012}}

The Houston Bowl was Navy's first bowl game since the 1996 Aloha Bowl, in which Navy defeated California 42–38.{{cite web| title=Bowl bid is Navy's first since 1996 | website=ESPN.com | date=November 28, 2003 | access-date=September 18, 2010 | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=1673245}} Texas Tech, representing the Big 12 conference, was playing in its fourth straight bowl game, stretching back to the inaugural Houston Bowl (then the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl) on December 27, 2000.