2003 Yale Bulldogs football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2003
| team = Yale Bulldogs
| sport = football
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 6–4
| conf_record = 4–3
| head_coach = Jack Siedlecki
| hc_year = 7th
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| stadium = Yale Bowl
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{{2003 Ivy League football standings}}
The 2003 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by seventh-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in a four-way tie for second in the Ivy League with a 4–3 record, 6–4 overall.{{cite web|url=http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/files/YEAR_BY_YEAR_RESULTS_-as_of_1-31-2018-.pdf|title=Football By Year|publisher=Yale Bulldogs|access-date=January 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617193221/http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/files/YEAR_BY_YEAR_RESULTS_-as_of_1-31-2018-.pdf|archive-date=June 17, 2018|url-status=dead}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 20
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Towson
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 62–28
| attend = 9,715
| source = {{cite news |title=Cowan Back in Business |first=Tommy |last=Hine |date=September 21, 2003 |pages=E2, E7 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60916979/2003-towson-yale/ }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| w/l = w
| opponent = Cornell
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 21–7
| attend = 18,617
| source = {{cite news |title=Defense Steps in as Cowan Falters |first=Tommy |last=Hine |date=September 28, 2003 |pages=E14, E13 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60918438/2003-cornell-yale/ }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Holy Cross
| site_stadium = Fitton Field
| site_cityst = Worcester, MA
| score = 41–16
| attend = 3,731
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 12
| w/l = w
| opponent = Dartmouth
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 40–17
| attend = 20,981
| source = {{cite news |title=Siedlecki Gets Bold and Yale Converts |first=Tommy |last=Hine |date=October 12, 2003 |pages=E13, E14 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60928761/2003-dartmouth-yale/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opprank = 18
| opponent = Colgate
| site_stadium = Andy Kerr Stadium
| site_cityst = Hamilton, NY
| score = 40–52
| attend = 7,895
| source = {{cite news |title=Yale Makes a Mess of It |first=Tommy |last=Hine |date=October 19, 2003 |pages=E10, E15 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60951964/2003-colgate-yale/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opprank = 13
| opponent = Penn
| site_stadium = Franklin Field
| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA
| score = 31–34
| overtime = OT
| attend = 16,510
| source = {{cite news |title=Penn Coughs Up Big Lead but Beats Yale in Overtime |first=Larry |last=Eichel |date=October 26, 2003 |page=D8 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60953619/2003-penn-yale/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Columbia
| site_stadium = Wien Stadium
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| score = 29–14
| attend = 3,915
| source = {{cite news |title=A Boost from Troost |first=Shawn |last=Courchesne |date=November 2, 2003 |pages=E6, E8 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60955974/2003-columbia-yale/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| w/l = l
| opponent = Brown
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 44–55
| attend = 15,442
| source = {{cite news |title=In End, Yale Trips on Hill |first=Shawn |last=Courchesne |date=November 9, 2003 |page=E6 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60956723/2003-brown-yale/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Princeton
| site_stadium = Princeton Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 27–24
| attend = 16,369
| source = {{cite news |title=Yale Wins on Final Strip |first=Tommy |last=Hine |date=November 16, 2003 |page=E9 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60979113/2003-princeton-yale/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| w/l = l
| opponent = Harvard
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| gamename = The Game
| score = 19–37
| attend = 53,136
| source = {{cite news |title=No-Delivery Zone; Missed Chances Haunt Yale |first=Tommy |last=Hine |date=November 23, 2003 |pages=E5, E6 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60982642/2003-harvard-yale/ }}
}}
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