2003 North Carolina A&T

10–⁠2 (7–⁠1 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 10–⁠3, over 13 games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

North Carolina A&T in 2003, game by game: won vs. North Carolina Central 25–0; won at Jackson State 10–7; lost vs. Southern 16–35; won at Elon 29–14; won at Norfolk State 34–14; won at Morgan State 28–21; won vs. Florida A&M 22–16; won vs. Howard 27–7; won at Bethune-Cookman 13–7; won vs. Delaware State 33–7; won vs. Hampton 38–28; lost vs. South Carolina State 9–49+26−40Won 25–0 vs. North Carolina Central+25North Carolina …Won 10–7 at Jackson State+3Jackson StateLost 16–35 vs. Southern-19SouthernWon 29–14 at Elon+15ElonWon 34–14 at Norfolk State+20Norfolk StateWon 28–21 at Morgan State+7Morgan StateWon 22–16 vs. Florida A&M+6Florida A&MWon 27–7 vs. Howard+20HowardWon 13–7 at Bethune-Cookman+6Bethune-CookmanWon 33–7 vs. Delaware State+26Delaware StateWon 38–28 vs. Hampton+10HamptonLost 9–49 vs. South Carolina State-40South Carolina …
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to South Carolina State 49–⁠9; unranked in the final AP poll; Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champions.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 24 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list one game of North Carolina A&T’s 2003 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Nov 29atWoffordL 10–⁠31Wofford’s article, North Carolina A&T’s article

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champions7–⁠1 in the conference

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠1 first in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
284–⁠205
Coach
—
Elo
1304 +156 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−33.2 No. 64 of 120 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—

2003 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina A&T7–⁠110–⁠2
Bethune-Cookman6–⁠29–⁠2
South Carolina State6–⁠28–⁠4
Hampton5–⁠37–⁠4
Morgan State4–⁠46–⁠5
Florida A&M4–⁠46–⁠6
Howard3–⁠54–⁠7
Delaware State1–⁠71–⁠10
Norfolk State0–⁠81–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.