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2003 Tennessee Tech

2–⁠9 (1–⁠7 Ohio Valley Conference).

Schedule and results

Tennessee Tech in 2003, game by game: lost at Memphis 10–40; lost at Northern Illinois 17–42; won at Chattanooga 35–10; won vs. Murray State 49–24; lost at UT Martin 23–30; lost vs. Tennessee State 23–27; lost vs. Jacksonville State 20–37; lost vs. Samford 24–42; lost at Eastern Illinois 10–37; lost vs. Southeast Missouri State 20–24; lost at Eastern Kentucky 14–27+25−30Lost 10–40 at Memphis-30MemphisLost 17–42 at Northern Illinois-25Northern Illino…Won 35–10 at Chattanooga+25ChattanoogaWon 49–24 vs. Murray State+25Murray StateLost 23–30 at UT Martin-7UT MartinLost 23–27 vs. Tennessee State-4Tennessee StateLost 20–37 vs. Jacksonville State-17Jacksonville St…Lost 24–42 vs. Samford-18SamfordLost 10–37 at Eastern Illinois-27Eastern IllinoisLost 20–24 vs. Southeast Missouri State-4Southeast Misso…Lost 14–27 at Eastern Kentucky-13Eastern Kentucky
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30atMemphisL 10–⁠4024%
Sep 6atNorthern IllinoisL 17–⁠4211%
Sep 13atChattanoogaW 35–⁠1045%
Sep 27vsMurray StateW 49–⁠2466%
Oct 4atUT MartinL 23–⁠3062%
Oct 11vsTennessee StateL 23–⁠2741%
Oct 25vsJacksonville StateL 20–⁠3741%
Nov 1vsSamfordL 24–⁠4248%
Nov 8atEastern IllinoisL 10–⁠3743%
Nov 15vsSoutheast Missouri StateL 20–⁠2442%
Nov 22atEastern KentuckyL 14–⁠2723%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Eastern Kentucky 27–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Ohio Valley Conference.

In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 75 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠7 tied for 8th in Ohio Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
245–⁠340
Coach
—
Elo
1164 −108 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−33.4 No. 67 of 120 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—

2003 Ohio Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Jacksonville State7–⁠18–⁠3
Eastern Kentucky6–⁠27–⁠5
Samford5–⁠37–⁠4
Tennessee State5–⁠37–⁠5
Southeast Missouri State5–⁠35–⁠7
Eastern Illinois3–⁠54–⁠8
Murray State3–⁠54–⁠8
Tennessee Tech1–⁠72–⁠9
UT Martin1–⁠72–⁠10

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