2003 Silicon Valley Football Classic

2003 Silicon Valley Football Classic
UCLA Bruins Fresno State Bulldogs
(6–6) (8–5)
9 17
Head coach: 
Karl Dorrell		 Head coach: 
Pat Hill
1234 Total
UCLA 0720 9
Fresno State 14300 17
DateDecember 30, 2003
Season2003
StadiumSpartan Stadium
LocationSan Jose, California
MVPRodney Davis (Fresno St.)
Garrett McIntyre (Fresno St.)
RefereeDavid Witvoet (Big Ten)
Attendance20,126[1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN2
AnnouncersGary Bender, John Cooper
Silicon Valley Football Classic
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The 2003 Silicon Valley Football Classic was a post-season college football bowl game between the UCLA Bruins and the Fresno State Bulldogs on December 30, 2003, at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. It was the fourth time the Silicon Valley Football Classic was played and the final game of the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams. Fresno State defeated UCLA 17–9.[2] It was the sixth time the two teams had met on the field and the first victory for Fresno State.[3]

For the 2003 bowl season the Silicon Valley Classic had contractual tie-ins with the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10). The SVC organizers had a choice between UCLA and the Washington Huskies, both of whom finished the season 6–6 and bowl eligible, to represent the Pac-10. The SVC invited UCLA, citing UCLA's victory against Washington earlier in the season.[4]

Since the beginning of the bowl in 2000, the Fresno State Bulldogs represented the WAC. Fresno State and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane finished the season tied for second in the WAC and available for the SVC. Fresno State returned to the SVC for the fourth straight year, while Tulsa went to the Humanitarian Bowl.[5]

  1. ^ "Stats 2003–2004". Archived from the original on September 13, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
  2. ^ "Sumlin scores twice for Bulldogs". ESPN.com. December 30, 2003. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
  3. ^ Murphy, Brian (December 30, 2003). "Silicon Valley Classic". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
  4. ^ "It's UCLA-Fresno St. in Silicon Valley Classic". Sports Illustrated. December 3, 2003. Archived from the original on March 27, 2004. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
  5. ^ Miller, Ted (December 2, 2003). "Silicon only bowl hope for UW". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved November 28, 2010.