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BCS Bowl Game 69th Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | January 1, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Louisiana Superdome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Musa Smith (RB, Georgia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Georgia by 7.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Chuck McFerrin (Pac-10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 74,269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Brad Nessler, Bob Griese and Lynn Swann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nielsen ratings | 9.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2003 Sugar Bowl, a 2002–03 BCS game, was played on January 1, 2003. This 69th edition to the Sugar Bowl featured the Georgia Bulldogs, and the Florida State Seminoles. Georgia came into the game 12–1 and ranked 3rd in the BCS, whereas Florida State came into the game 9–4 and ranked 14th in the BCS. Sponsored by Nokia, the game was officially known as the Nokia Sugar Bowl.