2003 NCAA Division I-AA season | |
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Regular season | |
Number of teams | 121 |
Duration | August–November |
Payton Award | Jamaal Branch (RB, Colgate) |
Buchanan Award | Jared Allen (DE, Idaho State) |
Playoff | |
Duration | November 29–December 19 |
Championship date | December 19, 2003 |
Championship site | Finley Stadium Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Champion | Delaware |
NCAA Division I-AA football seasons | |
«2002 2004» |
The 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 2003, and concluded with the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 19, 2003, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Colgate Raiders by a final score of 40−0.[1]