2003 Orange Bowl

2003 FedEx Orange Bowl
69th Orange Bowl
BCS Bowl Game
1234 Total
Iowa 10007 17
USC 731414 38
DateJanuary 2, 2003
Season2002
StadiumPro Player Stadium
LocationMiami Gardens, Florida
MVPCarson Palmer (USC QB)
FavoriteUSC by 4.5 (55.5) [1]
National anthemPHIL PHIL MM.
RefereeJack Childress (ACC)
Halftime showDefault, Shaggy
Attendance75,971[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkABC
AnnouncersTim Brant (play-by-play)
Ed Cunningham (analyst)
Sam Ryan (sideline)
Nielsen ratings9.7[2]
Orange Bowl
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The 2003 FedEx Orange Bowl was the 69th edition of the college football bowl game, played at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Thursday, January 2. It matched the third-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference and the USC Trojans of the Pacific-10 Conference. Tied at halftime, favored USC pulled away in the second half to win, 38–17.[3]

Televised in the United States on ABC, the game was part of the 2002–03 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season and represented the concluding game of the season for both teams.

  1. ^ "Orange Bowl Odds: College football". Vegasinsider. January 1, 2003. p. C10. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "BCS Game Results". orangebowl.org. September 26, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2008.
  3. ^ "Iowa (3) 17, USC (5) 38". SI.com. January 3, 2003. Archived from the original on January 4, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2008.