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Big Ten Football Bowl Games 2003-04 | Date | Bowl | Location | Conference/teams | TV | | 12/26/03 | Motor City |
Detroit, MI | Northwestern /Bowling Green | ESPN | | 12/29/03 | Alamo | San Antonio,TX | Michigan St /Nebraska | ESPN | | 12/31/03 | Music City | Nashville,TN | Wisconsin /Auburn | ESPN | | 12/31/03 | Sun | El Paso,TX | Minnesota /Oregon | CBS | | 01/01/04 | Outback | Tampa,FL | Iowa /Florida | ESPN | | 01/01/04 | Capital One | Orlando,FL | Purdue /Georgia | ABC | | 01/01/04 | Rose | Pasadena,CA | Michigan /USC | ABC | | 01/02/04 | Fiesta | Tempe,AZ | Ohio St /Kansas St |
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2003-04 Big Ten Football Bowl Games Television Ratings: Neilsen Media Research reported approximately 108,400,000 US households owned televisions in 2003. The television rating is the percentage of those households that were tuned into the game. For example, the highest rated college football Bowl Game for the 2003-04 season was the National Championship game between Oklahoma and LSU with a television rating of 14.5. Thus, approximately 15,718,000 US households (108,400,000 x .145) watched the National Championship .
The highest television rated non-BCS bowl game for 2003-04 was the 2004 Capital One Bowl - Purdue vs Georgia - with approximately 8,672,000 US households watching. The 2004 Capital One Bowl was the only college bowl game that aired twice (live and taped) January 1, 2004 around the world on the American Forces Network. Big Ten Conference football teams participated in three of the top five television rated games for the 2003-04 bowl season: BCS - Sugar (#1, 14.5 rating); BCS - Rose (#2, 14.4 rating) ; BCS - Orange (#3, 9.7 rating); BCS - Fiesta (#4, 8.7 rating) ; and the Capital One (#5, 8 rating). |
2004 Rose Bowl | Final Score: Michigan 14 USC 28 | |
Attendance: 93,849 Television Rating: 14.4 | | Statistical Preview | National Rank
12/07/03 | Offense: rank;yards/game, pts/gm | Defense: rank;yards/game, pts/gm | | Total O | Pass O | Rush O | Pt | Total D | Pass D | Rush D | Pt | | Michigan | #12;457 | #24;271 | #30;186 | 37 | #7;288 | #6;167 | #25;121 | 16 | | USC | #16;450 |
#15;287 | #47;163 | 42 | #33;338 | #110;277 | #2;61 | 19 |
2004 Fiesta Bowl | Final Score: Ohio St 35 Kansas St 28 | | Attendance: 73,425 Television Rating: 8.7 | | Statistical Preview | National Rank
12/07/03 | Offense: rank;yards/game, pts/gm | Defense: rank;yards/game, pts/gm | | Total O |
Pass O | Rush O | Pt | Total D | Pass D | Rush D | Pt | | Ohio State | #94;332 | #70;208 | #87;124 | 24 | #9;290 | #76;230 | #1;60 | 17 | | Kansas State | #18;445 | #74;206 | #6;239 | 37 | #5;279 | #8;174 | #15;105 | 15 |
2004 Capital One Bowl |
Final Score: Purdue 27 Georgia 34 (OT) | | Attendance: 64,565 Television Rating: 8 | | Statistical Preview | National Rank
12/07/03 | Offense: rank;yards/game, pts/gm | Defense: rank;yards/game, pts/gm | | Total O | Pass O | Rush O | Pt | Total D | Pass D | Rush D | Pt | | Purdue | #59;380 | #49;224 | #56;166 | 27 | #10;291 | #27;195 | #10;96 |
16 | | Georgia | #66;376 | #40;239 | #73;137 | 26 | #4;276 | #7;170 | #16;106 | 13 |
2004 Outback Bowl | Final Score: Iowa 37 Florida 17 | | Attendance: 65,372 Television Rating: 4.53 | | Statistical Preview | National Rank
12/07/03 | Offense: rank;yards/game, pts/gm |
Defense: rank;yards/game, pts/gm | | Total O | Pass O | Rush O | Pt | Total D | Pass D | Rush D | Pt | | Iowa | #95;328 | #105;160 | #44;168 | 28 | #15;314 | #57;218 | #11;96 | 16 | | Florida | #42;397 | #37;244 | #62;153 | 31 | #52;364 | #46;212 | #58;152 | 19 |
2003 Sun Bowl
| Final Score: Minnesota 31 Oregon 30 | | Attendance: 49,894 Television Rating: 3.5 | | Statistical Preview | National Rank
12/07/03 | Offense: rank;yards/game, pts/gm | Defense: rank;yards/game, pts/gm | | Total O | Pass O | Rush O | Pt | Total D | Pass D | Rush D | Pt | | Minnesota | #2;501 | #68;208 | #3;293 |
39 | #28;331 | #39;205 | #27;126 | 21 | | Oregon | #62;379 | #38;243 | #74;136 | 27 | #51;363 | #105;267 | #12;96 | 26 |
2003 Music City Bowl | Final Score: Wisconsin 14 Auburn 28 | | Attendance: 55,109 Television Rating: 2.44 | | Statistical Preview | National Rank
12/07/03 |
Offense: rank;yards/game, pts/gm | Defense: rank;yards/game, pts/gm | | Total O | Pass O | Rush O | Pt | Total D | Pass D | Rush D | Pt | | Wisconsin | #39;406 | #58;219 | #29;187 | 28 | #44;355 | #58;218 | #44;137 | 23 | | Auburn | #64;378 | #83;195 | #34;183 | 26 | #6;283 | #18;188 | #9;95 | 16 |
2003 Alamo Bowl | Final Score: Michigan St 3 Nebraska 17 | | Attendance: 56,226 Television Rating: 4.21 | | Statistical Preview | National Rank
12/07/03 | Offense: rank;yards/game, pts/gm | Defense: rank;yards/game, pts/gm | | Total O | Pass O | Rush O | Pt | Total D | Pass D | Rush D | Pt | |
Michigan State | #57;384 | #19;280 | #106;104 | 30 | #62;379 | #104;263 | #24;116 | 23 | | Nebraska | #86;341 | #115;105 | #9;286 | 25 | #14;307 | #13;180 | #31;127 | 15 |
2003 Motor City Bowl | Final Score: Northwestern 24 Bowling Green 28 | | Attendance: 51,268 Television Rating: 2.33 | | Statistical Preview |
National Rank
12/07/03 | Offense: rank;yards/game, pts/gm | Defense: rank;yards/game, pts/gm | | Total O | Pass O | Rush O | Pt | Total D | Pass D | Rush D | Pt | | Northwestern | #68;372 | #99;172 | #21;200 | 20 | #86;412 | #89;242 | #76;170 | 25 | | Bowling Green | #3;498 | #11;294 | #18;204 | 34 |
#46;357 | #59;219 | #43;138 | 21 |
College Football - National Standings December 7, 2003 | Poll - Final BCS | School (Conference) | Record | Bowl | | BCS | AP | ESPN | | Overall | Conference | | | 1 | 3 | 3 | Oklahoma (Big12) | 12-1 |
8-1 | Sugar | | 2 | 2 | 2 | LSU (SEC) | 12-1 | 8-1 | Sugar | | 3 | 1 | 1 | USC (Pac10) | 11-1 | 7-1 | Rose | | 4 | 4 | 4 | Michigan (Big Ten) | 10-2 | 7-1 | Rose | | 5 | 7 | 6 | Ohio State (Big Ten) | 10-2 | 6-2 | Fiesta |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Texas (Big12) | 10-2 | 7-1 | Holiday | | 7 | 9 | 8 | Florida State (ACC) | 10-2 | 7-1 | Orange | | 8 | 6 | 7 | Tennessee (SEC) | 10-2 | 6-2 | Peach | | 9 | 10 | 9 | Miami (Florida) - (Big East) | 10-2 | 6-1 | Orange | | 10 |
8 | 10 | Kansas State (Big12) | 11-3 | 7-2 | Fiesta | | 11 | 14 | 15 | Miami (Ohio) - (MAC) | 12-1 | 9-0 | GMAC | | 12 | 11 | 11 | Georgia (SEC) | 10-3 | 6-3 | Capital One | | 13 | 13 | 12 | Iowa (Big Ten) | 9-3 | 5-3 | Outback | | 14 | 12 |
13 | Purdue (Big Ten) | 9-3 | 6-2 | Capital One | | 15 | 17 | 17 | Florida (SEC) | 8-4 | 6-2 | Outback | | 16 | 15 | 14 | Washington State (Pac10) | 9-3 | 6-2 | Holiday | | 17 | 18 | 16 | Boise State (WAC) | 12-1 | 8-0 | Fort Worth | | 18 | 19 |
19 | TCU (CUSA) | 11-1 | 7-1 | Fort Worth | | 19 | 16 | 18 | Mississippi (SEC) | 9-3 | 7-1 | Cotton | | 20 | 22 | 21 | Nebraska (Big12) | 9-3 | 5-3 | Alamo | | 21 | 21 | 22 | Oklahoma State (Big12) | 9-3 | 5-3 | Cotton | | 22 | 25 | 25 |
Utah (MWC) | 9-2 | 6-1 | Liberty | | 23 | 23 | 24 | Maryland (ACC) | 9-3 | 6-2 | Gator | | 24 | 26 | 30 | Bowling Green (MAC) | 10-3 | 7-2 | Motor City | | 25 | 24 | 20 | Minnesota (Big Ten) | 9-3 | 5-3 | Sun |
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College Football - National Standings December 1, 2003 | Poll | School (Conference) | Record | | BCS | AP | ESPN | | Overall | Conference | | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oklahoma (Big12) | 12-0 | 8-0 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | USC (Pac10) | 10-1 | 6-1 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | LSU (SEC) | 11-1 | 7-1 | | 4 | 4 | 4 | Michigan (Big Ten) | 10-2 | 7-1 | | 5 | 8 | 7 | Ohio State (Big Ten) | 10-2 | 6-2 | | 6 | 6 | 6 | Texas (Big12) | 10-2 | 7-1 | | 7 | 5 | 5 | Georgia (SEC) | 10-2 |
6-2 | | 8 | 9 | 9 | Florida State (ACC) | 10-2 | 7-1 | | 9 | 7 | 8 | Tennessee (SEC) | 10-2 | 6-2 | | 10 | 10 | 10 | Miami (Florida) - (Big East) | 10-2 | 6-1 | | 11 | 14 | 15 | Miami (Ohio) - (MAC) | 11-1 | 8-0 | | 12 | 12 | 11 | Iowa (Big Ten) |
9-3 | 5-3 | | 13 | 11 | 12 | Purdue (Big Ten) | 9-3 | 6-2 | | 14 | 16 | 16 | Florida (SEC) | 8-4 | 6-2 | | 15 | 13 | 13 | Kansas State (Big12) | 10-3 | 6-2 | | 16 | 15 | 14 | Washington State (Pac10) | 9-3 | 6-2 | | 17 | 19 | 19 |
TCU (CUSA) | 11-1 | 7-1 | | 18 | 23 | 20 | Bowling Green (MAC) | 10-2 | 7-1 | | 19 | 18 | 17 | Boise State (WAC) | 11-1 | 7-0 | | 20 | 17 | 18 | Mississippi (SEC) | 9-3 | 7-1 | | 21 | 23 | 21 | Nebraska (Big12) | 9-3 | 5-3 | | 22 |
22 | 22 | Oklahoma State (Big12) | 9-3 | 5-3 | | 23 | 26 | 27 | Utah (MWC) | 9-2 | 6-1 | | 24 | 25 | 24 | Maryland (ACC) | 9-3 | 6-2 | | 25 | 25 | 20 | Minnesota (Big Ten) | 9-3 | 5-3 |
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