2003 Orange Bowl
| 2003 FedEx Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| BCS Bowl Game 69th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Pro Player Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami Gardens, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Carson Palmer (USC QB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | USC by 4.5 (55.5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jack Childress (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Default, Shaggy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 75,971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Tim Brant (play-by-play) Ed Cunningham (analyst) Sam Ryan (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 9.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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.