The 2003 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the
University of Minnesota in the
2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh year under head coach
Glen Mason, the Golden Gophers compiled a 10–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 503 to 285.[1] The team made an appearance in the
Sun Bowl. The 2003 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was ranked 17th in the final USA Today/AFCA Coaches poll and 20th in the final Associated Press poll. This was the most recent season in which Minnesota defeated the
Wisconsin Badgers and received
Paul Bunyan's Axe until 2018.
The 2003 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the
University of Minnesota in the
2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh year under head coach
Glen Mason, the Golden Gophers compiled a 10–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 503 to 285.[1] The team made an appearance in the
Sun Bowl. The 2003 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was ranked 17th in the final USA Today/AFCA Coaches poll and 20th in the final Associated Press poll. This was the most recent season in which Minnesota defeated the
Wisconsin Badgers and received
Paul Bunyan's Axe until 2018.