2003 Southeastern Conference Team Defense

Record: 86-68, .558 W-L% (3rd of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 7.10 (1st of 12) ▪ SOS: 4.54 (2nd of 12)

Division Champions: Georgia (East) and Louisiana State (West)
Conference Champion: Louisiana State (Won Championship Game 34-13)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Auburn, Georgia, Louisiana State and Tennessee)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Florida, Georgia, Louisiana State, Mississippi and Tennessee)

Team Defense

Most values are per game averages

				Passing					Rushing				Total Offense			First Downs				Penalties		Turnovers
Rk	School	G	Pts	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	Pass	Rush	Pen	Tot	No.	Yds	Fum	Int	TO
1	Louisiana State	14	11.0	15.2	34.1	44.7	185.0	0.9	28.6	67.0	2.3	0.4	62.6	252.0	4.0	7.1	5.1	1.4	13.6	7.0	48.3	0.9	1.5	2.4
2	Georgia	14	14.5	16.0	29.4	54.4	174.5	0.9	33.4	102.4	3.1	0.6	62.9	276.9	4.4	6.9	6.2	1.9	15.0	6.5	56.0	0.9	1.2	2.1
3	Auburn	13	16.3	14.8	27.8	53.3	189.0	1.2	33.8	92.6	2.7	0.6	61.7	281.6	4.6	8.4	5.5	1.0	14.8	5.7	44.2	0.8	0.8	1.6
4	Tennessee	13	18.4	17.7	31.8	55.6	186.1	0.8	37.7	138.3	3.7	1.2	69.5	324.4	4.7	8.9	7.7	2.1	18.7	7.1	60.2	0.5	1.2	1.7
5	Florida	13	20.8	17.5	31.8	55.1	208.9	0.9	40.4	158.5	3.9	1.2	72.2	367.5	5.1	8.7	9.5	1.3	19.5	8.1	61.1	0.8	1.5	2.4
6	Mississippi	13	21.9	19.6	34.9	56.2	276.1	2.0	32.1	102.5	3.2	0.8	67.0	378.5	5.6	11.8	5.5	1.5	18.7	6.1	52.9	0.8	1.2	1.9
7	Arkansas	13	23.5	16.4	30.7	53.4	187.0	1.3	38.8	157.0	4.0	1.1	69.5	344.0	4.9	8.8	8.5	1.9	19.2	6.8	54.7	1.2	1.3	2.5
8	Alabama	13	25.6	19.2	33.2	57.9	227.8	1.8	35.8	132.5	3.7	1.1	69.0	360.2	5.2	9.6	7.5	1.4	18.5	6.5	55.1	0.8	0.9	1.8
9	South Carolina	12	26.2	17.6	28.4	61.9	202.6	1.9	38.2	165.6	4.3	1.4	66.6	368.2	5.5	9.3	8.5	0.7	18.5	6.0	50.9	1.3	0.8	2.0
10	Kentucky	12	26.8	15.5	27.5	56.4	195.6	1.2	44.7	186.7	4.2	1.9	72.2	382.3	5.3	8.8	10.8	1.1	20.7	7.0	51.3	0.5	0.9	1.4
11	Vanderbilt	12	29.8	15.3	27.3	56.1	199.4	1.2	42.2	180.8	4.3	2.2	69.5	380.2	5.5	9.1	10.0	1.1	20.2	6.8	63.2	0.7	0.8	1.5
12	Mississippi State	12	39.3	19.3	31.1	62.2	283.3	2.6	43.8	190.3	4.3	2.5	74.8	473.5	6.3	11.8	10.8	1.5	24.2	6.6	53.3	1.1	0.5	1.6

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