2003 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 2003 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach John Bunting, the Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina finished the season 2–10 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to place last out of nine teams.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	8:00 p.m.	No. 13 Florida State	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	L 0–37	59,800
September 6	1:30 p.m.	Syracuse*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		L 47–49 3OT	47,000
September 20	11:00 a.m.	at Wisconsin*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN	L 27–38	77,439
September 27	2:00 p.m.	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)		L 34–47	53,800
October 4	1:30 p.m.	Virginia	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)		L 13–38	51,000
October 11	3:30 p.m.	at East Carolina*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC		W 28–17	44,040	[1]
October 18	1:30 p.m.	Arizona State*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		L 31–33	42,000
October 25	12:00 p.m.	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	JPS	L 28–36	77,512
November 1	12:00 p.m.	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	JPS	L 21–59	51,195
November 8	12:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	JPS	W 42–34	35,000
November 15	12:00 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	JPS	L 24–41	52,346
November 22	1:00 p.m.	Duke	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)		L 22–30	48,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time