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| - The 2003 Manhattan Bowl was the 43rd annual playing of the bowl, and the second-to-last Manhattan Bowl played at the Jersey Dome in Newark, NJ. The 2003 Manhattan Bowl, held on January 9th, 2003, also served as the college football national championship game for the 2002 season, as agreed upon by the presidents and athletic directors at the NCAA Conference in Tuscaloosa in 1999.
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| - The 2003 Manhattan Bowl was the 43rd annual playing of the bowl, and the second-to-last Manhattan Bowl played at the Jersey Dome in Newark, NJ. The 2003 Manhattan Bowl, held on January 9th, 2003, also served as the college football national championship game for the 2002 season, as agreed upon by the presidents and athletic directors at the NCAA Conference in Tuscaloosa in 1999. The game was hyped due to its pitting of Virginia head coach Dick Cheney against his alma mater, Colorado, which was heavily favored and coached by Pat Strong. Virginia wound up scoring a huge upset, beating the Buffaloes 31-17 in a game more lopsided than the final score. It was the national title game with the highest attendance up to that point and gave the Cavaliers their second football national championship, and first since 1939.
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