The 2003 Houston Bowl was a post-season college football

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between the Navy Midshipmen and the

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on December 30, 2003, at

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in Houston, Texas. It was the fourth time the

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was played and the final game of the

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for both teams. Texas Tech defeated Navy 38–14. The Houston Bowl was Navy's first bowl game since the

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, in which Navy defeated

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42–38. Texas Tech, representing the

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, was playing in its fourth straight bowl game, stretching back to the inaugural

(then the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl).

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