| 2003 Kansas State Wildcats football | |
Big 12 champion Big 12 North champion | |
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Fiesta Bowl, L 28–35 vs. Ohio State | |
| Conference | Big 12 Conference |
| North | |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 13 |
| AP | No. 14 |
| 2003 record | 11–4 (6–2 Big 12) |
| Head coach | Bill Snyder (15th season) |
| Co-offensive coordinator | Del Miller (7th season) |
| Co-offensive coordinator | Greg Peterson (1st season) |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Bret Bielema (2nd season) |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Bob Elliott (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | KSU Stadium (Capacity: 50,300) |
Seasons | |
| 2003 Big 12 football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #14 Kansas State † | 6 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #19 Nebraska | 5 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #3 Oklahoma ‡ | 8 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #12 Texas | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: Kansas State 35, Oklahoma 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – BCS representative as champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2003 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. The team finished the season with a win-loss record of 11–4, and a Big 12 Conference record of 6–2. They notched a stunning 35–7 victory over the #1 ranked Oklahoma Sooners in the Big 12 Championship Game. With their first conference championship since 1934, they earned a berth in one of the Bowl Championship Series bowl games, the 2004 Fiesta Bowl, where they were defeated by the Ohio State Buckeyes, 35–28. The Wildcats played 15 games, most in school history.
During the 2002 and 2003 seasons teams were allowed to schedule 12 games as well as a kickoff game. As a result, Kansas State became only the second team in the modern era to play a 15-game schedule. The first was the 1996 BYU Cougars.
Running back Darren Sproles led the nation in rushing, and the Wildcats scored 549 points, good for third all-time at Kansas State.[1]
This remains the only season in college football history in which Kansas State, Kansas, and Missouri all played in a bowl game in the same season.
Schedule
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| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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| Non-Conference Schedule | ||||||||
| August 23* | 6:45 PM | vs. California | #7 | Arrowhead Stadium • Kansas City, Missouri (BCA Classic) | ESPN | W 42–28 | 50,823 | |
| August 30* | 6:10 PM | Troy State | #7 | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | W 41–5 | 41,812 | ||
| September 6* | 6:10 PM | McNeese State | #7 | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | W 55–14 | 44,544 | ||
| September 13* | 1:10 PM | Massachusetts | #7 | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | W 38–7 | 46,102 | ||
| September 20* | 11:40 AM | Marshall | #6 | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | FSN | L 20–27 | 46,700 | |
| Conference Schedule | ||||||||
| October 4 | 2:30 PM | at #13 Texas | #16 | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas | ABC | L 20–24 | 83,643 | |
| October 11 | 11:30 AM | at Oklahoma State | #22 | Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma | FSN | L 34–38 | 46,087 | |
| October 18 | 1:10 PM | Colorado | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | W 49–20 | 51,536 | |||
| October 25 | 1:10 PM | Kansas | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas (Sunflower Showdown) | W 42–6 | 51,614 | |||
| November 1† | 1:10 PM | Baylor | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | W 38–10 | 44,885 | |||
| November 8 | 1:00 PM | at Iowa State | Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, Iowa (Rivalry) | W 45–0 | 40,124 | |||
| November 15 | 2:30 PM | at #18 Nebraska | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | ABC | W 38–9 | 78,014 | ||
| November 22 | 6:10 PM | Missouri | #19 | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | TBS | W 24–14 | 49,685 | |
| Big 12 Championship | ||||||||
| December 6 | 7:00 PM | vs. #1 Oklahoma | #13 | Arrowhead Stadium • Kansas City, Missouri (Big 12 Championship) | ABC | W 35–7 | 79,451 | |
| Bowl Game | ||||||||
| January 2* | 7:15 PM | vs. #7 Ohio State | #8 | Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona (Fiesta Bowl) | ABC | L 28–35 | 73,425 | |
| *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. | ||||||||
Table references[2]
RosterEdit
- QB Ell Roberson
- RB Darren Sproles
StatisticsEdit
Scores by quarterEdit
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TeamEdit
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OffenseEdit
RushingEdit
| Name | GP | Att | Gain | Loss | Net | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
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| Darren Sproles | 15 | 306 | 2,067 | 81 | 1,986 | 6.5 | 16 | 73 | 132.4 |
| Ell Roberson | 13 | 227 | 1135 | 160 | 975 | 4.3 | 15 | 33 | 75.0 |
| Total | 15 | 688 | 3,817 | 388 | 3,429 | 5.0 | 42 | 73 | 228.6 |
| Opponents | 15 | 549 | 2,113 | 486 | 1,627 | 3.0 | 6 | 45 | 108.5 |
PassingEdit
| Name | GP-GS | Effic | Att-Cmp-Int | Yds | TD | Lng | Avg/G | Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ell Roberson | 13 | 143.19 | 294-152-12 | 2,545 | 24 | 63 | 195.8 | 51.7 |
| Jeff Schwin | 6 | 119.99 | 68-37-3 | 563 | 1 | 41 | 93.8 | 54.4 |
| Total | 15 | 137.50 | 371-194-17 | 3,186 | 25 | 63 | 212.4 | 52.3 |
| Opponents | 15 | 104.41 | 447-224-20 | 2,619 | 19 | 65 | 174.6 | 50.1 |
ReceivingEdit
| Name | GP | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
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| James Terry | 15 | 64 | 1,232 | 19.2 | 13 | 63 | 82.1 |
| Antoine Polite | 13 | 29 | 409 | 14.1 | 1 | 36 | 31.5 |
| Total | 15 | 194 | 3,186 | 16.4 | 25 | 63 | 212.4 |
| Opponents | 15 | 224 | 2,619 | 11.7 | 19 | 65 | 174.6 |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Points scored fact Script error
- ↑ DeLassus, David. "Kansas State University coaching records by game (2003)". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=2190&year=2003. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
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