2003 Kansas State Wildcats football team

	2003 Big 12 football standings
	North
	South
	Championship: Kansas State 35, Oklahoma 7
	† – BCS representative as champion ; ‡ – BCS at-large representative ; Rankings from AP Poll

Kansas State Wildcats football
	2003 Kansas State Wildcats football
Big 12 champion; Big 12 North champion
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 ← 2002 2004 →

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

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
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]

Roster

QB Ell Roberson
RB Darren Sproles

Statistics

Scores by quarter

	1	2	3	4	OT
Kansas State	95	175	130	149	549
Opponents	74	81	38	51	244

Team

	KSU	Opp
Scoring	549	244
Points per Game	36.6	16.3
First Downs	319	232
Rushing	176	98
Passing	127	121
Penalty	16	13
Total Offense	6,615	4,246
Avg per Play	6.2	4.3
Avg per Game	441.0	283.1
Fumbles-Lost	22-13	13-9
Penalties-Yards	98-726	104-846
Avg per Game	48.4	56.4

	KSU	Opp
Punts-Yards	71-2,859	112-4,113
Avg per Punt	40.3	36.7
Time of Possession/Game	30:24	29:36
3rd Down Conversions	82/205	63/229
4th Down Conversions	10/20	8/20
Touchdowns Scored	73	31
Field Goals-Attempts	12-17	8-18
PAT-Attempts	67-68	28-29
Attendance	376,878	247,868
Games/Avg per Game	8/47,110	4/61,967

Offense

Rushing

Name	GP	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
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

Passing

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

Receiving

Name	GP	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
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

References

↑ Points scored fact Archived July 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
↑ 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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[1] Points scored fact Archived July 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[2] 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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