2003 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2003 Northwestern Wildcats football
Motor City Bowl vs. Bowling Green, L 28–24
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2003 record	6–7 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Randy Walker (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Dunbar (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Greg Colby (2nd season)
Captain	Louis Ayeni
Captain	Pat Durr (2nd year)
Captain	Torri Stuckey
Captain	Jason Wright
Home stadium	Ryan Field (Capacity: 47,130)
Seasons

2003 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#6/7 Michigan †		7	–	1					10	–	3
#4/4 Ohio State ‡		6	–	2					11	–	2
#18/19 Purdue		6	–	2					9	–	4
#8/8 Iowa		5	–	3					10	–	3
#20/17 Minnesota		5	–	3					10	–	3
Michigan State		5	–	3					8	–	5
Wisconsin		4	–	4					7	–	6
Northwestern		4	–	4					6	–	7
Penn State		0*	–	7					0*	–	9
Indiana		1	–	7					2	–	10
Illinois		0	–	8					1	–	11
† – BCS representative as champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative *All wins for Penn State (3-9, 1-7) vacated due to scandal. Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 2003 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 PM	at Kansas*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 28–20	27,775
September 6	12:00 PM	Air Force*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL		L 21–22	21,772
September 13	11:00 AM	Miami (Ohio)*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN+	L 14–44	24,215
September 20	1:00 PM	at Duke*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 28–10	21,143
September 27	11:00 PM	at No. 4 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN2	L 0–20	104,680
October 4	11:00 AM	No. 21 Minnesota	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN+	L 17–42	23,539
October 11	10:00 AM	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPN+	W 37–31 OT	27,213
October 25	11:00 AM	No. 20 Wisconsin	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN2	W 16–7	36,233
November 1	11:00 AM	at No. 11 Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN	L 14–34	51,110
November 8	11:00 AM	Penn State	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN2	W 17–7	26,188
November 15	2:30 PM	No. 9 Michigan	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN	L 10–41	40,681
November 22	11:00 AM	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	ESPN+	W 37–20	38,688
December 26	4:00 PM	vs. No. 24 Bowling Green*	Ford Field Detroit, MI (Motor City Bowl)	ESPN	L 24–28	51,286
*Non-conference game Rankings from BCS Poll or AP Poll if BCS not available All times are in Central time

Roster

2003 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 14 Basanez, BrettBrett Basanez 3.0 !So TE 7 Bogenrief, RayRay Bogenrief 7.0 !Sr T 76 Essex, TraiTrai Essex 5.0 !Jr RB 33 Herron, NoahNoah Herron 5.0 !Jr OL 61 Lutzen, GregGreg Lutzen 3.0 !So T 60 Ndukwe, IkechukuIkechuku Ndukwe 5.0 !Jr G 63 Strief, ZachZach Strief 3.0 !So G 64 Ulrich, MattMatt Ulrich 5.0 !Jr QB 16 Webb, AlexanderAlexander Webb 1.0 !Fr RB 18 Wright, JasonJason Wright (C) 7.0 !Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 94 Castillo, LuisLuis Castillo 5.0 !Jr DT 97 Clark, ColbyColby Clark 5.0 !Jr DT 67 Cofield, BarryBarry Cofield 3.0 !So LB 3 Durr, PatPat Durr (C) 7.0 !Sr LB 41 McGarigle, TimTim McGarigle 3.0 !So LB 46 VanderHorst, EricEric VanderHorst 3.0 !So CB 31 Ward, MarvinMarvin Ward 5.0 !Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Randy Walker Coordinators/assistant coaches Pat Fitzgerald – Linebackers Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2003-12-18

External links

• NU Athletics 2003 Team Statistics