2003 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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 114, and a Big 12 Conference record of 62. They notched a stunning 357 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, 3528. The Wildcats played 15 games, most in school history.

2003 Kansas State Wildcats football
Big 12 champion
Big 12 North champion
Fiesta Bowl, L 2835 vs. Ohio State
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionNorth
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 14
2003 record114 (62 Big 12)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorDel Miller (7th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorGreg Peterson (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorBret Bielema (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorBob Elliott (2nd season)
Home stadiumKSU Stadium
(Capacity: 50,300)
2003 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Northern Division
No. 14 Kansas State x$  6 2     11 4  
No. 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  
Southern Division
No. 3 Oklahoma x%  8 0     12 2  
No. 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 conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 236:45 p.m.vs. California*No. 7ESPNW 42–2850,823
August 306:10 p.m.Troy State*No. 7W 41–541,812
September 66:10 p.m.McNeese State*No. 7
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 55–1444,544
September 131:10 p.m.UMass*No. 7
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 38–746,102
September 2011:40 a.m.Marshall*No. 6
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
FSNL 20–2746,700
October 42:30 p.m.at No. 13 TexasNo. 16ABCL 20–2483,643
October 1111:30 a.m.at Oklahoma StateNo. 22FSNL 34–3846,087
October 181:10 p.m.Colorado
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 49–2051,536
October 251:10 p.m.Kansas
W 42–651,614
November 11:10 p.m.Baylor
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
W 38–1044,885
November 81:00 p.m.at Iowa StateW 45–040,124
November 152:30 p.m.at No. 18 NebraskaABCW 38–978,014
November 226:10 p.m.MissouriNo. 19
  • KSU Stadium
  • Manhattan, KS
TBSW 24–1449,685
December 67:00 p.m.vs. No. 1 OklahomaNo. 13
ABCW 35–779,451
January 27:15 p.m.vs. No. 7 Ohio State*No. 8ABCL 28–3573,425
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

2003 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 79 Jon Doty Jr
TE 88 Thomas Hill Sr
OL 53 Nick Leckey Sr
OL 64 Ryan Lilja Sr
QB 3 Ell Roberson Sr
RB 36 Ayo Saba So
QB 14 Jeff Schwinn Sr
RB 43 Darren Sproles Jr
WR 5 James Terry Sr
QB 14 Eric Williams Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 7 Josh Buhl Sr
LB 18 Bryan Hickman Sr
DB 9 Randy Jordan Sr
DE 83 Blake Seiler So
DE 98 Andrew Shull Sr
LB 45 Ted Sims So
FS 2 Rashad Washington Sr
DB 26 Tyler Woolfolk Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K/P 6 Jared Brite Sr
K 15 Joe Rheem Jr
LS 72 Mike Wilson Sr
LS 52 Russ Vanover Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Del Miller Co-Offensive coordinator
  • Greg Peterson Co-Offensive coordinator
  • Bret Bielema Co-Defensive coordinator
  • Bob Elliott Co-Defensive coordinator

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final 
AP 7 (1) 7 7 7 6 16 16 22 NR NR NR NR NR 19 14 13 8 14 
Coaches 5 5 6 6 6 16 14 21 NR NR NR NR 25 18 15 13 10 13 
BCS Not released NR 15 15 12 11 10 8 8 Not released

Game summaries

vs. California

California vs. #7 Kansas State
1 234Total
Golden Bears 7 7014 28
Wildcats 10 1787 42


Troy State

Troy State at #7 Kansas State
1 234Total
Trojans 5 000 5
Wildcats 7 2707 41


McNeese State

McNeese State at #7 Kansas State
1 234Total
Cowboys 0 770 14
Wildcats 24 7717 55


UMass

UMass at #7 Kansas State
1 234Total
Minutemen 7 000 7
Wildcats 3 2177 38


Marshall

Marshall at #6 Kansas State
1 234Total
Thundering Herd 7 9011 27
Wildcats 7 337 20


at Texas

#16 Kansas State at #13 Texas
1 234Total
Wildcats 0 398 20
Longhorns 7 1007 24


at Oklahoma State

#22 Kansas State at Oklahoma State
1 234Total
Wildcats 7 7713 34
Cowboys 7 14143 38


Colorado

Colorado at Kansas State
1 234Total
Buffaloes 7 607 20
Wildcats 9 61420 49


Kansas

Kansas at Kansas State
1 234Total
Jayhawks 3 030 6
Wildcats 7 21140 42


Baylor

Baylor at Kansas State
1 234Total
Bears 3 700 10
Wildcats 0 141014 38


at Iowa State

Kansas State at Iowa State
1 234Total
Wildcats 7 7247 45
Cyclones 0 000 0


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at Nebraska

Kansas State at #18 Nebraska
1 234Total
Wildcats 7 01021 38
Cornhuskers 0 702 9


The Wildcats clinched a share of the Big 12 North title by winning in Lincoln for the first time since 1968. Kansas State also handed the Cornhuskers their worst defeat at Memorial Stadium since 1958.[4]

Missouri

Missouri at #19 Kansas State
1 234Total
Tigers 0 707 14
Wildcats 7 1430 24


Darren Sproles ran for a school-record 273 yards in the win over Missouri. Sproles also broke the single-season rushing record for the second consecutive year.[5]

vs. Oklahoma (Big 12 Championship Game)

#13 Kansas State Wildcats vs. #1 Oklahoma Sooners
1 234Total
Wildcats 0 2177 35
Sooners 7 000 7

Kansas State manhandled the #1 Sooners at Arrowhead Stadium to win their first conference title since 1934.[6]

vs. Ohio State (Fiesta Bowl)

#7 Ohio State vs. #8 Kansas State
1 234Total
Buckeyes 14 7140 35
Wildcats 0 7714 28
  • Source:


Statistics

Scores by quarter

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

Team

KSUOpp
Scoring549244
  Points per Game36.616.3
First Downs319232
  Rushing17698
  Passing127121
  Penalty1613
Total Offense6,6154,246
  Avg per Play6.24.3
  Avg per Game441.0283.1
Fumbles-Lost22-1313-9
Penalties-Yards98-726104-846
  Avg per Game48.456.4
KSUOpp
Punts-Yards71-2,859112-4,113
  Avg per Punt40.336.7
Time of Possession/Game30:2429:36
3rd Down Conversions82/20563/229
4th Down Conversions10/208/20
Touchdowns Scored7331
Field Goals-Attempts12-178-18
PAT-Attempts67-6828-29
Attendance376,878247,868
  Games/Avg per Game8/47,1104/61,967

Rushing

NameGPAttGainLossNetAvgTDLongAvg/G
Darren Sproles153062,067811,9866.51673132.4
Ell Roberson1322711351609754.3153375.0
Total156883,8173883,4295.04273228.6
Opponents155492,1134861,6273.0645108.5

Passing

NameGP-GSEfficAtt-Cmp-IntYdsTDLngAvg/GPct.
Ell Roberson13143.19294-152-122,5452463195.851.7
Jeff Schwin6119.9968-37-356314193.854.4
Total15137.50371-194-173,1862563212.452.3
Opponents15104.41447-224-202,6191965174.650.1

Receiving

NameGPNo.YdsAvgTDLongAvg/G
James Terry15641,23219.2136382.1
Antoine Polite132940914.113631.5
Total151943,18616.42563212.4
Opponents152242,61911.71965174.6

Awards and honors

2004 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Nick LeckeyCenter6167Arizona Cardinals
Rashad WashingtonStrong safety7236New York Jets

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References

  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. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  3. "Kansas State 45, Iowa State 0". ESPN. November 8, 2003. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  4. "Kansas St. clinches share of Big 12 North title". ESPN. November 15, 2003. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  5. "Sproles rushes for 273 yards, 2 TDs". ESPN. November 23, 2003. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  6. "Roberson, Sproles deliever 1-2 punch". ESPN. December 6, 2003. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  7. "2004 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com.
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