American college football season
2003 Colorado Buffaloes football Conference Big 12 Division North Division 2003 record 5–7 (3–5 Big 12) Head coach Offensive coordinator Shawn Watson Offensive scheme Multiple Defensive coordinator Vince Okruch Base defense 4-2-5 Multiple MVP D.J. Hackett Captains
Home stadium Folsom Field Seasons
The 2003 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado . They participated in the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Gary Barnett . Colorado missed a bowl berth for just the fourth time since 1984.
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 5:45 pm vs. No. 23 Colorado State * ESPN W 42–3576,219 September 6 1:30 pm UCLA * No. 24 ABC W 16–1448,584 September 13 1:30 pm Washington State * No. 17 Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado PPV L 26–4748,146 September 20 1:30 pm at No. 10 Florida State * ABC L 7–4783,294 October 4 10:30 am at Baylor FSN L 30–4223,147 October 11 1:30 pm Kansas Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado W 50–47 OT 50,477 October 18 1:10 pm at Kansas State L 20–4951,536 October 25 5:00 pm No. 1 Oklahoma Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado TBS L 20–3454,215 November 1 5:00 pm at Texas Tech FSN L 21–2652,908 November 8 12:30 pm No. 22 Missouri Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado W 21–1647,722 November 15 1:00 pm at Iowa State W 44–1036,977 November 28 10:00 am No. 25 Nebraska Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado (rivalry ) ABC L 22–3153,434 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time
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Game summaries [ ] Colorado State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Colorado
0
28 7 7
42
Colorado State
7
7 7 14
35
Scoring summary Q1 CSU Van Pelt 10 yard run (Babcock kick) CSU 7–0 Q2 COL Purify 6 yard run (Crosby kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 CSU Pittman 32 yard pass from Van Pelt (Babcock kick) CSU 14–7 Q2 COL McCoy 82 yard pass from Klatt (Crosby kick) Tie 14–14 Q2 COL Hackett 10 yard pass from Klatt (Crosby kick) COL 21–14 Q2 COL Donahoe 45 yard pass from Klatt (Crosby kick) COL 28–14 Q3 CSU Pittman 38 yard pass from Van Pelt (Babcock kick) COL 28–21 Q3 COL McCoy 78 yard pass from Klatt (Crosby kick) COL 35–21 Q4 CSU Anderson 33 yard pass from Van Pelt (Babcock kick) COL 35–28 Q4 CSU Van Pelt 30 yard run (Babcock kick) Tie 35–35 Q4 :40 COL Purify 9 yard run (Crosby kick) COL 42–35
Joel Klatt 21/34, 402 Yds (first start at QB)[2]
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