American college football season
2003 Kansas State Wildcats football Conference Big 12 Conference Division North 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
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 August 23 6:45 p.m. vs. California * No. 7 Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, MO (BCA Classic )ESPN W 42–2850,823
August 30 6:10 p.m. Troy State * No. 7 W 41–541,812
September 6 6:10 p.m. McNeese State * No. 7 W 55–1444,544
September 13 1:10 p.m. UMass * No. 7 W 38–746,102
September 20 11:40 a.m. Marshall * No. 6 FSN L 20–2746,700
October 4 2:30 p.m. at No. 13 Texas No. 16 ABC L 20–2483,643
October 11 11:30 a.m. at Oklahoma State No. 22 Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK FSN L 34–3846,087
October 18 1:10 p.m. Colorado W 49–2051,536
October 25 1:10 p.m. Kansas W 42–651,614
November 1 1:10 p.m. Baylor W 38–1044,885
November 8 1:00 p.m. at Iowa State W 45–040,124
November 15 2:30 p.m. at No. 18 Nebraska Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry )ABC W 38–978,014
November 22 6:10 p.m. Missouri No. 19 TBS W 24–1449,685
December 6 7:00 p.m. vs. No. 1 Oklahoma No. 13 ABC W 35–779,451
January 2 7:15 p.m. vs. No. 7 Ohio State * No. 8 ABC L 28–3573,425
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings 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
OT
79
Jon Doty
Jr
TE
88
Thomas Hill
Sr
TE
86
Brian Casey
Jr
OL
53
Nick Leckey
Sr
OL
64
Ryan Lilja
Sr
QB
3
Ell Roberson
Sr
FB
44
Travis Wilson
Sr
RB
36
Ayo Saba
So
QB
14
Jeff Schwinn
Sr
RB
43
Darren Sproles
Jr
WR
5
James Terry
Sr
WR
2
Antoine Polite
Jr
WR
15
Davin Dennis
So
Defense
Special teams
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 movementsLegend: ██ 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
2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears
7
7 0 14
28
• Wildcats
10
17 8 7
42
Date: August 23Location: Arrowhead Stadium , Kansas City, Missouri Game start: 6:45 p.m. CDT Game attendance: 50,823Television network: ESPN
show Scoring summary1 12:45 KSU Darren Sproles 5-yard run (Joe Rheem kick)KSU 7–0
1 10:39 Cal Vincent Strang 34-yard pass from Reggie Robertson (Tyler Fredrickson kick) Tied 7–7
1 6:29 KSU Joe Rheem 22-yard field goal KSU 10–7
2 7:37 KSU Travis Wilson 5-yard pass from Ell Roberson (Rheem kick) KSU 17–7
2 4:25 KSU Joe Rheem 37-yard field goal KSU 20–7
2 3:54 KSU James Terry 52-yard pass from Ell Roberson (Rheem kick) KSU 27–7
2 1:58 Cal Geoff McArthur 65-yard pass from Reggie Robertson (Fredrickson kick) KSU 27–14
3 8:46 KSU Ell Roberson 11-yard run (Roberson run) KSU 35–14
4 12:34 Cal J. J. Arrington 22-yard pass from Aaron Rodgers (Fredrickson kick)KSU 35–21
4 10:14 KSU Davin Dennis 28-yard pass from Ell Roberson (Rheem kick) KSU 42–21
4 4:27 Cal J. J. Arrington 7-yard pass from Reggie Robertson (Fredrickson kick) KSU 42–28
Troy State [ ]
Troy State at #7 Kansas State
1
2 3 4 Total
Trojans
5
0 0 0
5
• Wildcats
7
27 0 7
41
Date: August 30Location: KSU Stadium , Manhattan, KS Game start: 6:10 p.m. CDT Game attendance: 41,812
See also: Troy State Trojans football
McNeese State [ ]
McNeese State at #7 Kansas State
1
2 3 4 Total
Cowboys
0
7 7 0
14
• Wildcats
24
7 7 17
55
Date: September 6Location: KSU Stadium , Manhattan, KS Game start: 6:10 p.m. CDT Game attendance: 44,544
UMass [ ]
UMass at #7 Kansas State
1
2 3 4 Total
Minutemen
7
0 0 0
7
• Wildcats
3
21 7 7
38
Date: September 13Location: KSU Stadium , Manhattan, KS Game start: 1:10 p.m. CDT Game attendance: 46,102
Marshall [ ]
Marshall at #6 Kansas State
1
2 3 4 Total
• Thundering Herd
7
9 0 11
27
Wildcats
7
3 3 7
20
Date: September 20Location: KSU Stadium , Manhattan, KS Game start: 11:40 a.m. CDT Game attendance: 46,700Television network: FSN
at Texas [ ]
#16 Kansas State at #13 Texas
1
2 3 4 Total
Wildcats
0
3 9 8
20
• Longhorns
7
10 0 7
24
show Scoring summary1 4:10 Texas Tony Jeffery blocked punt return (Dusty Mangum kick) Texas 7–0
2 13:30 Texas Dusty Mangum 22-yard field goal Texas 10–0
2 3:45 KSU Joe Rheem 41-yard field goal Texas 10–3
2 1:00 Texas Sloan Thomas 51-yard pass from Chance Mock (Mangum kick) Texas 17–3
3 12:24 KSU Ell Roberson 27-yard run (Rheem kick) Texas 17–10
3 10:04 KSU Safety Texas 17–12
4 14:00 KSU Ell Roberson 1-yard run (Roberson run) KSU 20–17
4 5:45 Texas Vince Young 1-yard run (Mangum kick) Texas 24–20
at Oklahoma State [ ]
#22 Kansas State at Oklahoma State
1
2 3 4 Total
Wildcats
7
7 7 13
34
• Cowboys
7
14 14 3
38
Date: October 11Location: Boone Pickens Stadium , Stillwater, OK Game start: 11:30 p.m. CDT Game attendance: 46,087
Colorado [ ]
Colorado at Kansas State
1
2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes
7
6 0 7
20
• Wildcats
9
6 14 20
49
Date: October 18Location: KSU Stadium , Manhattan, KS Game start: 1:10 p.m. CDT Game attendance: 51,536
Kansas [ ]
Kansas at Kansas State
1
2 3 4 Total
Jayhawks
3
0 3 0
6
• Wildcats
7
21 14 0
42
Date: October 25Location: KSU Stadium , Manhattan, KS Game start: 1:10 p.m. CDT Game attendance: 51,614
Baylor [ ]
Baylor at Kansas State
1
2 3 4 Total
Bears
3
7 0 0
10
• Wildcats
0
14 10 14
38
Date: November 1Location: KSU Stadium , Manhattan, KS Game start: 1:10 p.m. CDT Game attendance: 44,885
at Iowa State [ ]
Kansas State at Iowa State
1
2 3 4 Total
• Wildcats
7
7 24 7
45
Cyclones
0
0 0 0
0
show Scoring summary1 5:35 KSU Darren Sproles 23-yard run (Joe Rheem kick) KSU 7–0
2 14:55 KSU Thomas Hill 9-yard pass from Ell Roberson (Rheem kick) KSU 14–0
3 14:49 KSU Darren Sproles 70-yard run (Rheem kick) KSU 21–0
3 10:25 KSU James Terry 20-yard pass from Ell Roberson (Rheem kick) KSU 28–0
3 9:18 KSU Darren Sproles 32-yard run (Rheem kick) KSU 35–0
3 0:31 KSU Joe Rheem 38-yard field goal KSU 38–0
4 3:41 KSU Dylan Meier 30-yard run (Rheem kick) KSU 45–0
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at Nebraska [ ]
Kansas State at #18 Nebraska
1
2 3 4 Total
• Wildcats
7
0 10 21
38
Cornhuskers
0
7 0 2
9
Date: November 15Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 2:36 p.m. CST Game attendance: 78,014TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)
show Scoring summary1 1:42 KSU Darren Sproles 22-yard run (Joe Rheem kick) KSU 7–0
2 7:45 NEB Mark LeFlore 5-yard pass from Jammal Lord (David Dyches kick) Tied 7–7
3 9:30 KSU Ell Roberson 11-yard run (Rheem kick) KSU 14–7
3 1:05 KSU Rheem 27-yard field goal KSU 17–7
4 14:55 KSU James Terry 63-yard pass from Ell Roberson (Rheem kick) KSU 24–7
4 10:00 KSU James Terry 37-yard pass from Ell Roberson (Rheem kick) KSU 31–7
4 3:45 NEB Safety KSU 31–9
4 1:38 KSU Ayo Saba 6-yard run (Rheem kick) KSU 38–9
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
2 3 4 Total
Tigers
0
7 0 7
14
• Wildcats
7
14 3 0
24
Date: November 23Location: KSU Stadium , Manhattan, KS Game start: 6:00 p.m. CDT Game attendance: 49,685Television network: TBS
show Scoring summary1 10:09 KSU Darren Sproles 5-yard run (Joe Rheem kick) KSU 7-0
2 14:49 KSU Darren Sproles 7-yard run (Joe Rheem kick) KSU 14-0
2 6:00 MIZ DeQuincy Howard 2-yard pass from Brad Smith (Matheny kick) KSU 14-7
2 0:39 KSU Ell Robertson 1-yard run (Joe Rheem kick) KSU 21-7
3 0:40 KSU Joe Rheem 40-yard field goal KSU 24-7
4 3:35 MIZ Zack Abron 37-yard run (Matheny kick) KSU 24-14
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
2 3 4 Total
• Wildcats
0
21 7 7
35
Sooners
7
0 0 0
7
Date: December 6Location: Arrowhead Stadium , Kansas City, Missouri Game start: 7:11 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:17Game attendance: 79,451Game weather: Temperature 39°F; Wind: S 5; Weather: ClearReferee: Jon BibleTV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)
show Scoring summary1 12:19 OU Kejuan Jones 42-yard run (Trey DiCarlo kick) OU 7–0
2 13:57 KSU Brian Casey 19-yard pass from Ell Roberson (Joe Rheem kick) Tied 7–7
2 11:34 KSU James Terry 63-yard pass from Ell Roberson (Rheem kick) KSU 14–7
2 3:18 KSU Darren Sproles 60-yard pass from Ell Roberson (Rheem kick) KSU 21–7
3 3:02 KSU Antoine Polite 60-yard pass from Ell Roberson (Rheem kick) KSU 28–7
4 10:24 KSU Ted Sims 27-yard interception return (Rheem kick) KSU 35–7
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
2 3 4 Total
• Buckeyes
14
7 14 0
35
Wildcats
0
7 7 14
28
Date: January 2Location: Sun Devil Stadium , Tempe, AZ Game start: 7:00 p.m. CST Game attendance: 73,425Referee: Ron CherryTV announcers (ABC): Tim Brant , Ed Cunningham , & Sam Ryan
show Scoring summary1 6:41 OSU John Hollins 7-yard blocked punt return (Mike Nugent kick) OSU 7–0
1 2:49 OSU Santonio Holmes 6-yard pass from Craig Krenzel (Mike Nugent kick)OSU 14–0
2 6:49 OSU Mike Jenkins 17-yard pass from Craig Krenzel (Mike Nugent kick)OSU 21–0
2 3:01 KSU Darren Sproles 6-yard run (Joe Rheem kick)OSU 21–7
3 8:59 KSU Ell Roberson 14-yard run (Joe Rheem kick)OSU 21–14
3 4:53 OSU Michael Jenkins 8-yard pass from Craig Krenzel (Mike Nugent kick) OSU 28–14
3 0:37 OSU Santonio Holmes 31-yard pass from Craig Krenzel (Mike Nugent kick) OSU 35–14
4 13:25 KSU Ayo Saba 3-yard run (Joe Rheem kick) OSU 35–21
4 2:47 KSU Ell Roberson 1-yard run (Joe Rheem kick) OSU 35–28
Statistics [ ]
Scores by quarter [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
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
Awards and honors [ ]
2004 NFL Draft [ ]
Main article: 2004 NFL Draft
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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 . Retrieved January 11, 2011 .
^ "Kansas State 45, Iowa State 0" . ESPN . November 8, 2003. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
^ "Kansas St. clinches share of Big 12 North title" . ESPN . November 15, 2003. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
^ "Sproles rushes for 273 yards, 2 TDs" . ESPN . November 23, 2003. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
^ "Roberson, Sproles deliever [sic ] 1-2 punch" . ESPN . December 6, 2003. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
^ "2004 NFL Draft" . pro-football-reference.com .
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