American college football season
2003 Michigan State Spartans football Conference Big Ten Conference 2003 record 8–5 (5–3 Big Ten) Head coach John L. Smith (1st season)Offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin (1st season)Defensive coordinator Chris Smeland (1st season) Home stadium Spartan Stadium (c. 72,027 natural grass)Seasons
The 2003 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Spartans play their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan . This was the first year for head coach John L. Smith , who would win Big Ten coach of the year in his debut, but would later be fired after the 2006 season.
The Spartans were coming off a 4–8 season and had just let go of head coach Bobby Williams .
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 3:40 p.m. Western Michigan * Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI ESPN+ W 26–2172,923
September 6 3:40 p.m. Rutgers * Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI ESPN+ W 44–2872,579
September 13 12:10 p.m. Louisiana Tech * Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI ESPN+ L 19–2072,387
September 20 2:30 p.m. at Notre Dame * Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Megaphone Trophy )NBC W 22–1680,795
September 27 12:10 p.m. No. 13 Iowa Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI ESPN+ W 20–1072,276
October 4 12:10 p.m. Indiana No. 25 Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon ) ESPN+ W 31–372,398
October 11 12:00 p.m. at Illinois No. 21 ESPN2 W 49–1447,509
October 18 12:00 p.m. at No. 25 Minnesota No. 15 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN ESPN2 W 44–3838,778
November 1 12:00 p.m. No. 11 Michigan No. 9 ABC L 20–2775,129
November 8 12:00 p.m. at No. 7 Ohio State No. 14 ABC L 23–33105,194
November 15 12:00 p.m. at Wisconsin No. 21 Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI ESPN2 L 21–5679,256
November 22 12:00 p.m. Penn State Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy ) ESPN W 41–1072,119
December 29 9:05 p.m. vs. No. 22 Nebraska ESPN L 3–1756,226
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Roster [ ]
Coaching staff [ ]
2004 NFL Draft [ ]
The following players were selected in the 2004 NFL Draft .
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