2003 San Jose State Spartans football team

2003 San Jose State Spartans football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2003 record	3–8 (2–6 WAC)
Head coach	Fitz Hill (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Charlie Roche (1st as OC, 3rd overall season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Barry Lunney Jr. (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Chris Wilkerson (1st as DC, 2nd overall season)
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium (Capacity: 30,456)
Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

2003 Western Athletic Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 16 Boise State $		8	–	0					13	–	1
Fresno State		6	–	2					9	–	5
Tulsa		5	–	2					8	–	5
Hawaii		5	–	3					9	–	5
Rice		5	–	3					5	–	7
Nevada		4	–	4					6	–	6
Louisiana Tech		3	–	5					5	–	7
San Jose State		2	–	6					3	–	8
UTEP		1	–	6					2	–	10
SMU		0	–	8					0	–	12
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They participated as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They were coached by head coach Fitz Hill.

Personnel[]

Coaching staff[]

Name	Position	Seasons at San Jose State
Fitz Hill	Head coach	3rd
Earl Buckingham	Assistant head coach / defensive line	3rd
Charlie Roche	Offensive coordinator / offensive line	3rd
Chris Wilkerson	Defensive coordinator / safeties	2nd
Keith Allen	Special teams coordinator / defensive ends	2nd
Barry Lunney Jr.	Quarterbacks coach	1st
Charles Nash	Running backs coach	3rd
Keith Williams	Wide receivers coach	3rd
Kenwick Thompson	Linebackers coach / recruiting coordinator	3rd
Edmund Jones	Cornerbacks coach	1st
Kyle O'Quinn	Assistant director of athletics – Football operations	3rd

Roster[]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 23	3:00 pm	Grambling State*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (Literacy Classic)	ESPN2	W 29–0	31,681[1]
August 30	3:00 pm	at Florida*	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	PPV	L 3–65	90,011[2]
September 6	7:00 pm	at Stanford*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)		L 10–31	34,345[3]
September 18	7:00 pm	Nevada	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	FSNBA	L 20–42	10,173[4]
October 4	5:00 pm	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		L 24–28	15,153[5]
October 11	7:00 pm	SMU	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	KICU	W 31–14	12,403[6]
October 25	12:05 pm	at Boise State	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID		L 14–77	26,062[7]
November 1	12:00 pm	Hawaii	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	FSNBA, KFVE	L 10–13	13,523[8]
November 8	2:05 pm	at UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX	KICU	W 69–41	18,095[9]
November 15	4:00 pm	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA (rivalry)		L 7–41	39,453[10]
November 22	12:00 pm	Tulsa	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA		L 32–34	7,618[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries[]

Grambling State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	0	0	0
Spartans	7	3	3	16	29

at Florida[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	3	0	0	0	3
Gators	3	27	14	21	65

at Stanford[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	10	0	0	0	10
Cardinal	0	21	3	7	31

Nevada[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolf Pack	13	13	9	7	42
Spartans	0	10	14	6	30

at Rice[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	14	3	0	7	24
Owls	7	7	0	14	28

SMU[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	0	0	14	0	14
Spartans	7	17	0	7	31

at Boise State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	7	7	0	14
Broncos	17	30	23	7	77

Hawaii[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warriors	0	6	7	0	13
Spartans	10	0	0	0	10

at UTEP[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	13	35	7	14	69
Miners	10	10	0	21	41

at Fresno State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	0	0	7	7
Bulldogs	3	21	7	10	41

Tulsa[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Hurricane	7	7	7	13	34
Spartans	6	20	0	6	32

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