2003 Kansas State Wildcats football team

NCAATeamFootballSeason
Year=2003
Team=Kansas State Wildcats


Conference=Big 12 Conference
Division=North
ShortConference=Big 12
CoachRank=
APRank=
BCSRank=
Record=11-4
ConfRecord= 6-2
HeadCoach=Bill Snyder
OffCoach= Del Miller, Greg Peterson
DefCoach=
StadiumArena=KSU Stadium
Champion= Big 12 Champions
BowlTourney= Fiesta Bowl
BowlTourneyResult= Lost, 35-28The 2003 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the college football season of 2003-2004. The team's head football 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 and 4, and a Big 12 Conference record of 6 and 2. They shocked the College Football world with 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 the right to play in one of the premiere Bowl Championship Series bowl games, the 2004 Fiesta Bowl where they were defeated by the Ohio State Buckeyes, 35-28.

2003 Results

-!colspan=8| Regular seasonCFB Schedule Entry
w/l = w
date = 8/23/2003
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
time = 6:45 p.m.
rank = 7
away =
neutral = yes
opprank =
opponent = California
site_stadium = Arrowhead Stadium
site_cityst = Kansas City, MO
gamename = BCA Classic
tv = ESPN
score = 42-28
overtime =
attend = 50,823CFB Schedule Entry
w/l = w
date = 8/30/2003
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
time = 6:10 p.m.
rank = 7
away =
neutral =
opprank =
opponent = Troy State
site_stadium = KSU Stadium
site_cityst = Manhattan, KS
gamename =
tv = None
score = 41-5
attend = 41,812CFB Schedule Entry
w/l = w
date = 9/6/2003
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
time = 6:10 p.m.
rank = 7
away =
neutral =
opprank =
opponent = McNeese State
site_stadium = KSU Stadium
site_cityst = Manhattan, KS
gamename =
tv = None
score = 55-14
attend = 44,544CFB Schedule Entry
w/l = w
date = 9/13/2003
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
time = 1:10 p.m.
rank = 7
away =
neutral =
opprank =
opponent = Massachusetts
site_stadium = KSU Stadium
site_cityst = Manhattan, KS
gamename =
tv = None
score = 38-7
attend = 46,102CFB Schedule Entry
w/l = l
date = 9/20/2003
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
time = 11:40 a.m.
rank = 6
away =
neutral =
opprank =
opponent = Marshall
site_stadium = KSU Stadium
site_cityst = Manhattan, KS
gamename =
tv = Fox
score = 27-20
attend = 46,700

CFB Schedule Entry
w/l = l
date = 10/4/2003
nonconf =
homecoming =
time = 2:30 p.m.
rank = 16
away = yes
neutral =
opprank = 13
opponent = Texas
site_stadium = Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
site_cityst = Austin, TX
gamename =
tv = ABC
score = 24-20
attend = 83,643CFB Schedule Entry
w/l = l
date = 10/11/2003
nonconf =
homecoming =
time =11:30 a.m.
rank = 22
away = yes
neutral =
opprank =
opponent = Oklahoma State
site_stadium = Boone Pickens Stadium
site_cityst = Stillwater, OK
gamename =
tv = Fox
score = 38-34
attend = 46,087CFB Schedule Entry
w/l = w
date = 10/18/2003
nonconf =
homecoming =
time = 1:10 p.m.
rank =
away =
neutral =
opprank =
opponent = Colorado
site_stadium = KSU Stadium
site_cityst = Manhattan, KS
gamename =
tv = None
score = 49-20
attend = 51,536CFB Schedule Entry
w/l = w
date = 10/25/2003
nonconf =
homecoming =
time = 1:10 p.m.
rank =
away =
neutral =
opprank =
opponent = Kansas
site_stadium = KSU Stadium
site_cityst = Manhattan, KS
gamename = Governor's Cup
tv = None
score = 42-6
attend = 51,614CFB Schedule Entry
w/l = w
date = 11/1/2003
nonconf =
homecoming = yes
time = 1:10 p.m.
rank =
away =
neutral =
opprank =
opponent = Baylor
site_stadium = KSU Stadium
site_cityst = Manhattan, KS
gamename =
tv = None
score = 38-10
attend = 44,885CFB Schedule Entry
w/l = w
date = 11/8/2003
nonconf =
homecoming =
time = 1:00 p.m.
rank =
away = yes
neutral =
opprank =
opponent = Iowa State
site_stadium = Jack Trice Stadium
site_cityst = Ames, IA
gamename =
tv = None
score = 45-0
attend = 40,124CFB Schedule Entry
w/l = w
date = 11/15/2003
nonconf =
homecoming =
time = 2:30 p.m.
rank =
away = yes
neutral =
opprank = 18
opponent = Nebraska
site_stadium = Memorial Stadium, Lincoln
site_cityst = Lincoln, NE
gamename =
tv = ABC
score = 38-9
attend = 78,014CFB Schedule Entry
w/l = w
date = 11/22/2003
nonconf =
homecoming =
time = 6:10 p.m.
rank = 19
away =
neutral =
opprank =
opponent = Missouri
site_stadium = KSU Stadium
site_cityst = Manhattan, KS
gamename =
tv = TBS
score = 24-14
attend = 49,685CFB Schedule Entry
w/l = w
date = 12/6/2003
nonconf =
homecoming =
time = 7:10 p.m.
rank = 13
away =
neutral = yes
opprank = 1
opponent = Oklahoma
site_stadium = Arrowhead Stadium
site_cityst = Kansas City, MO
gamename = Big 12 Championship
tv = ABC
score = 35-7
attend = 79,451CFB Schedule Entry
w/l = l
date = 1/2/2004
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
time = 7:15 p.m.
rank = 8
away =
neutral = yes
opprank = 7
opponent = Ohio State
site_stadium = Sun Devil Stadium
site_cityst = Tempe, AZ
gamename = Fiesta Bowl
tv = ABC
score = 35-28
attend = 73,425

[ [http://www.kstatesports.com/SportSelect.dbmlSPSID=3061&SPID=212&DB_OEM_ID=400&KEY=&Q_SEASON=2003 Schedule] ]

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cores by quarter

See also

*2003 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
*2003 NCAA Division I-A football season
*Kansas State Wildcats football

References

External links

;Official sites
* [http://www.k-state.edu/ Kansas State University homepage]
* [http://www.k-statesports.com/ Official KSU athletics site]