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2003 Kansas State Wildcats football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2003
team	Kansas State Wildcats
image	Kstate text logo.svg
image_size	150
conference	Big 12 Conference
division	North
short_conf	Big 12
CoachRank	13
APRank	14
record	11–4
conf_record	6–2
head_coach	Bill Snyder
hc_year	15th
cooff_coach1	Del Miller
cooc1_year	7th
cooff_coach2	Greg Peterson
cooc2_year	1st
off_scheme	Spread
codef_coach1	Bret Bielema
codc1_year	2nd
codef_coach2	Bob Elliott
codc2_year	2nd
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
stadium	KSU Stadium
champion	Big 12 champion
Big 12 North champion
conf_champ	[Big 12 Championship Game](2003-big-12-championship-game)
conf_champ_result	W 35–7 vs. [Oklahoma](2003-oklahoma-sooners-football-team)
bowl	[Fiesta Bowl](2004-fiesta-bowl)
bowl_result	L 28–35 vs. [Ohio State](2003-ohio-state-buckeyes-football-team)

Big 12 North champion

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 wins and 4 losses, and a Big 12 Conference record of 6 wins and 2 losses. They notched a stunning 35–7 victory over the #1 ranked Oklahoma Sooners in the Big 12 Championship Game. With their 1st 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.

Until 2022, this was 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

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Rankings

Game summaries

Vs. California

Troy State

McNeese State

UMass

Marshall

At Texas

At Oklahoma State

Colorado

Kansas

Baylor

At Iowa State

At Nebraska

Missouri

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.

Vs. Oklahoma (Big 12 Championship game)

Main article: 2003 Big 12 Championship Game

Kansas State manhandled the #1 Sooners at Arrowhead Stadium to win their first conference title since 1934.

Vs. Ohio State (Fiesta Bowl)

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20100908045232/http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=240020194 Main article: 2004 Fiesta Bowl

Roster

Del Miller – Co-Offensive Coordinator & quarterbacks
Greg Peterson – Co-Offensive coordinator & wide receivers
Michael Smith – Running backs
Matt Miller – Tight ends
Bob Stanley – Offensive line
Bret Bielema – Co-Defensive coordinator
Bob Elliot – Co-Defensive coordinator & secondary
Mo Latimore – interior Defensive line
Joe Bob Clements – Defensive ends | access-date=

Statistics

Scores by quarter

{{Linescore Amfootball		Road=Kansas State	R1=95	R2=175	R3=130	R4=149	Home=Opponents	H1=74	H2=81	H3=38	H4=51

Team

KSU	Opp
Scoring	549
Points per game	36.6
First downs	319
Rushing	176
Passing	127
Penalty	16
Total offense	6,615
Avg per play	6.2
Avg per game	441.0
Fumbles-Lost	22-13
Penalties-Yards	98-726
Avg per game	48.4

KSU	Opp
Punts-Yards	71-2,859
Avg per punt	40.3
Time of possession/Game	30:24
3rd down conversions	82/205
4th down conversions	10/20
Touchdowns scored	73
Field goals-Attempts	12-17
PAT-Attempts	67-68
Attendance	376,878
Games/Avg per Game	8/47,110

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

References

[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/big12/kansas_state/most_points_season.php Points scored fact] {{webarchive. link. (July 25, 2008)
. ["2003 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results"](https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/kansas-state/2003-schedule.html). *[[Sports Reference]]*.
(November 8, 2003). "Kansas State 45, Iowa State 0".
(November 23, 2003). "Sproles rushes for 273 yards, 2 TDs".
(December 6, 2003). "Roberson, Sproles {{sic".
"2004 NFL Draft".

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