2003 Kansas State Wildcats football team
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The 2003 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University
Kansas State University
Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...

 in the college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 season of 2003-2004.
2003 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with an abundance of controversy, resulting in a split national championship. This was the first split title since the inception of the BCS, something the BCS intended to eliminate....

  The team's
Kansas State Wildcats football
The Kansas State Wildcats football program is the intercollegiate football program of the Kansas State University Wildcats. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference...

 head football coach was Bill Snyder
Bill Snyder
Bill Snyder is the head football coach at Kansas State University. He was rehired to the position on November 24, 2008, making Snyder one of the rare college football head coaches to have non-consecutive tenure at the same school. Snyder previously served as head coach at the school from 1989 to...

. 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
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...

 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
2003 Big 12 Championship Game
The 2003 Big 12 Championship Game was played on December 6, 2003 in Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. The game determined the 2003 football champion of the Big 12 Conference. The Oklahoma Sooners, winners of the South division of the Big 12, were upset by the Kansas State Wildcats, who...

. With their first conference Championship since 1934, they earned the right to play in one of the premiere Bowl Championship Series
Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series is a selection system that creates five bowl match-ups involving ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , including an opportunity for the top two to compete in the BCS National Championship Game.The BCS relies on a combination of...

 bowl games, the 2004 Fiesta Bowl
2004 Fiesta Bowl
The 2004 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, played on January 2, 2004, was the 33rd edition of the Fiesta Bowl. The game pitted #7 Ohio State against #8 Kansas State. It was a match-up between a perennial powerhouse in Ohio State, and a school that was only recently accustomed to winning in Kansas State...

 where they were defeated by the Ohio State Buckeyes
2003 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 2003 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football season of 2003-2004. The team's head coach was Jim Tressel. The Buckeyes played their home games in Ohio Stadium. Ohio State finished the season with a record of 11-2 and placed second in the...

, 35-28. The Wildcats played 15 games, most in school history.

The Wildcats scored 549 points, good for third all-time at Kansas State.

Schedule

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Table references

Scores by quarter


Team

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap;"> 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
class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap;"> 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

Rushing

Name GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
Darren Sproles
Darren Sproles
Darren Lee Sproles is an American football running back of the NFL who plays for the New Orleans Saints. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft...

 
15 306 2,067 81 1,986 6.5 16 73 132.4
Ell Roberson
Ell Roberson
Ell Roberson III is a former quarterback for the Kansas State Wildcats from 1999-2003. During his senior year, he was 6'1" tall and weighed 209 pounds...

 
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
Ell Roberson
Ell Roberson III is a former quarterback for the Kansas State Wildcats from 1999-2003. During his senior year, he was 6'1" tall and weighed 209 pounds...

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

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