2003 Michigan State Spartans football team

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.

2003 Michigan State Spartans football
Alamo Bowl, L 317 vs. Nebraska
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2003 record8–5 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Baldwin (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorChris Smeland (1st season)
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium (c. 72,027 natural grass)
2003 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 6 Michigan $  7 1   10 3  
No. 4 Ohio State %  6 2   11 2  
No. 18 Purdue  6 2   9 4  
No. 8 Iowa  5 3   10 3  
No. 20 Minnesota  5 3   10 3  
Michigan State  5 3   8 5  
Wisconsin  4 4   7 6  
Northwestern  4 4   6 7  
Penn State  1 7   3 9  
Indiana  1 7   2 10  
Illinois  0 8   1 11  
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The Spartans were coming off a 48 season and had just let go of head coach Bobby Williams.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 303:40 p.m.Western Michigan*ESPN+W 26–2172,923
September 63:40 p.m.Rutgers*
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPN+W 44–2872,579
September 1312:10 p.m.Louisiana Tech*
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPN+L 19–2072,387
September 202:30 p.m.at Notre Dame*NBCW 22–1680,795
September 2712:10 p.m.No. 13 Iowa
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPN+W 20–1072,276
October 412:10 p.m.IndianaNo. 25
ESPN+W 31–372,398
October 1112:00 p.m.at IllinoisNo. 21ESPN2W 49–1447,509
October 1812:00 p.m.at No. 25 MinnesotaNo. 15ESPN2W 44–3838,778
November 112:00 p.m.No. 11 MichiganNo. 9
ABCL 20–2775,129
November 812:00 p.m.at No. 7 Ohio StateNo. 14ABCL 23–33105,194
November 1512:00 p.m.at WisconsinNo. 21ESPN2L 21–5679,256
November 2212:00 p.m.Penn State
ESPNW 41–1072,119
December 299:05 p.m.vs. No. 22 NebraskaESPNL 3–1756,226
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2003 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 19 Irving Campbell Fr
OT 75 Pete Clifford Fr
RB 21 DeAndra' Cobb Jr
C 69 Kyle Cook  Fr
C 51 Chris Morris So
QB 11 Stephen Reaves Fr
QB 5 Drew Stanton  Fr
QB 9 Jeff Smoker Sr
WR 6 Matt Trannon So
G 76 Will Whitticker Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 95 Matthias Askew Jr
CB 22 Darren Barnett So
LB 30 Jehuu Caulcrick Fr
DE 59 Clifford Dukes Jr
LB 41 David Herron  Fr
LB 42 Mike Labinjo Sr
DT 99 Brandon McKinney Jr
LB 48 Seth Mitchell So
DE 88 Luc Mullinder Sr
DE 52 Clifton Ryan  Fr
DB 36 Eric Smith  So
LB 44 Ronald Stanley Jr
DT 91 Kevin Vickerson Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 8 Brandon Fields  Fr
K 16 Dave Rayner Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Coaching staff

2004 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 2004 NFL Draft.

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Team
Matthias Askew4114Defensive TackleCincinnati Bengals
Jeff Smoker6201QuarterbackSt. Louis Rams

References

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