American college football season
The 2003 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska . After the Colorado game, Solich was fired as head coach. Defensive coordinator Bo Pelini served as interim head coach for the Alamo Bowl.
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 2:30 pm No. 24 Oklahoma State ABC W 17–778,058 September 6 11:30 am Utah State * No. 23 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE FSN W 31–777,284 September 13 7:00 pm Penn State * No. 18 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE ABC W 18–1078,008 September 25 6:45 pm at Southern Miss * No. 15 ESPN W 38–1436,125 October 4 12:30 pm Troy State * No. 12 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 30–077,825 October 11 6:00 pm at Missouri No. 10 TBS L 24–4168,349 October 18 11:30 am Texas A&M No. 18 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE FSN W 48–1277,604 October 25 11:30 am Iowa State No. 14 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE PPV W 28–077,483 November 1 11:00 am at No. 16 Texas No. 12 ABC L 7–3183,308 November 8 2:30 pm at Kansas No. 19 FSN W 24–350,107 November 15 2:30 pm Kansas State No. 18 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) ABC L 9–3878,014 November 28 11:00 am at Colorado No. 25 ABC W 31–2253,434 December 29 8:00 pm vs. Michigan State * No. 22 ESPN W 17–356,229 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
[1]
Roster and coaching staff [ edit ] 2003 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class G 71 Jake Andersen Jr TE Matt Ankerson Fr C 65 Greg Austin Fr WR 38 Brandon Biodrowski Jr WR 19 Andy Birkel Fr OL Aaron Burbach Fr G 59 Brett Byford Fr QB 12 Joe Dailey Fr FB 4 Judd Davies (C) Sr IB 1 Josh Davis Sr G 67 Darren DeLone Jr WR Dan Erickson Fr G 78 Mike Erickson Jr WR 28 Isaiah Fluellen RFr QB 17 Garth Glissman So IB 30 Tierre Green Fr G 72 Tim Green Sr FB 6 DeAntae Grixby Sr C 58 Justin Haney RFr IB 36 Ben Hansen Fr TE 11 Matt Herian So TE Sean Hill Fr IB 9 David Horne So OT 51 Richie Incognito So WR 31 Joel Jackson Jr TE Patrick Johnson Fr TE 47 Dusty Keiser Jr WR 49 Tyler Kenney RFr TE 46 John Knopp So G 75 Brandon Koch So FB 45 Steve Kriewald Jr WR Chris LeFlore Fr WR 10 Mark LeFlore So G 66 Jermaine Leslie RFr WR 13 Tim Liley Sr C 63 Jack Limbaugh Sr QB 15 Brett Lindstrom Sr OT 74 Newton Lingenfelter RFr OT 76 Chris Loos Sr QB 5 Jammal Lord (C) Sr C 64 Kurt Mann RFr WR 18 Mike McLaughlin So FB 30 Grant Miller RFr IB 21 Robin Miller Sr QB Zach Miller Fr TE 81 Josh Mueller Fr WR 84 Grant Mulkey RFr G 61 Brian Nelson Sr WR 24 Jack O'Holleran Jr TE 86 Adam O'Rourke RFr WR 8 Ryan Ommert Sr OL Charlie Peacock Fr TE 82 Phil Peetz Sr TE 85 J.B. Phillips Fr OT 56 Gary Pike So WR 2 Ross Pilkington So WR 25 Kade Pittman Fr OT 69 Nick Povendo Jr IB 22 Cory Ross So TE Andy Sand Fr G 54 Carson Schott So WR 14 Matt Schroeder So OT 70 Ryan Schuler Fr TE 83 Chris Septak Jr C 79 Josh Sewell Sr TE 80 Alex Shada Jr FB Scott Siegel Fr OL Jeff Speichinger Fr WR 35 Dusty Stamer Jr WR 17 Seth Starkebaum RFr QB 16 Mike Stuntz Jr G 55 Junior Tagoa'i Sr OT 57 Cory Timm RFr FB 41 Dane Todd RFr OT 68 Dan Vili Waldrop Sr OT 53 Cody Volk Sr OT 73 Sam Wells Jr WR 20 Kiffin Wigert Jr FB 34 Andy Wingender Sr TE 44 Matthew Woodward So WR 3 Ben Zajicek Jr
Defense Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 22 Sandro DeAngelis Jr PK 27 David Dyches Fr PK 32 Dale Endorf Sr P Tyler Kester Fr P 37 Sam Koch So P 19 Kyle Larson Sr PK Eric Lueshen Fr PK Jared Nielsen Fr LS Jake Peetz Fr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) IneligibleRoster
Depth chart [ edit ] Defense
FS Josh Bullocks Jerrell Pippens ⋅
WEAK MIDDLE STRONG Demorrio Williams Barrett Ruud T.J. Hollowell Chad Buller Chad Sievers Ira Cooper ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
SS Daniel Bullocks Shane Siegel ⋅
CB Fabian Washington Terrell Butler ⋅
DE DT DT DE Benard Thomas Ryon Bingham Le Kevin Smith Trevor Johnson Titis Adams Patrick Kabongo Brandon Teamer Adam Carriker ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
CB Pat Ricketts Lornell McPherson ⋅
Offense
WR Mark LeFlore Jack O'Holleran ⋅
LT LG C RG RT Richie Incognito Mike Erickson Josh Sewell Jake Andersen Dan Vil Waldrop Nick Povendo Tim Green Kurt Mann Brandon Koch Darren DeLone ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
TE Matt Herian Phil Peetz Dusty Keiser
WR Ross Pilkington Tim Liley ⋅
QB Jammal Lord Joe Dailey ⋅
RB Cory Ross David Horne ⋅
FB Judd Davies Steve Kriewald ⋅
Game summaries [ edit ] Oklahoma State [ edit ] Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]
Utah State [ edit ] Utah State at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Utah State 7 0 0 0 7 • Nebraska 6 9 13 3 31
Penn State [ edit ] Penn State at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Penn State 0 10 0 0 10 • Nebraska 3 6 6 3 18
Southern Miss [ edit ] Nebraska at Southern Miss [box score]
Troy State [ edit ] Troy State at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Troy State 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 3 7 13 7 30
Missouri [ edit ] Nebraska at Missouri [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 7 3 14 0 24 • Missouri 7 7 0 27 41
Texas A&M [ edit ] Texas A&M at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Texas A&M 3 0 3 6 12 • Nebraska 20 0 14 14 48
Iowa State [ edit ] Iowa State at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 21 7 0 0 28
Nebraska at Texas [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 0 0 7 7 • Texas 7 7 3 14 31
Nebraska at Kansas [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 3 7 7 7 24 Kansas 0 3 0 0 3
Kansas State [ edit ] Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]
Colorado [ edit ] Nebraska at Colorado [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 7 14 0 10 31 Colorado 7 9 6 0 22
Michigan State [ edit ] Michigan State vs Nebraska [box score]
Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final AP RV RV* 23 18 15 15 12 10 19 14 12 19 18 23 25 23 22 19 Coaches Poll RV RV 24 18 15 11 8 7 14 11 9 16 15 23 23 21 21 18 BCS Not released 11 9 18 17 22 23 21 20 Not released
After the season [ edit ] Nebraska finished in 2nd place in the Big 12 North Division and tied for 4th conference-wide, with a final record of 10–3 (5–3). Prior to the season, Head Coach Frank Solich was feeling pressure to perform after a 7–7 (3–5) record the previous year (the first non-winning season since 1961), and had significantly revamped his coaching staff for 2003.
Despite the sweeping changes and the improvements they brought, which helped Nebraska to another 9-win season, Solich was fired at the conclusion of the regular season. Defensive Coordinator Bo Pelini was named Interim Head Coach and led the Huskers to a 17–3 Alamo Bowl win over Michigan State. When new Head Coach Bill Callahan was announced in later weeks, most of the existing assistants (including Pelini) were also fired.
Pelini would later return as Callahan's replacement in 2008.
[2]
Award Name(s) All-America 1st team Josh Bullocks , Kyle Larson All-America honorable mention Richie Incognito , Demorrio Williams All-Big 12 1st team Josh Bullocks, Matt Herian, Richie Incognito, Kyle Larson, Demorrio Williams All-Big 12 2nd team Ryon Bingham , Barrett Ruud All-Big 12 3rd team Fabian Washington All-Big 12 honorable mention Daniel Bullocks , Josh Davis, Mike Erickson, Isaiah Fluellen, T. J. Hollowell , Trevor Johnson , Jammal Lord , Josh Sewell , Dan Vili Waldrop
NFL and pro players [ edit ] The following Nebraska players who participated in the 2003 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.[3]
References [ edit ]
Venues Bowls and rivalries Culture and lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
French
Deutsch
