2003 Kansas Jayhawks football team

2003 Big 12 Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 14 Kansas State x$	6	–	2	11	–	4
No. 19 Nebraska	5	–	3	10	–	3
Missouri	4	–	4	8	–	5
Kansas	3	–	5	6	–	7
Colorado	3	–	5	5	–	7
Iowa State	0	–	8	2	–	10
South Division
No. 3 Oklahoma x%	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 12 Texas	7	–	1	10	–	3
Oklahoma State	5	–	3	9	–	4
Texas Tech	4	–	4	8	–	5
Texas A&M	2	–	6	4	–	8
Baylor	1	–	7	3	–	9
Championship: Kansas State 35, Oklahoma 7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Mark Mangino and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 p.m.	Northwestern*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		L 20–28	27,775
September 6	6:00 p.m.	UNLV*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		W 46–24	33,980
September 13	3:00 p.m.	at Wyoming*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, Wyoming		W 42–35	18,329
September 20	6:00 p.m.	Jacksonville State*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		W 41–6	34,712
September 27	11:30 a.m.	Missouri	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas (Border War)	FSN	W 35–14	50,071
October 11	2:30 p.m.	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		L 47–50 ^OT	50,477
October 18	1:00 p.m.	Baylor	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		W 28–21	40,088
October 25	1:10 p.m.	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas (Sunflower Showdown)		L 6–42	51,614
November 1	12:30 p.m.	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, Texas		L 33–45	68,487
November 8	2:30 p.m.	No. 19 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas (rivalry)	FSN	L 3–24	50,107
November 15	1:00 p.m.	at Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, Oklahoma		L 21–44	40,850
November 22	1:00 p.m.	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		W 36–7	34,518
December 22	4:30 p.m.	vs. NC State*	Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida (Tangerine Bowl)	ESPN	L 26–56	26,482
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2003 Kansas Jayhawks football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`4`	Bill Whittemore	Sr
QB	`14`	Brian Luke	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`45`	Kevin Kane	So
DE	`92`	David McMillan	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Roster
Last update: 2003-12-12

↑ "2003 Schedule". University of Kansas Department of Athletics. February 24, 2004. Archived from the original on February 28, 2004. Retrieved October 5, 2012.

Kansas Jayhawks football
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