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The 2003 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University as a member of Pacific-10 Conference during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Bill Doba, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 10–3 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, finished second in the Pac-10 behind champion USC. Washington State was invited to the Holiday Bowl in San Diego, where the Cougars defeated fifth-ranked Texas and moved up to ninth in the final rankings. The team played home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

2003 Washington State Cougars football
Washington State Football Helmet 2000-2010.png
Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 28–20 vs. Texas
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 9
Record10–3 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Levenseller (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorRobb Akey (1st season)
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
(capacity: 35,117)
Seasons
← 2002
2004 →
2003 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 USC $   7 – 1     12 – 1  
No. 9 Washington State   6 – 2     10 – 3  
Oregon   5 – 3     8 – 5  
California   5 – 3     8 – 6  
Oregon State   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Washington   4 – 4     6 – 6  
UCLA   4 – 4     6 – 7  
Arizona State   2 – 6     5 – 7  
Stanford   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Arizona   1 – 7     2 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

ScheduleEdit

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 307:30 pmvs. Idaho*
FSNNWW 25–050,113[1][2]
September 611:30 amat No. 19 Notre Dame*
NBCL 26–29 OT80,795[3]
September 1312:30 pmat No. 17 Colorado*
W 47–2648,116[4]
September 202:00 pmNew Mexico*No. 24
W 23–1332,344
September 2712:30 pmat No. 10 OregonNo. 21
ABCW 55–1657,473[5]
October 42:00 pmArizona No. 14
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
W 30–734,923
October 182:00 pmat StanfordNo. 6
W 24–1448,526
October 253:30 pmOregon StateNo. 6
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
FSNW 36–3035,117
November 14:00 pmat No. 3 USCNo. 6
ABCL 16–4382,478[6]
November 84:00 pmUCLANo. 12
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
ABCW 31–1333,846
November 1512:30 pmArizona StateNo. 8
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
ABCW 34–1930,423
November 224:00 pmat WashingtonNo. 8
FSNL 19–2774,549[7][8]
December 305:00 pmvs. No. 5 Texas*No. 15
ESPNW 28–2061,102[9][10]
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Bauer, Doug (August 31, 2003). "Cougs grind UI down". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1B.
  2. ^ Fox, Tom (September 1, 2003). "Cougar ground control". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. p. 1B.
  3. ^ Fox, Tom (September 8, 2003). "Wasted chances in Doba's return home". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. p. 1B.
  4. ^ "A Boulder landslide". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. staff and wire reports. September 14, 2003. p. 1B.
  5. ^ Clark, Bob (September 28, 2003). "Ducks lay egg at Autzen". Eugene Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon. p. D1.
  6. ^ Fox, Tom (November 3, 2003). "Washington State drubbed by USC". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. p. 1B.
  7. ^ Korte, Tim (November 23, 2003). "Huskies re-establish dominance". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. p. D9.
  8. ^ Fox, Tom (November 24, 2003). "UW wins...again". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Montana. p. 1B.
  9. ^ Grummert, Dale (December 31, 2003). "Cougalicious". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  10. ^ Fox, Tom (December 31, 2003). "Happy Holiday". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
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