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.
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 2003 record | 8–5 (5–3 Big Ten) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Dave Baldwin (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Chris Smeland (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Spartan Stadium (c. 72,027 natural grass) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Spartans were coming off a 4–8 season and had just let go of head coach Bobby Williams.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 30 | 3:40 p.m. | Western Michigan* | ESPN+ | W 26–21 | 72,923 | ||
| September 6 | 3:40 p.m. | Rutgers* |
| ESPN+ | W 44–28 | 72,579 | |
| September 13 | 12:10 p.m. | Louisiana Tech* |
| ESPN+ | L 19–20 | 72,387 | |
| September 20 | 2:30 p.m. | at Notre Dame* | NBC | W 22–16 | 80,795 | ||
| September 27 | 12:10 p.m. | No. 13 Iowa |
| ESPN+ | W 20–10 | 72,276 | |
| October 4 | 12:10 p.m. | Indiana | No. 25 |
| ESPN+ | W 31–3 | 72,398 |
| October 11 | 12:00 p.m. | at Illinois | No. 21 | ESPN2 | W 49–14 | 47,509 | |
| October 18 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 25 Minnesota | No. 15 | ESPN2 | W 44–38 | 38,778 | |
| November 1 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 11 Michigan | No. 9 |
| ABC | L 20–27 | 75,129 |
| November 8 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Ohio State | No. 14 | ABC | L 23–33 | 105,194 | |
| November 15 | 12:00 p.m. | at Wisconsin | No. 21 | ESPN2 | L 21–56 | 79,256 | |
| November 22 | 12:00 p.m. | Penn State |
| ESPN | W 41–10 | 72,119 | |
| December 29 | 9:05 p.m. | vs. No. 22 Nebraska | ESPN | L 3–17 | 56,226 | ||
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Coaching Staff
- John L. Smith – Head Coach
- Jim McElwain – Assistant Head Coach/Wide receivers coach/Special Teams coordinator
- Dave Baldwin – Offensive Coordinator/Tight end coach
- Doug Nussmeier – Quarterbacks coach
- Reggie Mitchell – Running backs coach/Recruiting Coordinator
- Jeff Stoutland – Offensive line coach
- Chris Smeland – Defensive Coordinator/Safeties coach
- Steve Stripling – Defensive line coach
- Mike Cox – Linebackers coach
- Paul Haynes – Defensive backs coach
- Robert Saleh – Graduate Assistant
2004 NFL Draft
The following players were selected in the 2004 NFL Draft.
| Player | Round | Pick | Position | NFL Team |
| Matthias Askew | 4 | 114 | Defensive Tackle | Cincinnati Bengals |
| Jeff Smoker | 6 | 201 | Quarterback | St. Louis Rams |
References
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