2003 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

The 2003 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Jackie Sherrill, who retired at the end of the season. The Bulldogs played their home games in 2003 at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.

2003 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
2003 record2–10 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMorris Watts (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorRon Cooper (1st season)
Home stadiumDavis Wade Stadium (55,082)
2003 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Eastern Division
No. 7 Georgia xy  6 2     11 3  
No. 15 Tennessee x  6 2     10 3  
No. 24 Florida x  6 2     8 5  
South Carolina  2 6     5 7  
Vanderbilt  1 7     2 10  
Kentucky  1 7     4 8  
Western Division
No. 2 LSU xy$#  7 1     13 1  
No. 13 Ole Miss x  7 1     10 3  
Auburn  5 3     8 5  
Arkansas  4 4     9 4  
Alabama  2 6     4 9  
Mississippi State  1 7     2 10  
Championship: LSU 34, Georgia 13
    1. BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 318:00 pmOregon*ESPN2L 34–4252,856
September 137:00 pmat Tulane*L 28–3133,723
September 207:00 pmat Houston*L 35–4226,233
September 278:00 pmNo. 7 LSU
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS (rivalry)
ESPN2L 6–4145,835
October 41:30 pmVanderbilt
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
W 30–2140,156
October 111:30 pmMemphis*
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
W 35–2745,329
October 181:30 pmat No. 19 AuburnPPVL 13–4586,063
October 2511:30 amat KentuckyJPSL 17–4257,141
November 811:30 amAlabama
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS (rivalry)
JPSL 0–3848,242
November 1511:30 amat No. 9 TennesseeJPSL 21–59104,223
November 221:00 pmat ArkansasL 6–5262,547
November 276:45 pmNo. 17 Ole Miss
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)
ESPNL 0–3153,582
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released week prior to game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

  1. "2003 Football News". Mississippi State Athletics. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
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