2003 Kansas Jayhawks football team

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.

2003 Kansas Jayhawks football
Tangerine Bowl, L 26–56 vs. NC State
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North
Record	6–7 (3–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Mark Mangino (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Nick Quartaro (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Young (2nd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 50,071)
Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

2003 Big 12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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

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

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Roster

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	Head coach Mark Mangino Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2003-12-12

Game summaries

Tangerine Bowl

Main article: 2003 Tangerine Bowl

See also: 2003 NC State Wolfpack football team