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The 2003 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska . After the Colorado game, Solich was fired as head coach. Defensive coordinator Bo Pelini served as interim head coach for the Alamo Bowl.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 2:30 pm No. 24 Oklahoma State ABC W 17–778,058
September 6 11:30 am Utah State * No. 23 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE FSN W 31–777,284
September 13 7:00 pm Penn State * No. 18 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE ABC W 18–1078,008
6:45 pm at Southern Miss * No. 15 ESPN W 38–1436,125
October 4 12:30 pm Troy State * No. 12 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 30–077,825
October 11 6:00 pm at Missouri No. 10 TBS L 24–4168,349
October 18 11:30 am Texas A&M No. 18 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE FSN W 48–1277,604
October 25 11:30 am Iowa State No. 14 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE PPV W 28–077,483
November 1 11:00 am at No. 16 Texas No. 12 ABC L 7–3183,308
November 8 2:30 pm at Kansas No. 19 FSN W 24–350,107
November 15 2:30 pm Kansas State No. 18 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) ABC L 9–3878,014
11:00 am at Colorado No. 25 ABC W 31–2253,434
8:00 pm vs. Michigan State * No. 22 ESPN W 17–356,229
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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Roster and coaching staff [ edit ]
2003 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
G
71
Jake Andersen
Jr
TE
Matt Ankerson
Fr
C
65
Greg Austin
Fr
WR
38
Brandon Biodrowski
Jr
WR
19
Andy Birkel
Fr
OL
Aaron Burbach
Fr
G
59
Brett Byford
Fr
QB
12
Joe Dailey
Fr
FB
4
Judd Davies (C)
Sr
IB
1
Josh Davis
Sr
G
67
Darren DeLone
Jr
WR
Dan Erickson
Fr
G
78
Mike Erickson
Jr
WR
28
Isaiah Fluellen
RFr
QB
17
Garth Glissman
So
IB
30
Tierre Green
Fr
G
72
Tim Green
Sr
FB
6
DeAntae Grixby
Sr
C
58
Justin Haney
RFr
IB
36
Ben Hansen
Fr
TE
11
Matt Herian
So
TE
Sean Hill
Fr
IB
9
David Horne
So
OT
51
Richie Incognito
So
WR
31
Joel Jackson
Jr
TE
Patrick Johnson
Fr
TE
47
Dusty Keiser
Jr
WR
49
Tyler Kenney
RFr
TE
46
John Knopp
So
G
75
Brandon Koch
So
FB
45
Steve Kriewald
Jr
WR
Chris LeFlore
Fr
WR
10
Mark LeFlore
So
G
66
Jermaine Leslie
RFr
WR
13
Tim Liley
Sr
C
63
Jack Limbaugh
Sr
QB
15
Brett Lindstrom
Sr
OT
74
Newton Lingenfelter
RFr
OT
76
Chris Loos
Sr
QB
5
Jammal Lord (C)
Sr
C
64
Kurt Mann
RFr
WR
18
Mike McLaughlin
So
FB
30
Grant Miller
RFr
IB
21
Robin Miller
Sr
QB
Zach Miller
Fr
TE
81
Josh Mueller
Fr
WR
84
Grant Mulkey
RFr
G
61
Brian Nelson
Sr
WR
24
Jack O'Holleran
Jr
TE
86
Adam O'Rourke
RFr
WR
8
Ryan Ommert
Sr
OL
Charlie Peacock
Fr
TE
82
Phil Peetz
Sr
TE
85
J.B. Phillips
Fr
OT
56
Gary Pike
So
WR
2
Ross Pilkington
So
WR
25
Kade Pittman
Fr
OT
69
Nick Povendo
Jr
IB
22
Cory Ross
So
TE
Andy Sand
Fr
G
54
Carson Schott
So
WR
14
Matt Schroeder
So
OT
70
Ryan Schuler
Fr
TE
83
Chris Septak
Jr
C
79
Josh Sewell
Sr
TE
80
Alex Shada
Jr
FB
Scott Siegel
Fr
OL
Jeff Speichinger
Fr
WR
35
Dusty Stamer
Jr
WR
17
Seth Starkebaum
RFr
QB
16
Mike Stuntz
Jr
G
55
Junior Tagoa'i
Sr
OT
57
Cory Timm
RFr
FB
41
Dane Todd
RFr
OT
68
Dan Vili Waldrop
Sr
OT
53
Cody Volk
Sr
OT
73
Sam Wells
Jr
WR
20
Kiffin Wigert
Jr
FB
34
Andy Wingender
Sr
TE
44
Matthew Woodward
So
WR
3
Ben Zajicek
Jr
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
PK
22
Sandro DeAngelis
Jr
PK
27
David Dyches
Fr
PK
32
Dale Endorf
Sr
P
Tyler Kester
Fr
P
37
Sam Koch
So
P
19
Kyle Larson
Sr
PK
Eric Lueshen
Fr
PK
Jared Nielsen
Fr
LS
Jake Peetz
Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster Last update: January 16, 2011
Defense
FS
Josh Bullocks
Jerrell Pippens
⋅
WEAK
MIDDLE
STRONG
Demorrio Williams
Barrett Ruud
T.J. Hollowell
Chad Buller
Chad Sievers
Ira Cooper
⋅
⋅
⋅
SS
Daniel Bullocks
Shane Siegel
⋅
CB
Fabian Washington
Terrell Butler
⋅
DE
DT
DT
DE
Benard Thomas
Ryon Bingham
Le Kevin Smith
Trevor Johnson
Titus Adams
Patrick Kabongo
Brandon Teamer
Adam Carriker
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
CB
Pat Ricketts
Lornell McPherson
⋅
Offense
WR
Mark LeFlore
Jack O'Holleran Tim Liley
⋅
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
Richie Incognito
Mike Erickson
Josh Sewell
Jake Andersen
Dan Vil Waldrop
Nick Povendo
Tim Green
Kurt Mann
Brandon Koch
Darren DeLone
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
TE
Matt Herian
Phil Peetz
Dusty Keiser
WR
Ross Pilkington
Isaiah Fluellen
⋅
QB
Jammal Lord
Joe Dailey
⋅
RB
Cory Ross Josh Davis
David Horne
⋅
FB
Judd Davies
Steve Kriewald
⋅
Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]
Utah State at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Utah State
7
0 0 0
7
• Nebraska
6
9 13 3
31
Penn State at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Penn State
0
10 0 0
10
• Nebraska
3
6 6 3
18
Nebraska at Southern Miss [box score]
Troy State at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Troy State
0
0 0 0
0
• Nebraska
3
7 13 7
30
Nebraska at Missouri [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Nebraska
7
3 14 0
24
• Missouri
7
7 0 27
41
Texas A&M at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Texas A&M
3
0 3 6
12
• Nebraska
20
0 14 14
48
Iowa State at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Iowa State
0
0 0 0
0
• Nebraska
21
7 0 0
28
Nebraska at Texas [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Nebraska
0
0 0 7
7
• Texas
7
7 3 14
31
Nebraska at Kansas [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
3
7 7 7
24
Kansas
0
3 0 0
3
Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]
Nebraska at Colorado [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
7
14 0 10
31
Colorado
7
9 6 0
22
Michigan State vs Nebraska [box score]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final AP RV RV* 23 18 15 15 12 10 19 14 12 19 18 23 25 23 22 19 Coaches Poll RV RV 24 18 15 11 8 7 14 11 9 16 15 23 23 21 21 18 BCS Not released 11 9 18 17 22 23 21 20 Not released
Nebraska finished in 2nd place in the Big 12 North Division and tied for 4th conference-wide, with a final record of 10–3 (5–3). Prior to the season, Head Coach Frank Solich was feeling pressure to perform after a 7–7 (3–5) record the previous year (the first non-winning season since 1961), and had significantly revamped his coaching staff for 2003.
Despite the sweeping changes and the improvements they brought, which helped Nebraska to another 9-win season, Solich was fired at the conclusion of the regular season. Defensive Coordinator Bo Pelini was named Interim Head Coach and led the Huskers to a 17–3 Alamo Bowl win over Michigan State. When new Head Coach Bill Callahan was announced in later weeks, most of the existing assistants (including Pelini) were also fired.
Pelini would later return as Callahan's replacement in 2008.
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Award
Name(s)
All-America 1st team
Josh Bullocks , Kyle Larson
All-America honorable mention
Richie Incognito , Demorrio Williams
All-Big 12 1st team
Josh Bullocks, Matt Herian, Richie Incognito, Kyle Larson, Demorrio Williams
All-Big 12 2nd team
Ryon Bingham , Barrett Ruud
All-Big 12 3rd team
Fabian Washington
All-Big 12 honorable mention
Daniel Bullocks , Josh Davis, Mike Erickson, Isaiah Fluellen, T. J. Hollowell , Trevor Johnson , Jammal Lord , Josh Sewell , Dan Vili Waldrop
NFL and pro players [ edit ]
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 2003 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.[ 3]
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