2003 Washington State Cougars football team

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, finishing 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
Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 28–20 vs. Texas
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
Record	10–3 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Bill Doba (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Levenseller (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Robb Akey (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Martin Stadium
Seasons ← 2002 2004 →

2003 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	7:30 pm	vs. Idaho*		Seahawks Stadium Seattle, WA (Battle of the Palouse, Cougar Gridiron Classic)	FSNNW	W 25–0	50,113
September 6	11:30 am	at No. 19 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 26–29 ^OT	80,795
September 13	12:30 pm	at No. 17 Colorado*		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 47–26	48,116
September 20	2:00 pm	New Mexico*	No. 24	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		W 23–13	32,344
September 27	12:30 pm	at No. 10 Oregon	No. 21	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	ABC	W 55–16	57,473
October 4	2:00 pm	Arizona	No. 14	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		W 30–7	34,923
October 18	2:00 pm	at Stanford	No. 6	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 24–14	48,526
October 25	3:30 pm	Oregon State	No. 6	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FSN	W 36–30	35,117
November 1	4:00 pm	at No. 3 USC	No. 6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	ABC	L 16–43	82,478
November 8	4:00 pm	UCLA	No. 12	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ABC	W 31–13	33,846
November 15	12:30 pm	Arizona State	No. 8	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ABC	W 34–19	30,423
November 22	4:00 pm	at Washington	No. 8	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	FSN	L 19–27	74,549
December 30	5:00 pm	vs. No. 5 Texas*	No. 15	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	W 28–20	61,102
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ 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	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	24	21	14	12	6	6	6	12	8	8	16	15	15	9
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	25	21	15	12	6	6	6	13	8	8	14	14	14	9
BCS	Not released								9	8	15	10	10	15	16	16	Not released