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2003 Arizona State

5–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Pac-10), coached by Dirk Koetter.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 2003, game by game: won vs. Northern Arizona 34–14; won vs. Utah State 26–16; lost at No. 18 Iowa 2–21; lost at Oregon State 17–45; lost vs. No. 10 USC 17–37; won vs. Oregon 59–14; won at North Carolina 33–31; lost at UCLA 13–20; lost vs. California 23–51; lost at Stanford 27–38; lost at No. 8 Washington State 19–34; won vs. Arizona 28–7+45−28Won 34–14 vs. Northern Arizona+20Northern ArizonaWon 26–16 vs. Utah State+10Utah StateLost 2–21 at No. 18 Iowa-19No. 18 IowaLost 17–45 at Oregon State-28Oregon StateLost 17–37 vs. No. 10 USC-20No. 10 USCWon 59–14 vs. Oregon+45OregonWon 33–31 at North Carolina+2North CarolinaLost 13–20 at UCLA-7UCLALost 23–51 vs. California-28CaliforniaLost 27–38 at Stanford-11StanfordLost 19–34 at No. 8 Washington State-15No. 8 Washington StateWon 28–7 vs. Arizona+21Arizona
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsNorthern ArizonaW 34–⁠1482%
Sep 13vsUtah StateW 26–⁠1677%
Sep 20at18IowaL 2–⁠2125%
Sep 27atOregon StateL 17–⁠4536%
Oct 4vs10USCL 17–⁠3729%
Oct 11vsOregonW 59–⁠1449%
Oct 18atNorth CarolinaW 33–⁠3161%
Oct 25atUCLAL 13–⁠2032%
Nov 1vsCaliforniaL 23–⁠5158%
Nov 8atStanfordL 27–⁠3845%
Nov 15at8Washington StateL 19–⁠3414%
Nov 28vsArizonaW 28–⁠770%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arizona 28–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 69th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 22
  2. Wk 3: 20
  3. Wk 4: 16
  4. Wk 5: 16

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 2003.

Record
5–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 8th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
298–⁠328
Coach
Dirk Koetter
Elo
1476 −50 this season
SP+ rating
0.0 No. 61 of 117; offense No. 65, defense No. 64
SRS
−0.4 No. 62 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 22
Defensive coordinator
Brent Guy
Captains
Riccardo Stewart and Andrew Walter

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 32— allowed
Defense-0.1own 29— caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2003 class

Jesse Ainsworth K★★★No. 682
Rudy Burgess CB★★★No. 682
Josh Barrett S★★No. 1050
Darnell Henderson S★★No. 1050

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2003 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Defensive backs32.30.778
Athletes and specialists13.00.800
Whole class42.50.783

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2004

The 2004 draft
Rd 5Mike Karney RBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 5Jason Shivers DBSt. Louis Rams

All-Pac-10

4 second team

Second team

  • Regis CrawfordOLCoaches-2
  • Grayling LoveOLCoaches-2
  • Riccardo StewartDBCoaches-2
  • Jason ShiversAPBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 2003 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2003 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠112–⁠11
Washington State6–⁠210–⁠39
Oregon5–⁠38–⁠5
California5–⁠38–⁠6
Oregon State4–⁠48–⁠5
Washington4–⁠46–⁠6
UCLA4–⁠46–⁠7
Arizona State2–⁠65–⁠7
Stanford2–⁠64–⁠7
Arizona1–⁠72–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.