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2003 Eastern Kentucky

7–⁠5 (6–⁠2 Ohio Valley Conference).

Schedule and results

Eastern Kentucky in 2003, game by game: lost at Bowling Green 13–63; won vs. App State 35–7; lost at Central Michigan 41–42; lost at Western Kentucky 3–36; lost vs. Jacksonville State 14–49; won vs. Samford 13–10; won at Eastern Illinois 41–0; lost vs. Southeast Missouri State 38–41; won at Murray State 38–20; won vs. UT Martin 41–32; won at Tennessee State 43–38; won vs. Tennessee Tech 27–14+41−50Lost 13–63 at Bowling Green-50Bowling GreenWon 35–7 vs. App State+28App StateLost 41–42 at Central Michigan-1Central MichiganLost 3–36 at Western Kentucky-33Western KentuckyLost 14–49 vs. Jacksonville State-35Jacksonville St…Won 13–10 vs. Samford+3SamfordWon 41–0 at Eastern Illinois+41Eastern IllinoisLost 38–41 vs. Southeast Missouri State-3Southeast Misso…Won 38–20 at Murray State+18Murray StateWon 41–32 vs. UT Martin+9UT MartinWon 43–38 at Tennessee State+5Tennessee StateWon 27–14 vs. Tennessee Tech+13Tennessee Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 28atBowling GreenL 13–⁠6314%
Sep 6vsApp StateW 35–⁠755%
Sep 13atCentral MichiganL 41–⁠4232%
Sep 20atWestern KentuckyL 3–⁠3639%
Sep 27vsJacksonville StateL 14–⁠4955%
Oct 4vsSamfordW 13–⁠1048%
Oct 11atEastern IllinoisW 41–⁠047%
Oct 18vsSoutheast Missouri StateL 38–⁠4165%
Nov 1atMurray StateW 38–⁠2053%
Nov 8vsUT MartinW 41–⁠3280%
Nov 15atTennessee StateW 43–⁠3836%
Nov 22vsTennessee TechW 27–⁠1477%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tennessee Tech 27–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Ohio Valley Conference.

In program history: The 18th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 42 on file).

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
6–⁠2 2nd in Ohio Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
347–⁠352
Coach
—
Elo
1338 +55 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−25.2 No. 41 of 120 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 2004

The 2004 draft
Rd 7Larry Turner CSt. Louis Rams

2003 Ohio Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Jacksonville State7–⁠18–⁠3
Eastern Kentucky6–⁠27–⁠5
Samford5–⁠37–⁠4
Tennessee State5–⁠37–⁠5
Southeast Missouri State5–⁠35–⁠7
Eastern Illinois3–⁠54–⁠8
Murray State3–⁠54–⁠8
Tennessee Tech1–⁠72–⁠9
UT Martin1–⁠72–⁠10

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