2003 Montana State

2–⁠3. The season’s Wikipedia article records 7–⁠6, over 13 games to the five on file here.

Schedule and results

Montana State in 2003, game by game: lost at Wyoming 10–21; won vs. Gardner-Webb 38–3; lost vs. Cal Poly 21–24; lost vs. Northern Colorado 10–14; won vs. St. Mary’s (CA) 40–0+40−11Lost 10–21 at Wyoming-11WyomingWon 38–3 vs. Gardner-Webb+35Gardner-WebbLost 21–24 vs. Cal Poly-3Cal PolyLost 10–14 vs. Northern Colorado-4Northern Colora…Won 40–0 vs. St. Mary’s (CA)+40St. Mary’s (CA)
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat St. Mary’s (CA) 40–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; Big Sky champions.

In program history: The 47th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 104 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list seven games of Montana State’s 2003 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

Big Sky championsshared with Montana and Northern Arizona

Record
2–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 shared first in the Big Sky Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
119–⁠62
Coach
—
Elo
1294 +15 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−16.7 No. 18 of 120 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Pete Kwiatkowski

Drafted in 2004

The 2004 draft
Rd 3Joey Thomas DBGreen Bay Packers