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2003 Murray State

4–⁠8 (3–⁠5 Ohio Valley Conference).

Schedule and results

Murray State in 2003, game by game: won vs. Valparaiso 34–0; lost at Kentucky 6–37; lost vs. Southern Illinois 7–32; lost vs. Indiana State 10–17; lost at Tennessee Tech 24–49; won vs. Jacksonville State 23–17; lost at Samford 6–35; lost vs. Eastern Illinois 17–27; won vs. Southeast Missouri State 27–24; lost vs. Eastern Kentucky 20–38; won at UT Martin 41–27; lost vs. Tennessee State 10–35+34−31Won 34–0 vs. Valparaiso+34ValparaisoLost 6–37 at Kentucky-31KentuckyLost 7–32 vs. Southern Illinois-25Southern Illino…Lost 10–17 vs. Indiana State-7Indiana StateLost 24–49 at Tennessee Tech-25Tennessee TechWon 23–17 vs. Jacksonville State+6Jacksonville St…Lost 6–35 at Samford-29SamfordLost 17–27 vs. Eastern Illinois-10Eastern IllinoisWon 27–24 vs. Southeast Missouri State+3Southeast Misso…Lost 20–38 vs. Eastern Kentucky-18Eastern KentuckyWon 41–27 at UT Martin+14UT MartinLost 10–35 vs. Tennessee State-25Tennessee State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30vsValparaisoW 34–⁠077%
Sep 6atKentuckyL 6–⁠3719%
Sep 13vsSouthern IllinoisL 7–⁠3243%
Sep 20vsIndiana StateL 10–⁠1756%
Sep 27atTennessee TechL 24–⁠4934%
Oct 4vsJacksonville StateW 23–⁠1747%
Oct 11atSamfordL 6–⁠3534%
Oct 18vsEastern IllinoisL 17–⁠2762%
Oct 25vsSoutheast Missouri StateW 27–⁠2438%
Nov 1vsEastern KentuckyL 20–⁠3847%
Nov 13atUT MartinW 41–⁠2751%
Nov 22vsTennessee StateL 10–⁠3539%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee State 35–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Ohio Valley Conference.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 39 on file).

Record
4–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Ohio Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
225–⁠338
Coach
—
Elo
1163 −108 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−37.2 No. 78 of 120 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—

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.