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2003 Stanford

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Pac-10), coached by Buddy Teevens.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 2003, game by game: won vs. San José State 31–10; won at BYU 18–14; lost at No. 18 Washington 17–28; lost at No. 9 USC 21–44; lost vs. No. 6 Washington State 14–24; lost at Oregon 0–35; won vs. UCLA 21–14; won vs. Arizona State 38–27; lost at Oregon State 3–43; lost vs. California 16–28; lost vs. Notre Dame 7–57+21−50Won 31–10 vs. San José State+21San José StateWon 18–14 at BYU+4BYULost 17–28 at No. 18 Washington-11No. 18 WashingtonLost 21–44 at No. 9 USC-23No. 9 USCLost 14–24 vs. No. 6 Washington State-10No. 6 Washington StateLost 0–35 at Oregon-35OregonWon 21–14 vs. UCLA+7UCLAWon 38–27 vs. Arizona State+11Arizona StateLost 3–43 at Oregon State-40Oregon StateLost 16–28 vs. California-12CaliforniaLost 7–57 vs. Notre Dame-50Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsSan José StateW 31–⁠1058%
Sep 20atBYUW 18–⁠1437%
Sep 27at18WashingtonL 17–⁠2833%
Oct 11at9USCL 21–⁠4414%
Oct 18vs6Washington StateL 14–⁠2426%
Oct 25atOregonL 0–⁠3535%
Nov 1vsUCLAW 21–⁠1431%
Nov 8vsArizona StateW 38–⁠2755%
Nov 15atOregon StateL 3–⁠4330%
Nov 22vsCaliforniaL 16–⁠2842%
Nov 29vsNotre DameL 7–⁠5746%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 57–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

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
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 8th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
186–⁠324
Coach
Buddy Teevens
Elo
1412 −37 this season
SP+ rating
-5.1 No. 76 of 117; offense No. 95, defense No. 58
SRS
−4.2 No. 75 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 26
Offensive coordinator
Bill Cubit
Defensive coordinator
A.J. Christoff
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 34— allowed
Defense0.0own 30— 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

Preston Clover OG★★★No. 682
Nick Frank SDE★★★No. 682
Brandon Harrison S★★No. 1050
Udeme Udofia OG★★No. 1050
Michael Horgan ATH★★No. 1050

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

The 2003 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks12.00.767
Offensive line32.30.778
Defensive line13.00.800
Defensive backs22.00.767
Athletes and specialists22.00.767
Whole class92.20.774

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 5Amon Gordon DTCleveland Browns
Rd 6Kirk Chambers OTCleveland Browns
Rd 6Drew Caylor CPittsburgh Steelers

All-Pac-10

4 second team

Second team

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.