2003 Iowa State Cyclones football team

2003 Iowa State Cyclones football
2003 Iowa State Cyclones football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	North Division
Record	2–10 (0–8 Big 12)
Head coach	Dan McCarney (9th season);
Offensive coordinator	Steve Brickey (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	John Skladany (8th season)
Captain	Jordan Carstens, Lane Danielsen, Bob Montgomery, Casey Shelton, Chris Whitaker, Joe Woodley
Home stadium	Jack Trice Stadium

2003 Big 12 Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 14 Kansas State x$	6	–	2	11	–	4
No. 19 Nebraska	5	–	3	10	–	3
Missouri	4	–	4	8	–	5
Kansas	3	–	5	6	–	7
Colorado	3	–	5	5	–	7
Iowa State	0	–	8	2	–	10
South Division
No. 3 Oklahoma x%	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 12 Texas	7	–	1	10	–	3
Oklahoma State	5	–	3	9	–	4
Texas Tech	4	–	4	8	–	5
Texas A&M	2	–	6	4	–	8
Baylor	1	–	7	3	–	9
Championship: Kansas State 35, Oklahoma 7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University as a member of the North Division of the Big 12 Conference during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Dan McCarney, the Cyclones combined an overall record of 2–10 with a mark of 0–8 in conference play, placing last out of six team in the Big 12's North Division. The team played its home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 p.m.	Northern Iowa*	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA		W 17–10	48,088
September 6	1:00 p.m.	Ohio*	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA		W 48–20	40,056
September 13	11:30 a.m.	No. 23 Iowa*	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)	FSN	L 21–40	53,486
September 27	3:05 p.m.	at No. 20 Northern Illinois*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL		L 16–24	28,218
October 4	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Oklahoma	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	TBS	L 7–53	49,670
October 11	6:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		L 21–52	49,627
October 18	11:30 a.m.	No. 20 Texas	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	PPV	L 19–40	45,355
October 25	11:30 a.m.	at No. 14 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	PPV	L 0–28	77,483
November 8	1:00 p.m.	Kansas State	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)		L 0–45	40,124
November 15	1:00 p.m.	Colorado	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA		L 10–44	36,977
November 22	1:00 p.m.	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		L 7–36	34,518
November 29	Noon	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)	ABC	L 7–45	46,435
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time