2003 Colorado Buffaloes football team

The 2003 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. They participated in the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Gary Barnett. Colorado missed a bowl berth for just the fourth time since 1984.

2003 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference	Big 12
Division	North Division
Record	5–7 (3–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Gary Barnett
Offensive coordinator	Shawn Watson
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Vince Okruch
Base defense	4-2-5 Multiple
MVP	D.J. Hackett
Captains	Marwan Hage Medford Moorer Bobby Purify Sean Tufts
Home stadium	Folsom Field

2003 Big 12 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	5:45 pm	vs. No. 23 Colorado State*		Invesco Field at Mile High Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	ESPN	W 42–35	76,219
September 6	1:30 pm	UCLA*	No. 24	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ABC	W 16–14	48,584
September 13	1:30 pm	Washington State*	No. 17	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	PPV	L 26–47	48,146
September 20	1:30 pm	at No. 10 Florida State*		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	L 7–47	83,294
October 4	10:30 am	at Baylor		Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX	FSN	L 30–42	23,147
October 11	1:30 pm	Kansas		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 50–47 OT	50,477
October 18	1:10 pm	at Kansas State		KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)		L 20–49	51,536
October 25	5:00 pm	No. 1 Oklahoma		Folsom Field Boulder, CO	TBS	L 20–34	54,215
November 1	5:00 pm	at Texas Tech		Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX	FSN	L 21–26	52,908
November 8	12:30 pm	No. 22 Missouri		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 21–16	47,722
November 15	1:00 pm	at Iowa State		Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA		W 44–10	36,977
November 28	10:00 am	No. 25 Nebraska		Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	ABC	L 22–31	53,434
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Roster

2003 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TB 2 Brian Calhoun So WR 4 Ron Monteilh Jr WR 6 Stephone Robinson Fr QB 7 Bernard Jackson Fr TB 8 Daniel Jolly Fr WR 9 Blake Mackey  Fr QB 10 James Cox  Fr QB 12 Brian White Fr QB 13 Erik Greenberg So QB 14 Joel Klatt So WR 15 Jeremy Bloom So QB 15 Colt Brennan Fr WR 17 Daniel Gonzales Sr QB 19 Ben Carpenter  Fr TB 21 Brandon Caesar  Fr WR 22 Brendan Egan Fr WR 23 Tyler Littlehales  Fr RB 23 Sam Richmond Fr TB 29 Ryan Enright Fr TB 31 Isaiah Crawford Fr FB 32 J.P. diZerega Jr FB 34 Lawrence Vickers So WR 38 Barry Kunkel Sr TB 42 Bobby Purify (C) Sr FB 43 Brendan Schaub Jr FB 44 Chad Gardner Sr TE 45 Quinn Sypniewski Sr TE 46 Dan Goettsch  Fr WR 47 Marcus Gonzales So WR 48 Nick Holz  Fr OL 52 Derek Stemrich Jr OL 55 Mike Sutton Fr OL 58 Mark Fenton  Fr OL 61 Edwin Harrison Fr OL 62 Marwan Hage (C) Sr OL 63 Jack Tipton  Fr OL 64 Taylor Landry  Fr OL 65 Del Scales  Fr OL 66 Brian Daniels Fr OL 69 Karl Allis Sr OL 70 Kharylake Martin Fr OL 72 Drew Shader So OL 73 Clint O'Neal So OT 74 Sam Wilder Jr OL 75 Fredrick Staugh  Fr OL 77 Tyler Polumbus Fr OL 78 Terrance Barreau Jr OL 79 Gary Moore So WR 80 Derek McCoy Sr WR 81 Mike Duren Jr WR 82 Evan Judge So WR 83 Dusty Sprague Fr TE 84 Jake Jones Sr TE 84 Joe Sanders Fr WR 85 John Donahoe Sr TE 86 Jesse Wallace Jr TE 87 Paul Creighton Fr WR 88 D. J. Hackett Sr TE 89 Joe Klopfenstein So WR 90 Matt Hammond So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Sammy Joseph  Fr CB 3 Marcus Moore Sr CB 4 Chris Russell Fr S 5 J. J. Billingsley So CB 6 Phil Jackson Sr CB 7 Vance Washington So ILB 12 Akarika Dawn So DE 13 Chadd Evans Fr S 16 Tom Hubbard So SS 17 Medford Moorer (C) Sr S 18 Dominique Brooks Fr S 18 Tyrone Henderson  Fr SS 20 Clyde Surrell Sr CB 21 A. J. Anderson So CB 22 Lorenzo Sims Fr CB 25 Lionel Harris Fr CB 26 Terrence Wheatley Fr SS 27 Brian Iwuh So DE 30 Marques Harris Sr ILB 33 Walter Boye-Doe Fr S 35 Omar Stewart Sr S 37 Chad Cusworth  Fr S 44 Kyle Griffith So DB 46 Justin Fallhowe So LB 49 Thaddaeus Washington Fr ILB 50 Chris Hollis So DE 51 Alex Ligon  Fr ILB 53 Ben Kenney Jr ILB 54 Sean Tufts (C) Sr ILB 55 Jason Ackermann  Fr ILB 56 John Martin Fr DE 60 Matt McChesney Sr DE 68 Matt Webb Fr DE 82 James Garee So DT 92 John Guydon Jr DT 93 Vaka Manupuna So DT 94 DeAndre Fluellen Sr DT 95 Nick Clement So DT 96 Marcus Jones  Fr DE 97 Gabe Nyenhuis Sr DT 98 Brandon Dabdoub Jr DT 99 McKenzie Tilmon Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 16 Mason Crosby Fr P 29 John Torp Jr K 35 J.T. Eberly Jr P 37 J.P. Heaton Fr K 39 Kevin Eberhart Fr SN 59 Greg Pace So	Head coach Gary Barnett Coordinators/assistant coaches Dave Borbely – Offensive line Brian Cabral – Inside linebackers Ted Gilmore – Wide receivers David Hansburg – Coordinator of football operations Vance Joseph – Defensive backs Vince Okruch – Defensive coordinator Shawn Simms – Running backs Shawn Watson – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total • Colorado 0 28 7 7 42 Colorado State 7 7 7 14 35 Date: August 30 Location: Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado Game start: 5:45 p.m. MST TV announcers (ESPN): Ron Franklin (Play-by-play), Mike Gottfried (Color) & Adrian Karsten (Sideline)

Scoring summary Q1 CSU Van Pelt 10 yard run (Babcock kick) CSU 7–0 Q2 COL Purify 6 yard run (Crosby kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 CSU Pittman 32 yard pass from Van Pelt (Babcock kick) CSU 14–7 Q2 COL McCoy 82 yard pass from Klatt (Crosby kick) Tie 14–14 Q2 COL Hackett 10 yard pass from Klatt (Crosby kick) COL 21–14 Q2 COL Donahoe 45 yard pass from Klatt (Crosby kick) COL 28–14 Q3 CSU Pittman 38 yard pass from Van Pelt (Babcock kick) COL 28–21 Q3 COL McCoy 78 yard pass from Klatt (Crosby kick) COL 35–21 Q4 CSU Anderson 33 yard pass from Van Pelt (Babcock kick) COL 35–28 Q4 CSU Van Pelt 30 yard run (Babcock kick) Tie 35–35 Q4 :40 COL Purify 9 yard run (Crosby kick) COL 42–35

Joel Klatt 21/34, 402 Yds (first start at QB)

Colorado

UCLA at Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total Bruins 0 7 7 0 14 • Buffaloes 7 3 0 6 16 Date: September 4, 2004 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game start: 1:37 PM Elapsed time: 3:23 Game attendance: 48,534 Game weather: Cloudy, 77 °F (25 °C), 36% humidity, 6 mph (9.7 km/h) S Referee: C. Castleberry Television network: ABC