2003 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 2003 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Spartans play their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. This was the first year for head coach John L. Smith, who would win Big Ten coach of the year in his debut, but would later be fired after the 2006 season.

2003 Michigan State Spartans football
Alamo Bowl, L 317 vs. Nebraska
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record8–5 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Baldwin (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorChris Smeland (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
2003 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 6 Michigan $  7 1   10 3  
No. 4 Ohio State %  6 2   11 2  
No. 18 Purdue  6 2   9 4  
No. 8 Iowa  5 3   10 3  
No. 20 Minnesota  5 3   10 3  
Michigan State  5 3   8 5  
Wisconsin  4 4   7 6  
Northwestern  4 4   6 7  
Penn State  1 7   3 9  
Indiana  1 7   2 10  
Illinois  0 8   1 11  
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The Spartans were coming off a 48 season and had just let go of head coach Bobby Williams.

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