USC won the Pac-10 Championship outright with a 7-1 Conference record, and was 12-1 overall on its way to being named National Champion by the the Associated Press. For the second straight season, USC and WASHINGTON STATE found themselves in the Top-10 in the nation at the end of the year, finishing No. 1 and No. 9, respectively.
The Pac-10 went 4-2 in the postseason, including victories over two teams ranked in the Top 5 in the polls. USC topped No. 4-ranked Michigan 28-14 in the Rose Bowl and claimed the National Championship voted on by the media in the AP poll. It was the first national title for the Trojans since 1978 and the first for the Pac-10 since Washington in 1991. Washington State defeated No. 5-ranked Texas 28-20 in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl. The victory gave the Cougars their third consecutive 10-win season. CALIFORNIA (Insight Bowl) and OREGON STATE (Las Vegas Bowl) also chalked up postseason wins.
As for individual awards, USC's Matt Leinart and UCLA's Dave Ball won the Pac-10's Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year awards, Oregon State's Brandon Browner won Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, and the Trojans' Pete Carroll and the Cougars' Bill Doba won Co-Coach of the Year honors.
2003 PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE FINAL FOOTBALL STANDINGS
Conference Games
All Games
W
L
Pct.
Pts
Opp
W
L
Pct.
Pts
Opp
Streak
1.
USC
7
1
.875
342
161
12
1
.923
534
239
Won 9
2.
Washington State
6
2
.750
245
169
10
3
.769
394
258
Won 1
3.
Oregon
5
3
.625
209
216
8
5
.615
356
348
Lost 1
California
5
3
.625
267
170
8
6
.571
457
341
Won 3
5.
Oregon State
4
4
.500
270
224
8
5
.615
433
301
Won 1
Washington
4
4
.500
203
233
6
6
.500
312
317
Won 1
UCLA
4
4
.500
175
200
6
7
.462
250
305
Lost 5
8.
Arizona State
2
6
.250
203
246
5
7
.417
298
328
Won 1
Stanford
2
6
.250
130
243
4
7
.364
186
324
Lost 3
10.
Arizona
1
7
.125
182
267
2
10
.167
181
429
Lost 2
2003-04 PAC-10 BOWL RESULTS:Rose Bowl presented by Citi - USC 28, Michigan 14 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl - Washington State 28, Texas 20 Insight Bowl - California 52, Virginia Tech 49 Las Vegas Bowl - Oregon State 55, New Mexico 14 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl - Minnesota 31, Oregon 30 Silicon Valley Bowl - Fresno State 17, UCLA 9
Following are the bowl records of the Division I-A conferences (suing current conference memberships) updated after the 2003 season.
Conference
W
L
T
Pct.
Pacific-10
100
93
6
.518
Mid-American
21
17
0
.553
Atlantic Coast
96
84
5
.533
Southeastern
163
151
13
.518
Big Ten
103
100
3
.507
Big East
63
66
1
.488
Big 12
132
144
4
.479
Big West
7
9
1
.441
Conference USA
25
33
2
.433
Western Athletic
40
45
2
.423
Mountain West
34
48
3
.418
Sun Belt
1
2
0
.333
2003 ALL-PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE FOOTBALL TEAM:
First Team Offense
Second Team Offense
QB
Matt Leinart, So., USC
QB
Cody Pickett, Sr., Washington
QB
Matt Kegel, Sr., Washington State
RB
Steven Jackson, Jr., Oregon State
RB
Jonathan Smith, Sr., Washington State
RB
Adimchinobe Echemandu, Sr., California
RB
Mike Bell, So., Arizona
WR
Mike Williams, So., USC
WR
Keary Colbert, Sr., USC
WR
James Newson, Sr., Oregon State
WR
Geoff McArthur, Jr., California
WR
Reggie Williams, Jr., Washington
TE
Tim Euhus, Sr., Oregon State
TE
Troy Bienemann, So., Washington State
OL
Jacob Rogers, Sr., USC
OL
Regis Crawford, Sr., Arizona State
OL
Mark Wilson, Sr., California
OL
Kirk Chambers, Sr., Stanford
OL
Norm Katnik, Sr., USC
OL
Doug Nienhuis, Jr., Oregon State
OL
Josh Parrish, Sr., Washington State
OL
Grayling Love, So., Arizona State
OL
Adam Snyder, Jr., Oregon
OL
Nick Newton, Sr., Washington
First Team Defense
Second Team Defense
DL
Dave Ball, Sr., UCLA
DL
Terry Johnson, Sr., Washington
DL
Kenechi Udeze, Jr., USC
DL
D.D. Acholonu, Sr., Washington State
DL
Shaun Cody, Jr., USC
DL
Dwan Edwards, Sr., Oregon State
DL
Mike Patterson, Jr., USC
DL
Igor Olshansky, Jr., Oregon
LB
Brandon Chillar, Sr., UCLA
LB
Kevin Mitchell, Sr., Oregon
LB
Richard Seigler, Sr., Oregon State
LB
Don Jackson, Sr., Washington State
LB
Will Derting, So., Washington State
LB
Matt Grootegoed, Jr., USC
CB
Jason David, Sr., Washington State
CB
Brandon Browner, Fr., Oregon State
CB
Will Poole, Sr., USC
CB
Derrick Johnson, Jr., Washington
S
Erik Coleman, Sr., Washington State
S
Riccardo Stewart, Jr., Arizona State
S
Keith Lewis, Sr., Oregon
S
Oshimogho Atogwe, Jr., Stanford
S
Donnie McCleskey, So., California
First Team Specialists
Second Team Specialists
PK
Drew Dunning, Sr., Washington State
PK
Kirk Yliniemi, Sr., Oregon State
P
Tom Malone, So., USC
P
Eric Johnson, Sr., Stanford
KOR
Kenny Washington, Jr., Oregon
KOR
Sammy Moore, Sr., Washington State
PR
Charles Frederick, Jr., Washington
PR
Luke Powell, Sr., Stanford
ST
Keith Lewis, Sr., Oregon
ST
Jason Shivers, Jr., Arizona State
ST=special teams player (not a kicker or returner) Offensive Player of the Year: Matt Leinart, QB, So., USC Defensive Player of the Year: Dave Ball, DE, Sr., UCLA Freshman of the Year: Brandon Browner, CB, Oregon State Co-Coaches of the Year: Pete Carroll, USC and Bill Doba, Washington State Honorable MentionARIZONA: FS, Darrell Brooks, So.; C Keoki Fraser, Jr.; ILB Joe Siofele, Sr.; DE Marcus Smith, So.
ARIZONA STATE: WR Skyler Fulton, Sr.; WR Derek Hagan, So.; FB Mike Karney, Sr.; P Tim Parker, Sr.; QB Andrew Walter, Jr.
CALIFORNIA: DT Lorenzo Alexander, Jr.; FS Ryan Gutierrez, Jr.; OLB Wendell Hunter, Jr.; ST Mike McGrath, Jr.; OT Chris Murphy, Sr.; QB Aaron Rodgers, So.
OREGON: TE Tim Day, So.; DE Devan Long, So.; PR Steven Moore, Sr.; WR Samie Parker, Sr.; DT Junior Siavii, Sr.; C Dan Weaver, Sr.
OREGON STATE: QB Derek Anderson, Jr.; C Matt Brock, Jr.; FS Mitch Meeuwsen, Jr.; OG Kanan Sanchez, Jr.; DE Bill Swancutt, Jr.; CB Aric Williams, Jr.
STANFORD: MLB David Bergeron, Jr.; OLB Jared Newberry, Jr.; NT Babatunde Oshinowo, So.; TE Brett Pierce, Sr.; TE Alex Smith, Jr.; CB Leigh Torrence, Jr.
UCLA: SE Craig Bragg, Jr.; KR Maurice Drew, Fr.; OG Eyoseph Efseaff, Jr.; OLB Spencer Havner, So.; P Chris Kluwe, Jr.; DT Rodney Leisle, Sr.; ILB Justin London, So.; PK Justin Medlock, Fr.; SS Jarrad Page, So.
USC: SS Darnell Bing, Fr.; KR Reggie Bush, Fr.; OT Winston Justice, So.; PK Ryan Killeen, Jr.; FS Jason Leach, Jr.; OLB Melvin Simmons, Sr.; MLB Lofa Tatupu, So.; TB LenDale White, Fr.
WASHINGTON: C Todd Bachert, Sr.; OT Khalif Barnes, Jr.; ST Owen Biddle, Sr.; OLB Greg Carothers, Sr.; DT Jerome Stevens, Sr.; FB Zach Tuiasosopo, Jr.
WASHINGTON STATE: OT Calvin Armstrong, Jr.; P Kyle Basler, So.; FL Devard Darling, Jr.; DT Tai Tupai, Sr.; DT Jeremey Williams, Sr.; SS Virgil Williams, Sr.
2003 BANK OF AMERICA HIGHER STANDARDS PAC-10 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK:
Date
Offense
Defense
Special Teams
Aug. 30
A. Echemandu, TB, CAL
Mike Patterson, NT, USC
Drew Dunning, PK, WSU
Sep. 6
Cody Pickett, QB, WASH
Will Derting, OLB, WSU
Tom Malone, P, USC
Sep. 13
Matt Kegel, QB, WSU
Brandon Chillar, ILB, UCLA
Justin Medlock, PK, UCLA
Sep. 20
Adam Snyder, OT, ORE
Wendell Hunter, OLB, CAL
Drew Dunning, PK, WSU
Sep. 27
A. Echemandu, TB, CAL
Brandon Browner, CB, OSU
Jeremy Bohannon, FS, WSU
Oct. 4
Steven Jackson, TB, OSU
Dave Ball, DE, UCLA
Ryan Killeen, PK, USC
Oct. 11
Andrew Walter, QB, ASU
Kenechi Udeze, DE, USC
Chris Kluwe, P, UCLA
Oct. 18
Charles Frederick, WR, WASH
Brandon Chillar, ILB, UCLA
Spencer Havner, OLB, UCLA
Oct. 25
Matt Leinart, QB, USC
Will Derting, OLB, WSU
Aaron Gipson, DB, ORE
Nov. 1
Aaron Rodgers, QB, CAL
Michael Craven, OLB, STAN
Luke Powell, PR, STAN
Nov. 8
Michael Bell, HB, ARIZ
Erik Coleman, FS, WSU
Erik Coleman, FS, WSU
Nov. 15
Aaron Rodgers, QB, CAL
Will Poole, CB, USC
Kenny Washington, KR, ORE
Nov. 22
Geoff McArthur, WR, CAL
Evan Benjamin, SS, WASH
Reggie Bush, KR, USC
2003 PAC-10 FOOTBALL AWARD WINNERSPop Warner Trophy (top senior player on West Coast)
Dave Ball, DE, UCLA
Unanimous First-Team All-America Selection
Dave Ball, DE., Sr., UCLA
Consensus First-Team All-America Selections
Jacob Rogers, OT, Sr., USC
Kenechi Udeze, DE, Jr., USC
Mike Williams, SE, , So., USC
Other First-Team All-America Selections
Drew Dunning, PK, Sr., Washington State
Second-Team All-America Selections
Tom Malone, P, So., USC
Geoff McArthur, WR, Jr., California
Will Poole, CB, Sr., USC
Third-Team All-America Selections
Shaun Cody, DT, Jr., USC
Steven Jackson, TB, Jr., Oregon State
Freshman All-America Selections
Darnell Bing, SS, USC
Brandon Browner, CB, Oregon State
Reggie Bush, KR, USC
Pac-10 Players of the Year
Offense - Matt Leinart, QB, So., USC
Defense - Dave Ball, DE, Sr., UCLA
Pac-10 Freshman of the Year
Brandon Browner, CB, Oregon State
Morris Trophy Winners (outstanding offensive and defensive linemen in the Pac-10)
Offense - Jacob Rogers, OT, Sr., USC
Defense - Dave Ball, DE, Sr., UCLA
Pac-10 Co-Coaches of the Year
Pete Carroll, USC
Bill Doba, Washington State
American Football Coaches Association Division I-A Coach of the Year
Pete Carroll, USC
Home Depot National Coach of the Year
Pete Carroll, USC
First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII Selections
Troy Bienemann, TE, So., Washington State
Matt Brock, C, Jr., Oregon State
Kirk Chambers, OT, Sr., Stanford
Skyler Fulton, WR, Sr., Arizona State
Brandon Hancock, FB, So., USC
Mike McGrath, ROV, Jr., California
Chris Murphy, OT, Sr., California
Jared Siegel, PK, Jr., Oregon
Dan Weaver, C, Sr., Oregon
Jeremey Williams, DT, Sr., Washington State
Second-Team CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII Selections
Riley Fitt-Chappell, OT, So., Washington State
Tyler Fredrickson, P, Sr., California
J.D. Groves, FB, So., UCLA
Grayling Love, OT, So., Arizona State
Jimmy Newell, FS, Jr., Washington
Babatunde Oshinowo, NT, So., Stanford
Kevin Schimmelmann, OLB, So., Stanford
James Sims, Jr., FS, So., Washington
Kirk Ylinemi, PK, Sr., Oregon State
2003 PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC FOOTBALL TEAM:FIRST TEAM
Pos.
Name, School
Yr.
GPA
Major
QB
Kyle Matter, Stanford
Jr.
3.51
Management Sciences/Engineering
RB
Cooper Blackhurst, Stanford
Sr.
3.48
Public Policy
RB
Brandon Hancock, USC
So.
3.82
Business
WR
Skyler Fulton, Arizona State
Sr.
3.32
Elementary Education
WR
Brandon Royster, Stanford
Sr.
3.40
Mechanical Engineering
TE
Troy Bienemann, Washington State
So.
3.76
Communications
OL
Matt Brock, Oregon State
Jr.
3.37
Psychology
OL
Kirk Chambers, Stanford (2)
Sr.
3.32
Public Policy/German Studies
OL
Jonathan Giesel, California
Jr.
3.38
Religious Studies
OL
Chris Murphy, California (2)
Sr.
3.51
Political Science
OL
Dan Weaver, Oregon (3)
Sr.
3.28
Accounting
DE
Monte Parson, California
Sr.
3.37
Sociology
DT
Babatunde Oshinowo, Stanford
Jr.
3.24
Undeclared
DT
Jeremey Williams, Washington State (4)
Sr.
3.53
Communications
DE
Bill Swancutt, Oregon State
Jr.
3.12
Business Administration
LB
Pat Bennett, Washington State (2)
Jr.
3.45
Hotel Administration
LB
Brian Gaffney, Stanford
Sr.
3.55
Political Science
LB
Kevin Schimmelmann, Stanford (2)
Jr.
3.47
Undeclared
DB
Michael McGrath, California
Jr.
3.40
Mechanical Engineering
DB
Jimmy Newell, Washington
Jr.
3.25
Business Admin./Economics
DB
Keith Short, UCLA
Sr.
3.07
History
DB
Leigh Torrence, Stanford
Sr.
3.03
Political Science
PK
Kirk Yliniemi, Oregon State
Sr.
3.50
Business Administration
P
Tyler Fredrickson, California
Grad.
4.00
Graduate Education
(2)
Two-time first-team All-Academic selection
(3)
Three-time first-team All-Academic selection
(4)
Four-time first-team All-Academic selection
SECOND TEAM
Pos.
Name, School
Yr.
GPA
Major
QB
Chad Christiansen, Arizona State
So.
3.93
Business Finance
RB
Ty Eriks, Washington
So.
3.67
Art
RB
Matt Floberg, Oregon
Sr.
3.08
Business Administration
WR
Greg Camarillo, Stanford
Sr.
3.27
Engineering
WR
Nick Sebes, Stanford
Sr.
3.06
Human Biology
TE
Pat Loney, Oregon State
Jr.
3.59
Liberal Studies
OL
Nolan Bluntzer, California
Sr.
3.02
Conservation and Resource Studies
OL
Jason Burke, Arizona State
RFr.
3.78
Business
OL
Riley FittChappell, Washington St.
So.
3.45
Business
OL
Derek Joyce, California
Jr.
3.34
Molecular and Cell Biology
OL
Matt McClernan, Stanford
So.
3.54
Undeclared
DE
Louis Hobson, Stanford
Sr.
3.15
Electrical Engineering
DT
Ian Shelswell, Stanford
Sr.
3.16
Economics
DT
Thomas Sverchek, California
Jr.
3.17
American Studies
DE
Will Svitek, Stanford
Sr.
3.06
Political Science
LB
David Bergeron, Stanford
Sr.
3.06
Public Policy
LB
Mike Silva, Stanford
So.
3.62
Undeclared
LB
Brian Tremblay, California
Jr.
3.25
American Studies
DB
Ryan Foltz, California
So.
3.48
Business Administration
DB
Aaron Gipson, Oregon
So.
3.06
Undeclared
DB
Lee Patterson, Arizona
Sr.
3.15
Marketing
DB
James Sims, Washington
So.
3.32
Comparative Literature
PK
Jared Siegel, Oregon
Jr.
3.58
Business Administration
P
Garth Erickson, Washington
Sr.
3.07
Economics
Honorable Mention:Arizona: P Danny Baugher, So.; OT Tanner Bell, So.; QB Nic Costa, So.; PK Nick Folk, RFr.
Arizona State: OT Andrew Carnahan, RFr.; OT Grayling Love, So.
California: LB Matthew Currin, Jr.; FB Byron Storer, RFr.
Oregon: OG Josh Hagemeyer, So.; MLB Jerry Matson, Jr.
Stanford: OG David Beall, So.; OT Jonathon Cochran, So.; RB Gerald Commissiong, So.; RB J.R. Lemon, Jr.; C Tim Mattran, So.; PK Mike Sgroi, Jr.; TE Alex Smith, Sr.; OT Mike Sullivan, Sr.; OG Josiah Vinson, So.
UCLA: FB J.D. Groves, So.
Washington: TB Scott Ballew, RFr.; PK Evan Knudson, Jr.; DE Donny Mateaki, RFr.; QB Casey Paus, So.
Washington State: PK Drew Dunning, Sr.; OG Billy Knotts, Sr.
STATISTICAL LEADERSINDIVIDUAL
Total Offense
Derek Anderson, OSU
302.5 yards per game
Passing
Derek Anderson, OSU
312.2 yards per game
Passing Efficiency
Matt Leinart, USC
164.5 rating
Rushing
Steve Jackson, OSU
118.8 yards per game
All-Purpose Running
Steven Jackson, OSU
155.0 yards per game
Receptions
Reggie Williams, WASH
7.42 receptions per game
Receiving Yards
Geoff McArthur, CAL
115.7 yards per game
Scoring
Steven Jackson, OSU
10.2 points per game
Field Goals
Drew Dunning, WSU
2.08 field goals per game
Punting
Tom Malone, USC
49.0 yards per punt
Punt Returns
Charles Frederick, WASH
11.7 yards per return
Kickoff Returns
Reggie Bush, USC
27.3 yards per return
Interceptions
Will Poole, USC/ Erik Coleman, WSU
0.54 interceptions per game
Tackles
Brandon Chillar, UCLA
10.2 tackles per game
Tackles for Loss
Kenechi Udeze, USC
2.0 tackles for loss per game
Quarterback Sacks
D.D. Acholonu, WSU/Kenechi Udeze, USC/ Dave Ball, UCLA
