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2003 Western Athletic Conference Year Summary

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Record: 60-67, .472 W-L% (11th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -6.09 (10th of 12) ▪ SOS: -4.19 (10th of 12)

Conference Champion: Boise State

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Boise State)

Standings

	Overall			Conference			Pts/G		SRS
School	W	L	Pct	W	L	Pct	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
Boise State	13	1	.929	8	0	1.000	43.0	17.1	8.92	-6.72
Fresno State	9	5	.643	6	2	.750	23.0	22.6	-1.69	-2.33
Tulsa	8	5	.615	6	2	.750	30.8	27.8	-0.63	-4.78
Hawaii	9	5	.643	5	3	.625	34.7	30.5	0.21	-4.29
Rice	5	7	.417	5	3	.625	28.6	31.5	-6.96	-4.71
Nevada	6	6	.500	4	4	.500	23.5	28.2	-5.46	-3.80
Louisiana Tech	5	7	.417	3	5	.375	25.8	32.8	-5.31	-1.14
San Jose State	3	8	.273	2	6	.250	23.5	35.1	-10.67	-5.12
Texas-El Paso	2	11	.154	1	7	.125	22.2	38.3	-20.78	-6.32
Southern Methodist	0	12	.000	0	8	.000	11.2	32.2	-18.53	-2.70

AP Poll Summary

School	Pre	9/1	9/7	9/14	9/21	9/28	10/5	10/12	10/19	10/26	11/2	11/9	11/16	11/23	11/30	12/7	Final
Boise State												24	20	18	18	18	16

4 Bowl Games

Date	Bowl	Winner/Tie	Pts	Loser/Tie	Pts	Notes
2004-01-03	Humanitarian Bowl	Georgia Tech	52	Tulsa	10	Humanitarian Bowl (Boise, ID)
2003-12-30	Silicon Valley Bowl	Fresno State	17	UCLA	9	Silicon Valley Bowl (San Jose, CA)
2003-12-25	Hawaii Bowl	Hawaii	54	Houston	48	Hawaii Bowl (Honolulu, HI)
2003-12-23	Fort Worth Bowl	Boise State	34	Texas Christian	31	Fort Worth Bowl (Fort Worth, TX)

Award Winners

WAC Defensive Player of the Year:	Travis Laboy (Hawaii)
WAC Offensive Player of the Year:	Ryan Dinwiddie (Boise State)

WAC Coach of the Year:	Steve Kragthorpe (Tulsa)

Conference Leaders

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Pass Completions

1.	Timmy Chang* (HI)	353
2.	Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE)	276
3.	Scott Rislov (SJST)	261
4.	Luke McCown (LATECH)	246
5.	James Kilian* (TLS)	188
6.	Paul Pinegar* (FREST)	174
7.	Andy Heiser (NV)	164
8.	Orlando Cruz (TXEP)	103
9.	Jordan Palmer (TXEP)	98
10.	Jeff Grady* (FREST)	93

Pass Attempts

1.	Timmy Chang* (HI)	601
2.	Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE)	446
3.	Scott Rislov (SJST)	437
4.	Luke McCown (LATECH)	432
5.	James Kilian* (TLS)	331
6.	Andy Heiser (NV)	326
7.	Paul Pinegar* (FREST)	294
8.	Orlando Cruz (TXEP)	203
9.	Jordan Palmer (TXEP)	198
10.	Jeff Grady* (FREST)	175

Pass Completion Percentage

1.	Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE)	61.9
2.	Scott Rislov (SJST)	59.7
3.	Paul Pinegar* (FREST)	59.2
4.	Timmy Chang* (HI)	58.7
5.	Luke McCown (LATECH)	56.9
6.	James Kilian* (TLS)	56.8
7.	Orlando Cruz (TXEP)	50.7
8.	Andy Heiser (NV)	50.3
9.	Jordan Palmer (TXEP)	49.5

Passing Yards

1.	Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE)	4356
2.	Timmy Chang* (HI)	4199
3.	Luke McCown (LATECH)	3246
4.	Scott Rislov (SJST)	3016
5.	Andy Heiser (NV)	2294
6.	James Kilian* (TLS)	2217
7.	Paul Pinegar* (FREST)	1773
8.	Orlando Cruz (TXEP)	1360
9.	Jordan Palmer (TXEP)	1168
10.	Jason Whieldon* (HI)	1131

Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE)	9.8
2.	Luke McCown (LATECH)	7.5
3.	Andy Heiser (NV)	7.0
4.	Timmy Chang* (HI)	7.0
5.	Scott Rislov (SJST)	6.9
6.	Orlando Cruz (TXEP)	6.7
7.	James Kilian* (TLS)	6.7
8.	Paul Pinegar* (FREST)	6.0
9.	Jordan Palmer (TXEP)	5.9

Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE)	10.5
2.	Scott Rislov (SJST)	7.2
3.	Luke McCown (LATECH)	6.9
4.	James Kilian* (TLS)	6.5
5.	Timmy Chang* (HI)	6.5
6.	Andy Heiser (NV)	6.2
7.	Paul Pinegar* (FREST)	5.4
8.	Orlando Cruz (TXEP)	4.9
9.	Jordan Palmer (TXEP)	3.7

Passing Touchdowns

1.	Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE)	31
2.	Timmy Chang* (HI)	29
3.	James Kilian* (TLS)	22
4.	Luke McCown (LATECH)	19
5.	Scott Rislov (SJST)	18
6.	Andy Heiser (NV)	13
7.	Jason Whieldon* (HI)	12
8.	Paul Pinegar* (FREST)	11
9.	Jordan Palmer (TXEP)	7
10.	Orlando Cruz (TXEP)	6

Passing Interceptions

1.	Timmy Chang* (HI)	20
2.	Luke McCown (LATECH)	14
3.	Jordan Palmer (TXEP)	13
4.	Andy Heiser (NV)	12
5.	James Kilian* (TLS)	11
	Orlando Cruz (TXEP)	11
7.	Paul Pinegar* (FREST)	9
	Richard Bartel (SMETH)	9
9.	Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE)	7
	Greg Henderson (RICE)	7

Passing Efficiency Rating

1.	Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE)	163.7
2.	Scott Rislov (SJST)	129.0
3.	James Kilian* (TLS)	128.3
4.	Luke McCown (LATECH)	128.1
5.	Timmy Chang* (HI)	126.7
6.	Paul Pinegar* (FREST)	116.1
7.	Andy Heiser (NV)	115.2
8.	Orlando Cruz (TXEP)	105.9
9.	Jordan Palmer (TXEP)	97.6

Rush Attempts

1.	Keylon Kincade (SMETH)	317
2.	Chance Kretschmer (NV)	245
3.	David Mikell* (BOISE)	242
4.	Howard Jackson (TXEP)	208
5.	Ryan Moats (LATECH)	199
6.	Dwayne Wright* (FREST)	190
7.	Eric Richardson* (TLS)	181
8.	James Kilian* (TLS)	133
9.	Bryson Sumlin* (FREST)	123
	Greg Henderson (RICE)	123

Rushing Yards

1.	Ryan Moats (LATECH)	1300
2.	Keylon Kincade (SMETH)	1280
3.	Chance Kretschmer (NV)	1162
4.	Howard Jackson (TXEP)	1146
5.	David Mikell* (BOISE)	1142
6.	Dwayne Wright* (FREST)	1038
7.	Eric Richardson* (TLS)	811
8.	Thomas Lott (RICE)	714
9.	Robbie Beck (RICE)	625
10.	Greg Henderson (RICE)	615

Rushing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Thomas Lott (RICE)	7.3
2.	Ryan Moats (LATECH)	6.5
3.	Kyle Herm (RICE)	5.9
4.	Howard Jackson (TXEP)	5.5
5.	Dwayne Wright* (FREST)	5.5
6.	Uril Parrish* (TLS)	5.4
7.	Robbie Beck (RICE)	5.2
8.	Greg Henderson (RICE)	5.0
9.	Matt Austin (TXEP)	5.0
10.	Chance Kretschmer (NV)	4.7

Rushing Touchdowns

1.	David Mikell* (BOISE)	13
2.	Chance Kretschmer (NV)	12
	Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE)	12
	Eric Richardson* (TLS)	12
	Robbie Beck (RICE)	12
6.	Ryan Moats (LATECH)	10
7.	Bryson Sumlin* (FREST)	9
8.	Donny Heck* (BOISE)	8
9.	James Kilian* (TLS)	7
10.	Howard Jackson (TXEP)	6
	West Keliikipi* (HI)	6
	Greg Henderson (RICE)	6

Receptions

1.	Chad Owens* (HI)	85
2.	Tim Gilligan* (BOISE)	67
3.	Bernard Berrian* (FREST)	63
4.	Jeremiah Cockheran* (HI)	61
	Tuati Wooden (SJST)	61
6.	Jamall Broussard (SJST)	55
7.	Garrett Mills* (TLS)	53
	D.J. Curry (LATECH)	53
	Britton Komine* (HI)	53
10.	T.J. Acree* (BOISE)	51

Receiving Yards

1.	Tim Gilligan* (BOISE)	1192
2.	Chad Owens* (HI)	1134
3.	Jeremiah Cockheran* (HI)	997
4.	Tuati Wooden (SJST)	781
5.	T.J. Acree* (BOISE)	758
6.	Romby Bryant* (TLS)	748
7.	Lawrence Bady* (BOISE)	726
8.	Jamall Broussard (SJST)	715
9.	Bernard Berrian* (FREST)	668
	D.J. Curry (LATECH)	668

Receiving Yards Per Reception

1.	Lawrence Bady* (BOISE)	25.0
2.	Jerry Smith* (BOISE)	19.0
3.	Tim Gilligan* (BOISE)	17.8
4.	Maurice Mann (NV)	17.0
5.	Jeremiah Cockheran* (HI)	16.3
6.	Romby Bryant* (TLS)	15.9
7.	T.J. Acree* (BOISE)	14.9
8.	Howard Jackson (TXEP)	14.5
9.	Johnnie Lee Higgins Jr. (TXEP)	14.5
10.	Shawn Piper (LATECH)	14.2

Receiving Touchdowns

1.	Garrett Mills* (TLS)	10
2.	Jeremiah Cockheran* (HI)	9
	Chad Owens* (HI)	9
4.	Leon Pinky (SJST)	8
	Romby Bryant* (TLS)	8
6.	T.J. Acree* (BOISE)	7
7.	Tim Gilligan* (BOISE)	6
	D.J. Curry (LATECH)	6
9.	Jerry Smith* (BOISE)	5
	Britton Komine* (HI)	5
	Jason Rivers* (HI)	5
	Courtney Anderson (SJST)	5

Plays From Scrimmage

1.	Keylon Kincade (SMETH)	335
2.	David Mikell* (BOISE)	265
3.	Chance Kretschmer (NV)	260
4.	Howard Jackson (TXEP)	235
5.	Ryan Moats (LATECH)	226
6.	Dwayne Wright* (FREST)	209
7.	Eric Richardson* (TLS)	192
8.	James Kilian* (TLS)	135
9.	Donny Heck* (BOISE)	129
	Bryson Sumlin* (FREST)	129

Yards From Scrimmage

1.	Keylon Kincade (SMETH)	1551
	Ryan Moats (LATECH)	1551
3.	Howard Jackson (TXEP)	1537
4.	Chance Kretschmer (NV)	1286
5.	David Mikell* (BOISE)	1264
6.	Tim Gilligan* (BOISE)	1219
7.	Dwayne Wright* (FREST)	1181
8.	Chad Owens* (HI)	1140
9.	Jeremiah Cockheran* (HI)	997
10.	Eric Richardson* (TLS)	911

Touchdowns From Scrimmage

1.	David Mikell* (BOISE)	14
2.	Chance Kretschmer (NV)	12
	Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE)	12
	Eric Richardson* (TLS)	12
	Robbie Beck (RICE)	12
6.	Ryan Moats (LATECH)	11
7.	Garrett Mills* (TLS)	10
	Bryson Sumlin* (FREST)	10
9.	Donny Heck* (BOISE)	9
	Chad Owens* (HI)	9
	Jeremiah Cockheran* (HI)	9

Total Plays

1.	Timmy Chang* (HI)	644
2.	Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE)	527
3.	Luke McCown (LATECH)	503
4.	Scott Rislov (SJST)	490
5.	James Kilian* (TLS)	464
6.	Andy Heiser (NV)	387
7.	Paul Pinegar* (FREST)	337
8.	Keylon Kincade (SMETH)	317
9.	Orlando Cruz (TXEP)	274
10.	Jordan Palmer (TXEP)	265

Total Yards

1.	Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE)	4399
2.	Timmy Chang* (HI)	4139
3.	Luke McCown (LATECH)	3166
4.	Scott Rislov (SJST)	2985
5.	James Kilian* (TLS)	2822
6.	Andy Heiser (NV)	2467
7.	Paul Pinegar* (FREST)	1755
8.	Orlando Cruz (TXEP)	1507
9.	Ryan Moats (LATECH)	1300
10.	Keylon Kincade (SMETH)	1280

Total Yards Per Play

1.	Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE)	8.3
2.	Timmy Chang* (HI)	6.4
3.	Luke McCown (LATECH)	6.3

Total Touchdowns

1.	Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE)	43
2.	Timmy Chang* (HI)	30
3.	James Kilian* (TLS)	29
4.	Luke McCown (LATECH)	20
5.	Scott Rislov (SJST)	18
6.	Andy Heiser (NV)	14
7.	David Mikell* (BOISE)	13
	Chance Kretschmer (NV)	13
	Jason Whieldon* (HI)	13
10.	Paul Pinegar* (FREST)	12
	Robbie Beck (RICE)	12
	Eric Richardson* (TLS)	12

Touchdowns

1.	David Mikell* (BOISE)	14
2.	Chance Kretschmer (NV)	12
	Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE)	12
	Eric Richardson* (TLS)	12
	Robbie Beck (RICE)	12
6.	Ryan Moats (LATECH)	11
7.	Garrett Mills* (TLS)	10
	Bryson Sumlin* (FREST)	10
9.	Donny Heck* (BOISE)	9
	Chad Owens* (HI)	9
	Jeremiah Cockheran* (HI)	9

Points

1.	Tyler Jones* (BOISE)	132
2.	Brett Visintainer* (FREST)	98
3.	Josh Scobee (LATECH)	94
4.	David Mikell* (BOISE)	84
5.	Brad Devault* (TLS)	76
6.	Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE)	74
7.	Chance Kretschmer (NV)	72
	Robbie Beck (RICE)	72
	Eric Richardson* (TLS)	72
	Justin Ayat* (HI)	72

Extra Point Attempts

1.	Tyler Jones* (BOISE)	76
2.	Brad Devault* (TLS)	53
3.	Justin Ayat* (HI)	38
4.	Brett Visintainer* (FREST)	35
5.	Brennan Landry (RICE)	34
6.	Damon Fine (NV)	32
7.	Josh Scobee (LATECH)	31
8.	Jeff Carr (SJST)	29
9.	Keith Robinson (TXEP)	27
10.	Nolan Miranda* (HI)	22

Extra Points Made

1.	Tyler Jones* (BOISE)	75
2.	Brad Devault* (TLS)	49
3.	Brett Visintainer* (FREST)	35
4.	Brennan Landry (RICE)	34
5.	Josh Scobee (LATECH)	31
6.	Justin Ayat* (HI)	30
7.	Jeff Carr (SJST)	28
8.	Damon Fine (NV)	27
9.	Keith Robinson (TXEP)	26
10.	Nolan Miranda* (HI)	21

Field Goal Attempts

1.	Josh Scobee (LATECH)	31
2.	Brett Visintainer* (FREST)	28
3.	Tyler Jones* (BOISE)	25
4.	Justin Ayat* (HI)	22
5.	Jeff Carr (SJST)	17
	Damon Fine (NV)	17
7.	Brad Devault* (TLS)	16
8.	Keith Robinson (TXEP)	14
	Chris McMurtray (SMETH)	14
10.	Brennan Landry (RICE)	9

Field Goals Made

1.	Brett Visintainer* (FREST)	21
	Josh Scobee (LATECH)	21
3.	Tyler Jones* (BOISE)	19
4.	Justin Ayat* (HI)	14
5.	Damon Fine (NV)	13
6.	Jeff Carr (SJST)	11
7.	Chris McMurtray (SMETH)	10
8.	Brad Devault* (TLS)	9
9.	Keith Robinson (TXEP)	7
10.	Brennan Landry (RICE)	6

Field Goal Percentage

1.	Damon Fine (NV)	76.5
2.	Tyler Jones* (BOISE)	76.0
3.	Brett Visintainer* (FREST)	75.0
4.	Chris McMurtray (SMETH)	71.4
5.	Josh Scobee (LATECH)	67.7
6.	Jeff Carr (SJST)	64.7
7.	Justin Ayat* (HI)	63.6
8.	Brad Devault* (TLS)	56.2
9.	Keith Robinson (TXEP)	50.0

Punts

1.	Mike Lingua* (FREST)	84
2.	Ryan Mentzel (SMETH)	76
3.	Derek Jones (NV)	71
4.	Bryce Benekos (TXEP)	70
5.	Kurt Milne* (HI)	63
6.	Kyle Stringer* (BOISE)	60
7.	Dustin Upton (LATECH)	58
8.	Bryce Partridge (SJST)	57
9.	Jared Scruggs (RICE)	51
10.	Cort Moffitt* (TLS)	44

Punting Yards

1.	Mike Lingua* (FREST)	3215
2.	Bryce Benekos (TXEP)	3085
3.	Ryan Mentzel (SMETH)	2912
4.	Derek Jones (NV)	2847
5.	Kurt Milne* (HI)	2501
6.	Kyle Stringer* (BOISE)	2415
7.	Dustin Upton (LATECH)	2363
8.	Jared Scruggs (RICE)	2341
9.	Bryce Partridge (SJST)	2189
10.	Cort Moffitt* (TLS)	1922

Punting Yards Per Punt

1.	Jared Scruggs (RICE)	45.9
2.	Bryce Benekos (TXEP)	44.1
3.	Cort Moffitt* (TLS)	43.7
4.	Dustin Upton (LATECH)	40.7
5.	Kyle Stringer* (BOISE)	40.2
6.	Derek Jones (NV)	40.1
7.	Kurt Milne* (HI)	39.7
8.	Bryce Partridge (SJST)	38.4
9.	Ryan Mentzel (SMETH)	38.3
10.	Mike Lingua* (FREST)	38.3

Punt Returns

1.	Bernard Berrian* (FREST)	42
2.	Tim Gilligan* (BOISE)	37
3.	Clifton Herbert* (HI)	30
4.	Jermaine Landrum* (TLS)	28
5.	Jahmal Fenner (TXEP)	22
6.	Corey Brazil (LATECH)	20
7.	Blake Warren (SMETH)	17
	Will Galusha (RICE)	17
9.	Jamall Broussard (SJST)	16
10.	Chad Owens* (HI)	14

Punt Return Yards

1.	Tim Gilligan* (BOISE)	460
2.	Bernard Berrian* (FREST)	429
3.	Jermaine Landrum* (TLS)	296
4.	Clifton Herbert* (HI)	271
5.	Corey Brazil (LATECH)	263
6.	Jamall Broussard (SJST)	174
7.	Blake Warren (SMETH)	173
8.	Brad Allen* (BOISE)	157
9.	Chad Owens* (HI)	136
10.	Jahmal Fenner (TXEP)	133

Punt Return Yards Per Return

1.	Corey Brazil (LATECH)	13.2
2.	Tim Gilligan* (BOISE)	12.4
3.	Jamall Broussard (SJST)	10.9
4.	Jermaine Landrum* (TLS)	10.6
5.	Bernard Berrian* (FREST)	10.2
6.	Blake Warren (SMETH)	10.2
7.	Chad Owens* (HI)	9.7
8.	Clifton Herbert* (HI)	9.0
9.	Will Galusha (RICE)	6.8
10.	Jahmal Fenner (TXEP)	6.0

Kickoff Returns

1.	Eric Newman (LATECH)	31
2.	Jonas Rutledge (SMETH)	29
3.	Chris Carr* (BOISE)	27
4.	Bernard Berrian* (FREST)	26
5.	Howard Jackson (TXEP)	25
6.	Kendrick Starling (SJST)	20
	Jahmal Fenner (TXEP)	20
8.	John West* (HI)	19
	Uril Parrish* (TLS)	19
10.	Trestin George (SJST)	18

Kickoff Return Yards

1.	Jonas Rutledge (SMETH)	782
2.	Eric Newman (LATECH)	732
3.	Chris Carr* (BOISE)	710
4.	Bernard Berrian* (FREST)	631
5.	Howard Jackson (TXEP)	609
6.	Kendrick Starling (SJST)	562
7.	Jahmal Fenner (TXEP)	506
8.	Uril Parrish* (TLS)	453
9.	John West* (HI)	446
10.	Trestin George (SJST)	429

Kickoff Return Yards Per Return

1.	Kendrick Starling (SJST)	28.1
2.	Jonas Rutledge (SMETH)	27.0
3.	Chris Carr* (BOISE)	26.3
4.	Jahmal Fenner (TXEP)	25.3
5.	Howard Jackson (TXEP)	24.4
6.	Bernard Berrian* (FREST)	24.3
7.	Ross Dickerson* (HI)	24.0
8.	Uril Parrish* (TLS)	23.8
9.	Trestin George (SJST)	23.8
10.	Eric Newman (LATECH)	23.6

Interceptions

1.	Gerald Jones (SJST)	6
2.	Wes Nurse* (BOISE)	5
3.	Manuel Sanchez* (FREST)	4
	Kelvin Millhouse* (HI)	4
	Abraham Elimimian* (HI)	4
	Oliver Fletcher* (TLS)	4
	Chris Carr* (BOISE)	4
8.	Adrian Ward (TXEP)	3
	Jermaine Hope* (TLS)	3
	Cam Hall* (BOISE)	3
	Nick Hawthrone (NV)	3
	Richard Marshall* (FREST)	3
	Shannon Carter* (TLS)	3
	Logan Carter (NV)	3
	Jonas Rutledge (SMETH)	3
	Julius Brown* (BOISE)	3
	Gabe Franklin* (BOISE)	3
	Kedrick Alexander* (TLS)	3
	David Gilmore* (HI)	3

Interception Return Yards

1.	Gerald Jones (SJST)	178
2.	Oliver Fletcher* (TLS)	97
3.	Richard Marshall* (FREST)	83
4.	Onyeka Ossai (SJST)	60
5.	Jonas Rutledge (SMETH)	59
6.	Jerron Wishom (LATECH)	57
7.	Thomas Howard (TXEP)	56
	Wes Nurse* (BOISE)	56
9.	Jahmal Fenner (TXEP)	55
	Terry Holley (RICE)	55

Interception Return Touchdowns

Gerald Jones (SJST)

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