NIKE (NKE) 8-K Nike Reports First Quarter Earnings Per Share Up 21 Percent Before Prior Year Accounting Change;worldwide Futures Orders Increase 10.5 Percent

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 18, 2003

NIKE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Oregon	1-10635	93-0584541
(State of	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

One Bowerman Drive
Beaverton, Oregon 97005-6453

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(503) 671-6453

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
	Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT 99

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

                    (c) Exhibits.

                    The following exhibit is furnished with this Form 8-K:

                    99. Press Release dated September 18, 2003.

Item 12.      Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

                    Today NIKE, Inc. issued its first quarter earnings press release. A copy of the release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	NIKE, Inc.
	(Registrant)
Date: September 18, 2003	/s/ Donald W. Blair
	By: Donald W. Blair
	Chief Financial Officer