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2003 Carolina Panthers

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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary

2003 NFC Champions

Scored 325 points (20.3/g), 15th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 304 points (19.0/g), 10th.
 Differential of 21 points (1.3/g), 16th.
 Expected W-L: 8.6-7.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.3/g), 25th.

Simple Rating System: Total -0.9, Offense: -1.5, Defense: 0.6, SoS: -2.2, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by John Fox

 Offensive Coordinator: Dan Henning
 Defensive Coordinator: Mike Trgovac

 Other Notable Asst.: Ken Flajole (Linebackers)

Training Camp: Wofford College (Spartanburg, South Carolina)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 325 5141 1008 5.1 284 270 460 3050 19 16 6.3 146 522 2091 9 4.0 114 31 15 24
Team Defense 304 4725 996 4.7 274 299 522 3003 19 16 5.3 161 434 1722 10 4.0 83 26 10 30
Lg Rank Offense 15 16 19 28 18 16 12 9 3 7 24 17 20 25
Lg Rank Defense 10 8 8 20 9 13 12 8 9 11 6 12 18 23

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 boxscore W 1-0 Jacksonville Jaguars 24 23 17 242 120 122 2 17 331 256 75 1
2 Sun September 14 boxscore W OT 2-0 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12 9 14 258 87 171 2 25 397 337 60 1
3 Bye Week
4 Sun September 28 boxscore W 3-0 Atlanta Falcons 23 3 19 361 168 193 1 11 267 123 144 1
5 Sun October 5 boxscore W 4-0 New Orleans Saints 19 13 21 309 124 185 1 17 344 189 155 1
6 Sun October 12 boxscore W OT 5-0 @ Indianapolis Colts 23 20 17 341 152 189 2 20 369 293 76 3
7 Sun October 19 boxscore L 5-1 Tennessee Titans 17 37 19 383 339 44 4 15 348 214 134
8 Sun October 26 boxscore W OT 6-1 @ New Orleans Saints 23 20 20 368 145 223 19 294 190 104 3
9 Sun November 2 boxscore L 6-2 @ Houston Texans 10 14 21 367 193 174 1 14 267 149 118
10 Sun November 9 boxscore W 7-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 24 18 341 263 78 2 18 347 258 89 1
11 Sun November 16 boxscore W 8-2 Washington Redskins 20 17 17 427 317 110 4 13 181 127 54 2
12 Sun November 23 boxscore L 8-3 @ Dallas Cowboys 20 24 15 244 169 75 2 19 319 254 65 1
13 Sun November 30 boxscore L 8-4 Philadelphia Eagles 16 25 19 336 200 136 1 17 283 159 124 2
14 Sun December 7 boxscore L OT 8-5 @ Atlanta Falcons 14 20 13 231 141 90 3 24 380 156 224 2
15 Sun December 14 boxscore W 9-5 @ Arizona Cardinals 20 17 17 298 231 67 2 23 317 146 171 2
16 Sun December 21 boxscore W 10-5 Detroit Lions 20 14 22 384 260 124 2 8 106 53 53 1
17 Sun December 28 boxscore W 11-5 @ New York Giants 37 24 15 251 141 110 2 14 175 99 76 5
Playoffs
WildCard Sat January 3 boxscore W 12-5 Dallas Cowboys 29 10 16 380 273 107 10 204 132 72 2
Division Sat January 10 boxscore W OT 13-5 @ St. Louis Rams 29 23 24 485 269 216 1 23 380 316 64 3
ConfChamp Sun January 18 boxscore W 14-5 @ Philadelphia Eagles 14 3 14 256 101 155 18 289 152 137 4
SuperBowl Sun February 1 boxscore L 14-6 N New England Patriots 29 32 17 387 295 92 1 29 481 354 127 1

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
17 Jake Delhomme 28 QB 16 15 10-5-0 266 449 59.2 3219 19 4.2 16 3.6 67 7.2 6.4 12.1 201.2 80.6 23 168 6.46 5.74 4.9 5 8
9 Rodney Peete 37 qb 1 1 1-0-0 4 10 40.0 19 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 1.9 1.9 4.8 19.0 47.9 3 20 -0.08 -0.08 23.1
10 Todd Sauerbrun* 30 P 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Team Total 27.5 16 11-5-0 270 460 58.7 3238 19 4.1 16 3.5 67 7.0 6.3 12.0 202.4 79.6 26 188 6.28 5.58 5.3 5 8
Opp Total 16 299 522 57.3 3215 19 3.6 16 3.1 6.2 5.51 10.8 200.9 74.8 40 212 5.3 4.7 7.1

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
48 Stephen Davis* 29 RB 14 14 318 1444 8 40 4.5 103.1 22.7 14 159 11.4 0 25 1.0 11.4 1603 8 3
20 DeShaun Foster 23 rb 14 2 113 429 0 21 3.8 30.6 8.1 26 207 8.0 2 47 1.9 14.8 636 2 3
17 Jake Delhomme 28 QB 16 15 42 39 1 9 0.9 2.4 2.6 39 1 15
32 Rod Smart 26 KR 16 0 20 49 0 6 2.5 3.1 1.3 3 11 3.7 0 5 0.2 0.7 60 0 2
89 Steve Smith 24 PR/WR 16 11 11 42 0 14 3.8 2.6 0.7 88 1110 12.6 7 67 5.5 69.4 1152 7 5
37 Nick Goings 25 15 0 10 69 0 17 6.9 4.6 0.7 12 97 8.1 1 14 0.8 6.5 166 1 0
45 Brad Hoover 27 fb 16 9 6 21 0 5 3.5 1.3 0.4 12 72 6.0 1 17 0.8 4.5 93 1 1
87 Muhsin Muhammad 30 WR 15 15 2 -2 0 0 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 54 837 15.5 3 60 3.6 55.8 835 3 3
81 Ricky Proehl 35 wr 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 389 14.4 4 66 1.7 24.3 389 4 0
86 Kris Mangum 30 TE 16 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 199 11.7 0 34 1.1 12.4 199 0 0
84 Jermaine Wiggins 28 TE 16 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 80 10.0 1 23 0.5 5.0 80 1 0
82 Mike Seidman 22 te 12 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 35 7.0 0 14 0.4 2.9 35 0 0
85 Kevin Dyson 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 15 7.5 0 9 2.0 15.0 15 0 0
88 Karl Hankton 33 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 27 13.5 0 15 0.1 1.9 27 0 0
Team Total 27.5 16 522 2091 9 40 4.0 130.7 32.6 270 3238 12.0 19 67 16.9 202.4 5329 28 33
Opp Total 16 434 1722 10 4.0 107.6 27.1 299 3003 10.0 19 18.7 187.7 4725 29 20

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
89 Steve Smith 24 PR/WR 16 11 44 439 1 53 10.0 11 309 0 42 28.1 1900
32 Rod Smart 26 KR 16 0 41 947 1 100 23.1 1007
81 Ricky Proehl 35 wr 16 2 2 34 0 19 17.0 423
82 Mike Seidman 22 te 12 5 2 24 0 17 12.0 59
85 Kevin Dyson 28 1 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 29
45 Brad Hoover 27 fb 16 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 93
87 Muhsin Muhammad 30 WR 15 15 1 2 0 2 2.0 837
97 Kemp Rasmussen 24 13 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
96 Al Wallace 29 de 16 2 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Team Total 27.5 16 45 453 1 53 10.1 60 1345 1 100 22.4 7127
Opp Total 16 35 1 70 1425 0 20.4

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
10 Todd Sauerbrun* 30 P 16 0 77 3433 64 3 44.6
4 John Kasay 34 K 16 0 13 13 8 6 13 11 4 2 38 32 84.2% 30 29 96.7% 1 33 33 0 33.0
Team Total 27.5 16 13 13 8 6 13 11 4 2 38 32 84.2% 30 29 96.7% 78 3466 64 3 44.4
Opp Total 16 32 21 65.6% 32 31 96.9% 90 3780 42.0

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
30 Mike Minter 29 SS 16 16 3 100 2 35 8 77 20
54 Will Witherspoon 23 RLB 16 16 1.0 1 10 0 10 5 74 25
27 Deon Grant 24 FS 16 16 1.0 3 25 0 25 12 0 0 1 0 0 65 12
53 Greg Favors 29 LLB 16 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 56 20
93 Mike Rucker* 28 RDE 14 14 12.0 1 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 48 11
23 Reggie Howard 26 RCB 15 15 0.5 2 2 0 2 12 1 0 0 0 0 52 10
24 Ricky Manning 23 lcb 16 7 3 33 1 27 7 2 0 1 0 0 52 8
55 Dan Morgan 25 MLB 11 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 46 20
21 Terry Cousin 28 LCB 13 13 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 45 4
90 Julius Peppers 23 LDE 16 16 7.0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 39 7
77 Kris Jenkins*+ 24 RDT 16 16 5.0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 39 7
96 Al Wallace 29 de 16 2 5.0 2 58 0 53 5 0 1 1 0 0 30 8
52 Brian L. Allen 25 lb 14 4 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 22 10
99 Brentson Buckner 32 LDT 12 12 0.5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20 3
97 Kemp Rasmussen 24 13 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 16 1
98 Shane Burton 29 de 16 4 2.0 1 10 0 10 4 0 0 1 0 0 12 5
29 Dante Wesley 24 db 16 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 14 2
57 Lester Towns 26 lb 15 1 11 4
17 Jake Delhomme 28 QB 16 15 0 15 3 -21 0
94 Kindal Moorehead 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 4
40 Jarrod Cooper 25 12 0 7 0
42 Travares Tillman 26 7 0 5 0
89 Steve Smith 24 PR/WR 16 11 0 5 4 0 0
59 Mike Caldwell 32 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
87 Muhsin Muhammad 30 WR 15 15 0 3 2 0 0
28 Colin Branch 23 16 0 2 0
20 DeShaun Foster 23 rb 14 2 0 3 1 0 0
31 William Hampton 28 5 0 2 0
48 Stephen Davis* 29 RB 14 14 0 3 0 0 0
32 Rod Smart 26 KR 16 0 0 2 1 0 0
56 Jason Kyle 31 16 0 1 0
75 Todd Steussie 33 LT 16 16 0 0 2 0 0
65 Kevin Donnalley 35 RG 16 16 0 0 1 0 0
88 Karl Hankton 33 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
45 Brad Hoover 27 fb 16 9 0 1 0 0 0
86 Kris Mangum 30 TE 16 11 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.5 16 39.0 16 238 3 53 81 12 33 26 -21 0 743 181
Opp Total 16 26 20 10

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
4 John Kasay 34 K 16 0 29 32 125
48 Stephen Davis* 29 RB 14 14 8 8 48
89 Steve Smith 24 PR/WR 16 11 7 1 8 48
81 Ricky Proehl 35 wr 16 2 4 4 24
87 Muhsin Muhammad 30 WR 15 15 3 3 18
20 DeShaun Foster 23 rb 14 2 2 2 12
30 Mike Minter 29 SS 16 16 2 2 12
17 Jake Delhomme 28 QB 16 15 1 1 6
37 Nick Goings 25 15 0 1 1 6
45 Brad Hoover 27 fb 16 9 1 1 6
24 Ricky Manning 23 lcb 16 7 1 1 6
32 Rod Smart 26 KR 16 0 1 1 6
84 Jermaine Wiggins 28 TE 16 11 1 1 6
Team Total 27.5 16 9 19 1 1 3 33 29 32 323
Opp Total 16 10 19 1 31 21 304