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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 2nd in AFC North Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 346 points (21.6/g), 13th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 384 points (24.0/g), 28th.
Differential of -38 points (-2.4/g), 21st.
Expected W-L: 7.0-9.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 10th.
Coached by Marvin Lewis (8-8-0)
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2003 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 7 | box | L | 0-1 | Denver Broncos | 10 | 30 | 15 | 294 | 243 | 51 | 4 | 19 | 293 | 109 | 184 | 3 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 14 | box | L | 0-2 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 20 | 23 | 27 | 416 | 287 | 129 | 2 | 12 | 237 | 103 | 134 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 21 | box | L | 0-3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 17 | 11 | 182 | 125 | 57 | 1 | 22 | 376 | 238 | 138 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 28 | box | W | 1-3 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 21 | 14 | 17 | 295 | 215 | 80 | 18 | 339 | 270 | 69 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 5 | box | L | 1-4 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 22 | 18 | 279 | 212 | 67 | 2 | 17 | 257 | 177 | 80 | |
| 6 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sun | October 19 | box | W | 2-4 | Baltimore Ravens | 34 | 26 | 17 | 303 | 244 | 59 | 21 | 401 | 281 | 120 | 3 | ||
| 8 | Sun | October 26 | box | W | 3-4 | Seattle Seahawks | 27 | 24 | 19 | 412 | 218 | 194 | 24 | 459 | 338 | 121 | 5 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 2 | box | L | 3-5 | @ | Arizona Cardinals | 14 | 17 | 17 | 263 | 215 | 48 | 2 | 20 | 304 | 143 | 161 | 1 |
| 10 | Sun | November 9 | box | W | 4-5 | Houston Texans | 34 | 27 | 27 | 422 | 182 | 240 | 1 | 13 | 269 | 129 | 140 | 1 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 16 | box | W | 5-5 | Kansas City Chiefs | 24 | 19 | 21 | 422 | 222 | 200 | 20 | 371 | 304 | 67 | |||
| 12 | Sun | November 23 | box | W | 6-5 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 34 | 27 | 33 | 444 | 234 | 210 | 1 | 17 | 325 | 207 | 118 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 30 | box | W | 7-5 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24 | 20 | 18 | 379 | 266 | 113 | 23 | 384 | 299 | 85 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 7 | box | L | 7-6 | @ | Baltimore Ravens | 13 | 31 | 15 | 268 | 168 | 100 | 5 | 21 | 353 | 130 | 223 | 3 |
| 15 | Sun | December 14 | box | W | 8-6 | San Francisco 49ers | 41 | 38 | 23 | 393 | 168 | 225 | 31 | 502 | 331 | 171 | 3 | ||
| 16 | Sun | December 21 | box | L | 8-7 | @ | St. Louis Rams | 10 | 27 | 14 | 286 | 187 | 99 | 3 | 23 | 371 | 228 | 143 | 1 |
| 17 | Sun | December 28 | box | L | 8-8 | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 22 | 21 | 271 | 156 | 115 | 1 | 19 | 379 | 115 | 264 | ||