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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 2nd in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 340 points (21.2/g), 14th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 326 points (20.4/g), 14th.
Differential of 14 points (0.9/g), 17th.
Expected W-L: 8.4-7.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 18th.
Coached by Jim Haslett (8-8-0)
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2003 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 7 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 10 | 27 | 20 | 359 | 263 | 96 | 4 | 17 | 270 | 119 | 151 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 14 | box | W | 1-1 | Houston Texans | 31 | 10 | 12 | 292 | 182 | 110 | 16 | 258 | 183 | 75 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 21 | box | L | 1-2 | @ | Tennessee Titans | 12 | 27 | 11 | 188 | 165 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 385 | 280 | 105 | 1 |
| 4 | Sun | September 28 | box | L | 1-3 | Indianapolis Colts | 21 | 55 | 20 | 363 | 208 | 155 | 4 | 20 | 418 | 318 | 100 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 5 | box | L | 1-4 | @ | Carolina Panthers | 13 | 19 | 17 | 344 | 189 | 155 | 1 | 21 | 309 | 124 | 185 | 1 |
| 6 | Sun | October 12 | box | W | 2-4 | Chicago Bears | 20 | 13 | 18 | 283 | 153 | 130 | 16 | 271 | 131 | 140 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 19 | box | W | 3-4 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 45 | 17 | 27 | 506 | 342 | 164 | 1 | 11 | 238 | 108 | 130 | 1 |
| 8 | Sun | October 26 | box | L | 3-5 | Carolina Panthers | 20 | 23 | 19 | 294 | 190 | 104 | 3 | 20 | 368 | 145 | 223 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 2 | box | W | 4-5 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 17 | 14 | 10 | 257 | 133 | 124 | 1 | 21 | 352 | 296 | 56 | 6 |
| 10 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Sun | November 16 | box | W | 5-5 | Atlanta Falcons | 23 | 20 | 23 | 403 | 193 | 210 | 4 | 11 | 244 | 76 | 168 | 3 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 23 | box | L | 5-6 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 20 | 33 | 27 | 466 | 267 | 199 | 3 | 22 | 448 | 247 | 201 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 30 | box | W | 6-6 | @ | Washington Redskins | 24 | 20 | 23 | 310 | 121 | 189 | 20 | 392 | 231 | 161 | 3 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 7 | box | L | 6-7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7 | 14 | 16 | 292 | 202 | 90 | 3 | 16 | 314 | 207 | 107 | 1 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 14 | box | W | 7-7 | New York Giants | 45 | 7 | 26 | 440 | 308 | 132 | 1 | 16 | 241 | 130 | 111 | 2 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 21 | box | L | 7-8 | @ | Jacksonville Jaguars | 19 | 20 | 20 | 350 | 289 | 61 | 1 | 22 | 374 | 131 | 243 | 2 |
| 17 | Sun | December 28 | box | W | 8-8 | Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 7 | 13 | 291 | 233 | 58 | 21 | 352 | 267 | 85 | 3 | ||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 340 | 5438 | 1019 | 5.3 | 302 | 314 | 535 | 3438 | 25 | 8 | 6.0 | 177 | 448 | 2000 | 11 | 4.5 | 100 | 28 | 20 | 25 |
| Team Defense | 326 | 5234 | 997 | 5.2 | 487 | 264 | 485 | 2993 | 20 | 14 | 5.8 | 165 | 480 | 2241 | 12 | 4.7 | 298 | 27 | 13 | 24 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 14 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 32 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 14 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 25 | 27 | 13 | 28 | 16 | 7 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 27 | QB | 16 | 16 | 8-8-0 | 306 | 518 | 59.1 | 3546 | 24 | 4.6 | 8 | 1.5 | 76 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 11.6 | 221.6 | 88.8 | 34 | 195 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| Todd Bouman | 31 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 53.8 | 81 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 11.6 | 20.3 | 98.6 | 2 | 8 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 13.3 | ||
| Deuce McAllister* | 25 | RB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Mitch Berger | 31 | 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Joe Horn | 31 | WR | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.9 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 28.2 | 16 | 8-8-0 | 314 | 535 | 58.7 | 3641 | 25 | 4.7 | 8 | 1.5 | 76 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 11.6 | 227.6 | 88.7 | 36 | 203 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 6.3 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 264 | 485 | 54.4 | 2993 | 20 | 4.1 | 14 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 11.3 | 187.1 | 74.9 | 32 | 171 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Deuce McAllister* | 25 | RB | 16 | 16 | 351 | 1641 | 8 | 76 | 4.7 | 102.6 | 21.9 | 69 | 516 | 7.5 | 0 | 39 | 4.3 | 32.3 | 2157 | 8 | 6 |
| Aaron Brooks | 27 | QB | 16 | 16 | 54 | 175 | 2 | 15 | 3.2 | 10.9 | 3.4 | 175 | 2 | 14 | |||||||
| Ki-Jana Carter | 30 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 72 | 1 | 31 | 3.8 | 9.0 | 2.4 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 83 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lamar Smith | 33 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 61 | 0 | 17 | 5.5 | 15.3 | 2.8 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 63 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Fenderson | 27 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Bouman | 31 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Joe Horn | 31 | WR | 15 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 78 | 973 | 12.5 | 10 | 50 | 5.2 | 64.9 | 988 | 10 | 2 |
| Donte Stallworth | 23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 25 | 485 | 19.4 | 3 | 76 | 2.3 | 44.1 | 488 | 3 | 3 | |
| Michael Lewis | 32 | RET | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12 | 226 | 18.8 | 1 | 39 | 0.9 | 17.4 | 228 | 1 | 2 |
| John Carney | 39 | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Fred McAfee | 35 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Jerome Pathon | 28 | WR | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44 | 578 | 13.1 | 4 | 40 | 2.8 | 36.1 | 578 | 4 | 1 | |
| Boo Williams | 24 | te | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41 | 436 | 10.6 | 5 | 31 | 2.6 | 27.3 | 436 | 5 | 0 | |
| Ernie Conwell | 31 | TE | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26 | 290 | 11.2 | 2 | 32 | 2.6 | 29.0 | 290 | 2 | 1 | |
| Walter Rasby | 31 | te | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 0 | 17 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 55 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terrelle Smith | 25 | FB | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 0 | 8 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Talman Gardner | 23 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 11 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Derrick Lewis | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 28.2 | 16 | 448 | 2000 | 11 | 76 | 4.5 | 125.0 | 28.0 | 314 | 3641 | 11.6 | 25 | 76 | 19.6 | 227.6 | 5641 | 36 | 33 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 480 | 2241 | 12 | 4.7 | 140.1 | 30.0 | 264 | 2993 | 11.3 | 20 | 16.5 | 187.1 | 5234 | 32 | 29 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Michael Lewis | 32 | RET | 13 | 1 | 30 | 275 | 0 | 27 | 9.2 | 45 | 1068 | 0 | 53 | 23.7 | 1571 |
| Donte Stallworth | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 18 | 8.8 | 8 | 171 | 0 | 28 | 21.4 | 703 | |
| Fred McAfee | 35 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 140 | 0 | 23 | 15.6 | 153 | ||||||
| Keyuo Craver | 23 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 11.0 | 5 | 128 | 0 | 52 | 25.6 | 150 | |
| Victor Green | 34 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 7.5 | 15 | ||||||
| Walter Rasby | 31 | te | 16 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 4.5 | 64 | |||||
| Melvin Williams | 24 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| James Allen | 24 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | ||||||
| Fred Thomas | 30 | RCB | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | |||||
| Team Total | 28.2 | 16 | 40 | 360 | 0 | 27 | 9.0 | 72 | 1524 | 0 | 53 | 21.2 | 7525 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 36 | 0 | 67 | 1587 | 2 | 23.7 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Mitch Berger | 31 | P | 16 | 0 | 71 | 3144 | 59 | 1 | 44.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Carney | 39 | K | 16 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 22 | 73.3% | 37 | 36 | 97.3% | |||||||
| Team Total | 28.2 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 22 | 73.3% | 37 | 36 | 97.3% | 71 | 3144 | 59 | 1 | 44.3 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 31 | 25 | 80.6% | 35 | 35 | 100.0% | 76 | 3184 | 41.9 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Aaron Brooks | 27 | QB | 16 | 16 | 14 | 0 | -21 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charles Grant | 25 | LDE/rde | 16 | 16 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 13 | |
| Deuce McAllister* | 25 | RB | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | -3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Whitehead | 30 | RDE/lde | 11 | 10 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 6 | |
| Darren Howard | 27 | rde | 8 | 8 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 3 | |
| Fred Thomas | 30 | RCB | 16 | 14 | 1.0 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 11 | |
| Ashley Ambrose | 33 | LCB | 16 | 12 | 3 | 78 | 1 | 73 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 41 | 6 | ||
| Jay Bellamy | 31 | SS | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 17 | |
| Donte Stallworth | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Grady Jackson | 30 | rdt | 7 | 6 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 4 | ||||||
| Michael Lewis | 32 | RET | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Rodgers | 32 | RLB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 18 | ||
| Melvin Williams | 24 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Ernie Conwell | 31 | TE | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Fontenot | 37 | C | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Horn | 31 | WR | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Orlando Ruff | 27 | mlb | 16 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 19 | ||
| Darrin Smith | 33 | MLB | 14 | 10 | 1.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 44 | 16 | ||||||
| Kenny Smith | 26 | RDT | 15 | 9 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 10 | |
| Todd Bouman | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dale Carter | 34 | lcb | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | ||||||
| Steve Gleason | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| Victor Green | 34 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | |||
| Deveron Harper | 26 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Sedrick Hodge | 25 | LLB | 9 | 9 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 5 | ||||||
| Tebucky Jones | 29 | FS | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 18 | ||
| Roger Knight | 25 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | ||||||||
| Fred McAfee | 35 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jerome Pathon | 28 | WR | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnathan Sullivan | 22 | LDT | 14 | 12 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 8 | |
| Boo Williams | 24 | te | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 28.2 | 16 | 31.0 | 14 | 226 | 2 | 73 | 102 | 15 | 33 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 732 | 178 | 1 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 36 | 29 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carney | 39 | K | 16 | 0 | 36 | 22 | 102 | |||||||||
| Joe Horn | 31 | WR | 15 | 14 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Deuce McAllister* | 25 | RB | 16 | 16 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Boo Williams | 24 | te | 16 | 6 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Jerome Pathon | 28 | WR | 16 | 12 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Donte Stallworth | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Aaron Brooks | 27 | QB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Conwell | 31 | TE | 10 | 10 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Ashley Ambrose | 33 | LCB | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ki-Jana Carter | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Michael Lewis | 32 | RET | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Rodgers | 32 | RLB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Fred Thomas | 30 | RCB | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| James Allen | 24 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| James Fenderson | 27 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 28.2 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 22 | 1 | 340 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 35 | 25 | 326 |