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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 313 points (19.6/g), 16th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 441 points (27.6/g), 31st.
Differential of -128 points (-8.0/g), 30th.
Expected W-L: 4.9-11.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.7/g), 28th.
Coached by Marty Schottenheimer (4-12-0)
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2003 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 7 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 27 | 13 | 232 | 168 | 64 | 2 | 19 | 390 | 259 | 131 | 2 |
| 2 | Sun | September 14 | box | L | 0-2 | Denver Broncos | 13 | 37 | 19 | 303 | 182 | 121 | 1 | 24 | 382 | 185 | 197 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 21 | box | L | 0-3 | Baltimore Ravens | 10 | 24 | 25 | 389 | 257 | 132 | 3 | 16 | 249 | 97 | 152 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 28 | box | L | 0-4 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 31 | 34 | 22 | 430 | 208 | 222 | 1 | 23 | 448 | 328 | 120 | 2 |
| 5 | Sun | October 5 | box | L | 0-5 | @ | Jacksonville Jaguars | 21 | 27 | 21 | 346 | 277 | 69 | 2 | 21 | 436 | 313 | 123 | 1 |
| 6 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sun | October 19 | box | W | 1-5 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 26 | 20 | 15 | 289 | 61 | 228 | 2 | 20 | 277 | 176 | 101 | 2 |
| 8 | Mon | October 27 | box | L | 1-6 | Miami Dolphins | 10 | 26 | 18 | 250 | 146 | 104 | 3 | 14 | 264 | 183 | 81 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 2 | box | L | 1-7 | @ | Chicago Bears | 7 | 20 | 11 | 199 | 119 | 80 | 1 | 19 | 341 | 216 | 125 | 1 |
| 10 | Sun | November 9 | box | W | 2-7 | Minnesota Vikings | 42 | 28 | 26 | 458 | 247 | 211 | 27 | 460 | 350 | 110 | 2 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 16 | box | L | 2-8 | @ | Denver Broncos | 8 | 37 | 5 | 96 | 56 | 40 | 4 | 26 | 448 | 247 | 201 | 3 |
| 12 | Sun | November 23 | box | L | 2-9 | Cincinnati Bengals | 27 | 34 | 17 | 325 | 207 | 118 | 33 | 444 | 234 | 210 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Sun | November 30 | box | L | 2-10 | Kansas City Chiefs | 24 | 28 | 17 | 370 | 211 | 159 | 3 | 23 | 335 | 141 | 194 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 7 | box | W | 3-10 | @ | Detroit Lions | 14 | 7 | 17 | 375 | 244 | 131 | 2 | 14 | 276 | 208 | 68 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 14 | box | L | 3-11 | Green Bay Packers | 21 | 38 | 23 | 424 | 336 | 88 | 4 | 17 | 361 | 278 | 83 | 1 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 21 | box | L | 3-12 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24 | 40 | 21 | 344 | 228 | 116 | 3 | 21 | 341 | 160 | 181 | |
| 17 | Sun | December 28 | box | W | 4-12 | Oakland Raiders | 21 | 14 | 20 | 337 | 74 | 263 | 9 | 141 | 141 | 1 | |||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 313 | 5167 | 971 | 5.3 | 290 | 297 | 525 | 3021 | 21 | 19 | 5.5 | 146 | 417 | 2146 | 16 | 5.1 | 117 | 31 | 12 | 27 |
| Team Defense | 441 | 5593 | 1072 | 5.2 | 326 | 322 | 524 | 3375 | 36 | 13 | 6.1 | 178 | 518 | 2218 | 12 | 4.3 | 124 | 20 | 7 | 24 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 16 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 18 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 31 | 27 | 29 | 22 | 21 | 32 | 25 | 22 | 29 | 25 | 13 | 20 | 28 | 29 | ||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Drew Brees | 24 | QB | 11 | 11 | 2-9-0 | 205 | 356 | 57.6 | 2108 | 11 | 3.1 | 15 | 4.2 | 68 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 10.3 | 191.6 | 67.5 | 21 | 178 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 5.6 |
| 7 | Doug Flutie | 41 | qb | 7 | 5 | 2-3-0 | 91 | 167 | 54.5 | 1097 | 9 | 5.4 | 4 | 2.4 | 73 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 12.1 | 156.7 | 82.8 | 8 | 27 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 4.6 |
| 2 | Darren Bennett | 38 | 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 | ||
| 21 | LaDainian Tomlinson | 24 | RB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 21 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 41.0 | 21.0 | 1.3 | 158.3 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 41.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 4-12-0 | 297 | 525 | 56.6 | 3226 | 21 | 4.0 | 19 | 3.6 | 73 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 10.9 | 201.6 | 73.1 | 29 | 205 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 322 | 524 | 61.5 | 3575 | 36 | 6.9 | 13 | 2.5 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 11.1 | 223.4 | 94.3 | 30 | 200 | 6.1 | 6.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 21 | LaDainian Tomlinson | 24 | RB | 16 | 16 | 313 | 1645 | 13 | 73 | 5.3 | 102.8 | 19.6 | 100 | 725 | 7.3 | 4 | 73 | 6.3 | 45.3 | 2370 | 17 | 2 |
| 7 | Doug Flutie | 41 | qb | 7 | 5 | 33 | 168 | 2 | 17 | 5.1 | 24.0 | 4.7 | 168 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| 9 | Drew Brees | 24 | QB | 11 | 11 | 21 | 84 | 0 | 18 | 4.0 | 7.6 | 1.9 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 1 | 21 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 105 | 1 | 5 |
| 41 | Lorenzo Neal | 33 | FB | 16 | 15 | 18 | 40 | 1 | 7 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 16 | 62 | 3.9 | 0 | 11 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 102 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Tim Dwight | 28 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 88 | 0 | 20 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 1.0 | 14 | 193 | 13.8 | 0 | 32 | 1.6 | 21.4 | 281 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | Jesse Chatman | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | 23 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 71 | 0 | 0 | |
| 82 | Reche Caldwell | 24 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 14 | 7.8 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 8 | 80 | 10.0 | 0 | 15 | 0.9 | 8.9 | 119 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Leon Johnson | 29 | RET | 14 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 26 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 89 | David Boston | 25 | WR | 14 | 14 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 70 | 880 | 12.6 | 7 | 46 | 5.0 | 62.9 | 898 | 7 | 2 |
| 88 | Eric Parker | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 18 | 244 | 13.6 | 3 | 33 | 2.3 | 30.5 | 265 | 3 | 1 | |
| 85 | Antonio Gates | 23 | TE | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24 | 389 | 16.2 | 2 | 48 | 1.6 | 25.9 | 389 | 2 | 1 | |
| 84 | Justin Peelle | 24 | TE | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16 | 133 | 8.3 | 1 | 24 | 1.1 | 8.9 | 133 | 1 | 0 | |
| 81 | Kassim Osgood | 23 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 278 | 21.4 | 2 | 57 | 0.8 | 17.4 | 278 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Dondre Gilliam | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 0 | 37 | 1.2 | 19.0 | 95 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 83 | Josh Norman | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 1 | 21 | 0.9 | 10.3 | 72 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 417 | 2146 | 16 | 73 | 5.1 | 134.1 | 26.1 | 297 | 3226 | 10.9 | 21 | 73 | 18.6 | 201.6 | 5372 | 37 | 20 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 518 | 2218 | 12 | 4.3 | 138.6 | 32.4 | 322 | 3375 | 10.5 | 36 | 20.1 | 210.9 | 5593 | 48 | 22 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 35 | Leon Johnson | 29 | RET | 14 | 0 | 24 | 184 | 0 | 21 | 7.7 | 50 | 1151 | 0 | 60 | 23.0 | 1361 |
| 87 | Tim Dwight | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 22 | 488 | 0 | 32 | 22.2 | 769 | |
| 88 | Eric Parker | 24 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 207 | 0 | 49 | 9.0 | 472 | ||||||
| 29 | Drayton Florence | 23 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 24 | 11.8 | 47 | ||||||
| 24 | Jesse Chatman | 24 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 23 | 15.5 | 102 | ||||||
| 30 | Andrew Pinnock | 23 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 41 | 25.0 | 50 | ||||||
| 96 | Leonardo Carson | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | ||||||
| 41 | Lorenzo Neal | 33 | FB | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 103 | |||||
| 84 | Justin Peelle | 24 | TE | 15 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 147 | |||||
| 78 | DeQuincy Scott | 25 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 49 | 391 | 0 | 49 | 8.0 | 84 | 1804 | 0 | 60 | 21.5 | 7567 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 38 | 2 | 67 | 1437 | 1 | 21.4 | |||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 2 | Darren Bennett | 38 | P | 16 | 0 | 82 | 3436 | 56 | 0 | 41.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Steve Christie | 36 | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 75.0% | 36 | 36 | 100.0% | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 75.0% | 36 | 36 | 100.0% | 83 | 3456 | 56 | 0 | 41.6 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 26 | 23 | 88.5% | 53 | 52 | 98.1% | 74 | 3160 | 42.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 59 | Donnie Edwards | 30 | RLB | 16 | 16 | 0.5 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 38 | |
| 57 | Zeke Moreno | 25 | MLB | 16 | 13 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 17 | |
| 51 | Ben Leber | 25 | LLB | 16 | 16 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 11 | |
| 20 | Jerry Wilson | 30 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 19 | |
| 23 | Quentin Jammer | 24 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 14 | ||
| 48 | Terrence Kiel | 23 | ss | 16 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 58 | 9 | |||||||
| 42 | Kwamie Lassiter | 34 | SS | 10 | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 8 | ||
| 22 | Sammy Davis | 23 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 45 | 13 | |||||||
| 92 | Jason Fisk | 31 | RDT | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 10 | ||||||
| 75 | Marcellus Wiley | 29 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 13 | |
| 90 | Adrian Dingle | 26 | RDE | 16 | 15 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6 | |
| 76 | Jamal Williams | 27 | LDT | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 9 | |
| 36 | Vernon Fox | 24 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | ||||||||
| 93 | Otis Leverette | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1.0 | 17 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 52 | Carlos Polk | 26 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 29 | Drayton Florence | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||
| 78 | DeQuincy Scott | 25 | 16 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | |||||||
| 54 | Stephen Cooper | 24 | 16 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 13 | 3 | |||||||
| 99 | Raylee Johnson | 33 | 9 | 1 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||||||
| 7 | Doug Flutie | 41 | qb | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | -16 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 95 | Joe Salave'a | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 32 | Kevin House | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| 9 | Drew Brees | 24 | QB | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 27 | Tay Cody | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 96 | Leonardo Carson | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 74 | Jacques Cesaire | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 91 | Omari Hand | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 21 | LaDainian Tomlinson | 24 | RB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 56 | Matt Wilhelm | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 89 | David Boston | 25 | WR | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 88 | Eric Parker | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Jesse Chatman | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 87 | Tim Dwight | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 85 | Antonio Gates | 23 | TE | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Leon Johnson | 29 | RET | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 77 | Damion McIntosh | 26 | LT | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 41 | Lorenzo Neal | 33 | FB | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 30.0 | 13 | 157 | 1 | 41 | 68 | 14 | 20 | 14 | -15 | 0 | 807 | 194 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 29 | 22 | 15 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | LaDainian Tomlinson | 24 | RB | 16 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 102 | |||||||||
| 8 | Steve Christie | 36 | K | 16 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 81 | ||||||||||
| 89 | David Boston | 25 | WR | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 44 | |||||||||
| 88 | Eric Parker | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Doug Flutie | 41 | qb | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 85 | Antonio Gates | 23 | TE | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 81 | Kassim Osgood | 23 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Drew Brees | 24 | QB | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 42 | Kwamie Lassiter | 34 | SS | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 41 | Lorenzo Neal | 33 | FB | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 83 | Josh Norman | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 84 | Justin Peelle | 24 | TE | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Stephen Alexander | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 313 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 12 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 23 | 1 | 441 |