Английская Википедия:2003 New Orleans Saints season

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The 2003 season was the New Orleans Saints' 37th in the National Football League (NFL) and their 28th playing home games at the Louisiana Superdome. They failed to improve on their 9–7 record from 2002 and finished with a record of 8–8.

This was the season of the River City Relay, a play that has gone down in NFL lore from a week 16 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Saints were 7–7 and needed a victory to keep their postseason hopes alive. The Jaguars held a 20–13 lead with seven seconds left in regulation, and the Saints had possession on their own 25. In a scene evoking memories of The Play, Aaron Brooks passed to Donté Stallworth for 42 yards, Stallworth lateraled to Michael Lewis for 7 yards, Lewis lateraled to Deuce McAllister for 5 yards, and McAllister lateraled to Jerome Pathon for 21 yards and a touchdown. The score was 20–19, leaving only the extra point to force overtime. However, in an unlikely twist, John Carney, who in his career made 98.4% of extra points attempted and had not missed one in a full decade, inexplicably missed the kick wide right, causing the Saints to miss the playoffs for the third consecutive season and 10th time in the past 11.

Regular season

Schedule

During the 2003 regular season, the Saints’ non-division opponents were primarily from the NFC East and AFC South, based on the NFLʼs schedule rotation. They also played the Seattle Seahawks and Chicago Bears based on the teams' Шаблон:Nfly divisional placement.

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1	September 7	at Seattle Seahawks	L 10–27	0–1	52,250
2	September 14	Houston Texans	W 31–10	1–1	68,390
3	September 21	at Tennessee Titans	L 12–27	1–2	68,809
4	September 28	Indianapolis Colts	L 21–55	1–3	70,020
5	October 5	at Carolina Panthers	L 13–19	1–4	72,496
6	October 12	Chicago Bears	W 20–13	2–4	68,390
7	October 19	at Atlanta Falcons	W 45–17	3–4	70,837
8	October 26	Carolina Panthers	L 20–23	3–5	68,370
9	November 2	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 17–14	4–5	65,524
10	Bye
11	November 16	Atlanta Falcons	W 23–20	5–5	68,432
12	November 23	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 20–33	5–6	67,802
13	November 30	at Washington Redskins	W 24–20	6–6	76,821
14	December 7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 7–14	6–7	68,442
15	December 14	New York Giants	W 45–7	7–7	68,399
16	December 21	at Jacksonville Jaguars	L 19–20	7–8	49,207
17	December 28	Dallas Cowboys	W 13–7	8–8	68,451

External links

• 2003 New Orleans Saints at Pro-Football-Reference.com

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