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.
Rookies in italics 53 active, 11 inactive, 5 practice squad
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' 2002 divisional placement.
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The 2003 season was the New Orleans Saints 37th in the National Football League 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 1 2003 New Orleans Saints seasonOwnerTom BensonGeneral managerMickey LoomisHead coachJim HaslettHome fieldLouisiana SuperdomeResultsRecord8 8Division place2nd NFC SouthPlayoff finishDid not qualifyPro BowlersG LeCharles BentleyRB Deuce McAllisterAP All ProsRB Deuce McAllister 1st team 2002 Saints seasons 2004 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 Donte 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 Contents 1 Offseason 1 1 NFL Draft 2 Personnel 2 1 Staff 2 2 Roster 3 Regular season 3 1 Schedule 3 2 Standings 4 References 5 External linksOffseason EditNFL Draft Edit Main article 2003 NFL Draft 2003 New Orleans Saints draftRound Pick Player Position College Notes1 6 Johnathan Sullivan Defensive tackle Georgia2 37 Jon Stinchcomb Offensive tackle Georgia3 86 Cie Grant Linebacker Ohio State4 102 Montrae Holland Guard Florida State5 155 Melvin Williams Defensive end Kansas State6 203 Kareem Kelly Wide receiver USC7 231 Talman Gardner Wide receiver Florida State Made roster Made at least one Pro Bowl during career 2 Personnel EditStaff Edit 2003 New Orleans Saints staff Front office Owner Tom Benson Executive vice president general manager Mickey Loomis Senior football administrator Russ Ball Director of player personnel Rick Mueller College scouting coordinator Rick ThompsonHead coaches Head coach Jim HaslettOffensive coaches Offensive coordinator Mike McCarthy Quarterbacks Mike Sheppard Running backs Dave Atkins Wide receivers Hubbard Alexander Assistant wide receivers Danny Langsdorf Tight ends Bob Palcic Offensive line Jack Henry Offensive assistant quality control John Misciagna Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator Rick Venturi Defensive line Sam Clancy Linebackers Winston Moss Secondary Joe Baker Secondary cornerbacks Greg Brown Defensive assistant quality control Ty Knott Defensive assistant special projects Joe AlleySpecial teams coaches Special teams Al EverestStrength and conditioning Strength and conditioning Rock Gullickson Assistant strength and conditioning Jerry PalmieriRoster Edit 2003 New Orleans Saints final roster Quarterbacks 4 Todd Bouman 2 Aaron Brooks 14 J T O SullivanRunning backs 25 Fred McAfee KR 26 Deuce McAllister 36 Lamar Smith 44 Terrelle Smith FBWide receivers 88 Talman Gardner 87 Joe Horn 89 Derrick Lewis 84 Michael Lewis KR PR 19 Phil McGeoghan 80 Jerome Pathon 83 Donte Stallworth KR PRTight ends 81 Zachary Hilton 86 Walter Rasby 48 David Sloan 82 Boo Williams Offensive linemen 62 Jerry Fontenot C 72 Wayne Gandy T 61 Montrae Holland G 64 Kendyl Jacox G 66 Victor Riley T 78 Jon Stinchcomb T 70 Terence Wagner CDefensive linemen 99 Kenderick Allen DT 92 Tony Bryant DE 94 Charles Grant DE 95 Howard Green DT 93 Darren Howard DE 90 Kenny Smith DT 97 Johnathan Sullivan DT 98 Willie Whitehead DE DT 96 Melvin Williams DE Linebackers 50 James Allen OLB 58 Cie Grant OLB 52 Sedrick Hodge OLB 53 Roger Knight OLB 59 Derrick Rodgers OLB 56 Orlando Ruff MLB 54 Darrin Smith MLB OLBDefensive backs 33 Ashley Ambrose CB 20 Jay Bellamy SS 35 Fakhir Brown CB 29 Keyuo Craver CB KR 37 Steve Gleason SS 23 Victor Green FS 28 Deveron Harper CB S 34 Tebucky Jones FS 22 Fred Thomas CBSpecial teams 17 Mitch Berger P 3 John Carney K 47 Kevin Houser LS Reserve lists 65 LeCharles Bentley G IR 21 Dale Carter CB IR 32 Ki Jana Carter RB IR 85 Ernie Conwell TE IR Kerwin Cook WR NF Inj 27 James Fenderson RB IR 71 Spencer Folau G IR 42 Spencer Frederick FB IR 40 Mel Mitchell S IR 63 Chad Setterstrom G IR Nate Turner WR NF Inj Practice squad Ben Archibald T Tavian Banks RB Shawn Draper TE Terrell Harris WR Maurice Tucker CBRookies in italics 53 active 11 inactive 5 practice squadRegular season EditSchedule Edit 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 2002 divisional placement Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance1 September 7 at Seattle Seahawks L 10 27 0 1 52 2502 September 14 Houston Texans W 31 10 1 1 68 3903 September 21 at Tennessee Titans L 12 27 1 2 68 8094 September 28 Indianapolis Colts L 21 55 1 3 70 0205 October 5 at Carolina Panthers L 13 19 1 4 72 4966 October 12 Chicago Bears W 20 13 2 4 68 3907 October 19 at Atlanta Falcons W 45 17 3 4 70 8378 October 26 Carolina Panthers L 20 23 3 5 68 3709 November 2 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 17 14 4 5 65 52410 Bye11 November 16 Atlanta Falcons W 23 20 5 5 68 43212 November 23 at Philadelphia Eagles L 20 33 5 6 67 80213 November 30 at Washington Redskins W 24 20 6 6 76 82114 December 7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 7 14 6 7 68 44215 December 14 New York Giants W 45 7 7 7 68 39916 December 21 at Jacksonville Jaguars L 19 20 7 8 49 20717 December 28 Dallas Cowboys W 13 7 8 8 68 451Standings Edit NFC Southviewtalkedit W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK 3 Carolina Panthers 11 5 0 688 5 1 9 3 325 304 W3New Orleans Saints 8 8 0 500 3 3 7 5 340 326 W1Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 9 0 438 2 4 6 6 301 264 L2Atlanta Falcons 5 11 0 313 2 4 4 8 299 422 W2References Edit 2003 New Orleans Saints 2003 New Orleans Saints Draftees Pro Football Reference com Retrieved January 5 2014 External links Edit2003 New Orleans Saints at Pro Football Reference com This article relating to an American football season is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2003 New Orleans Saints season amp oldid 1134697278, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
