2003 Jacksonville Jaguars season

2003 Jacksonville Jaguars season
Head Coach	Jack Del Rio
Home Field	ALLTEL Stadium
Results
Record	5–11
Place	3rd AFC South
Playoff Finish	Did not qualify
Uniform
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Timeline
Previous season	Next season
2002	2004

The 2003 Jacksonville Jaguars season was the franchise's 9th season in the National Football League and the 1st under head coach Jack Del Rio. The Jaguars failed to improve upon their 6–10 regular season record in 2002 and did not make the playoffs for the fourth season in a row.

Oddly, despite being in existence since 1995, this season marked the first time that the Jaguars played the San Diego Chargers.^[1] This is due to old NFL scheduling formulas in place prior to 2002; the Jaguars had played the Chargers’ division rivals the Kansas City Chiefs four times;^[2] the Denver Broncos^[3] three times and the Oakland Raiders twice (though not since 1997).^[4]

Jacksonville defeated New Orleans 20–19 in the week 16 game despite the River City Relay, a play that has gone down in NFL lore.

Week 3 was Mark Brunell’s last game as a Jaguar, as he was benched forcing rookie quarterback Byron Leftwich to take his spot for the rest of the season. Brunell left the team at the end of the season. The jaguars were 0-8 in road games this season.

Offseason[]

Draft[]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
2003 Jacksonville Jaguars draft
1	7	Byron Leftwich	Quarterback	Marshall
2	39	Rashean Mathis *	Cornerback	Bethune-Cookman
3	72	Vince Manuwai	Guard	Hawaii
4	108	George Wrighster	Tight end	Oregon
4	132	LaBrandon Toefield	Running back	LSU
6	176	Brandon Green	Defensive end	Rice
6	179	David Young	Safety	Georgia Southern
6	193	Marques Ogden	Offensive tackle	Howard
7	218	Malaefou MacKenzie	Fullback	USC
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Staff[]

2003 Jacksonville Jaguars staff

Front office

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer – Wayne Weaver

Head coaches

Head Coach – Jack Del Rio
Assistant Head Coach – Steve Shafer

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Bill Musgrave
Quarterbacks – Ken Anderson
Running Backs/Assistant Special Teams – Anthony Lynn
Wide Receivers – Larry Kirksey
Tight Ends – Alfredo Roberts
Offensive Line – Paul T. Boudreau
Offensive Assistant – Mike Sullivan

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Mike Smith
Defensive Line – Ray Hamilton
Linebackers – Mike Haluchak
Defensive Backs – Alvin Reynolds
Defensive Assistant – Todd Howard

Special teams coaches

Special Teams Coordinator – Bill Bates
Assistant Special Teams/Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Paul McCord

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Mark Asanovich
Strength and Conditioning Intern – Vernon Stephens

Roster[]

2003 Jacksonville Jaguars roster

Quarterbacks

9 David Garrard
7 Byron Leftwich

Running backs

34 David Allen
44 Marc Edwards FB
45 Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala FB
28 Fred Taylor
22 LaBrandon Toefield

Wide receivers

18 Troy Edwards
85 Cortez Hankton
83 Kevin Johnson
82 Jimmy Smith

Tight ends

80 Kyle Brady
87 George Wrighster

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

90 Tony Brackens DE
58 Hugh Douglas DE
98 John Henderson DT
96 Matt Leonard DT
92 Rob Meier DT/DE
95 Paul Spicer DE
99 Marcus Stroud DT

Linebackers

51 Akin Ayodele ILB
55 Danny Clark OLB
50 Tony Gilbert OLB
54 Mike Peterson ILB
52 Eric Westmoreland OLB

Defensive backs

26 Blue Adams CB
31 Chris Brown
25 Fernando Bryant CB
35 Deke Cooper FS
20 Donovin Darius SS
27 Rashean Mathis CB
41 Nick Sorensen SS
24 Kiwaukee Thomas CB

Special teams

6 Seth Marler K
3 Mark Royals P

Reserve lists

8 Mark Brunell QB (IR) File:Injury icon.svg
2 Chris Hanson P (IR) File:Injury icon.svg

Practice squad

-- Matt Leonard T
-- Ray Perryman SS
-- Joe Smith RB

Rookies in italics
Active, Inactive, Practice squad

Schedule[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Kickoff Time	Attendance
1	September 7, 2003	at Carolina Panthers	L 23–24	CBS 1:00pm	72,134
2	September 14, 2003	Buffalo Bills	L 17–38	CBS 1:00pm	58,613
3	September 21, 2003	at Indianapolis Colts	L 13–23	CBS 1:00pm	55,770
4	September 28, 2003	at Houston Texans	L 20–24	CBS 1:00pm	70,041
5	October 5, 2003	San Diego Chargers	W 27–21	CBS 4:05pm	48,954
6	October 12, 2003	Miami Dolphins	L 24–10	CBS 1:00pm	66,437
7	Bye
8	October 26, 2003	Tennessee Titans	L 17–30	CBS 1:00pm	55,918
9	November 2, 2003	at Baltimore Ravens	L 17–24	CBS 1:00pm	69,486
10	November 9, 2003	Indianapolis Colts	W 28–23	CBS 1:00pm	45,037
11	November 16, 2003	at Tennessee Titans	L 3–10	CBS 1:00pm	68,809
12	November 23, 2003	at New York Jets	L 10–13	CBS 1:00pm	77,614
13	November 30, 2003	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 17–10	ESPN 8:30pm	60,543
14	December 7, 2003	Houston Texans	W 27–0	CBS 1:00pm	43,363
15	December 14, 2003	at New England Patriots	L 13–27	CBS 1:00pm	68,436
16	December 21, 2003	New Orleans Saints	W 20–19	FOX 1:00pm	49,207
17	December 28, 2003	at Atlanta Falcons	L 14–21	CBS 1:00pm	70,266

Standings[]

AFC South
view · talk · edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Indianapolis Colts	12	4	0	.750	5–1	9–3	447	336	W1
Tennessee Titans	12	4	0	.750	4–2	8–4	435	324	W3
Jacksonville Jaguars	5	11	0	.313	2–4	3–9	276	331	L1
Houston Texans	5	11	0	.313	1–5	3–9	255	380	L4

References[]

2003 NFL seasonv · d · e
AFC	East	North	South	West	East	North	South	West	NFC
	Buffalo	Baltimore	Houston	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta	Arizona
	Miami	Cincinnati	Indianapolis	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Carolina	St. Louis
	New England	Cleveland	Jacksonville	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans	San Francisco
	NY Jets	Pittsburgh	Tennessee	San Diego	Washington	Minnesota	Tampa Bay	Seattle
2003 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XXXVIII

[1] Jacksonville Jaguars v San Diego Chargers

[2] Jacksonville Jaguars v Kansas City Chiefs

[3] Jacksonville Jaguars v Denver Broncos

[4] Jacksonville Jaguars v Oakland Raiders

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