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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2003 Chicago BearsW2003 Chicago Bears↗

NFL · NFC North · 7–9 (.438) · 3rd in division · PF 283 · PA 346 · Coach Dick Jauron

◀ 2002 2004 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 1418Kordell Stewart
2. 1050Chris Chandler
3. 437Rex Grossman

Rushing (yds)

1. 1024Anthony Thomas
2. 290Kordell Stewart
3. 191Brock Forsey

Receiving (yds)

1. 715Marty Booker
2. 583Dez White
3. 433Desmond Clark

Sacks

1. 5Alex Brown
2. 3Brian Urlacher
3. 2Phillip Daniels

Interceptions

1. 4Jerry Azumah
2. 4Charles Tillman
3. 2R.W. McQuarters

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	990	984
EPA per play	-0.11	-0.03
Pass EPA per play	-0.21	-0.02
Rush EPA per play	+0.03	-0.04
Success rate	38.2%	42.2%
Pass rate	55.8%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.04, success rate 41.3%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2003-09-07	1	@ San Francisco 49ers	L 7–49	0–1	3Com Park
2003-09-14	2	@ Minnesota Vikings	L 13–24	0–2	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2003-09-29	4	vs Green Bay Packers	L 23–38	0–3	Soldier Field
2003-10-05	5	vs Oakland Raiders	W 24–21	1–3	Soldier Field
2003-10-12	6	@ New Orleans Saints	L 13–20	1–4	Louisiana Superdome
2003-10-19	7	@ Seattle Seahawks	L 17–24	1–5	Seahawks Stadium
2003-10-26	8	vs Detroit Lions	W 24–16	2–5	Soldier Field
2003-11-02	9	vs San Diego Chargers	W 20–7	3–5	Soldier Field
2003-11-09	10	@ Detroit Lions	L 10–12	3–6	Ford Field
2003-11-16	11	vs St. Louis Rams	L 21–23	3–7	Soldier Field
2003-11-23	12	@ Denver Broncos	W 19–10	4–7	Invesco Field at Mile High
2003-11-30	13	vs Arizona Cardinals	W 28–3	5–7	Soldier Field
2003-12-07	14	@ Green Bay Packers	L 21–34	5–8	Lambeau Field
2003-12-14	15	vs Minnesota Vikings	W 13–10	6–8	Soldier Field
2003-12-21	16	vs Washington Redskins	W 27–24	7–8	Soldier Field
2003-12-28	17	@ Kansas City Chiefs	L 3–31	7–9	Arrowhead Stadium

Roster (63)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
8	Rex Grossman	QB	6-1	225	Florida	0	ACT
10	Kordell Stewart	QB	6-1	218	Colorado	8	ACT
12	Chris Chandler	QB	6-4	224	Washington	15	ACT
36	Stanley Pritchett	FB	6-2	250	South Carolina	7	ACT
37	Jason McKie	FB	5-11	247	Temple	1	ACT
27	Rabih Abdullah	RB	6-0	235	Lehigh University	5	ACT
29	Adrian Peterson	RB	5-10	212	Georgia Southern	1	RES
35	Anthony Thomas	RB	6-2	221	Michigan	2	ACT
44	Brock Forsey	RB	5-11	208	Boise State	0	ACT
18	Daryl Jones	WR	5-9	188	Miami	1	ACT
80	Dez White	WR	6-1	215	Georgia Tech	3	RES
81	Ahmad Merritt	WR	5-10	195	Wisconsin	3	ACT
83	David Terrell	WR	6-3	212	Michigan	2	ACT
84	Bobby Wade	WR	5-10	186	Arizona	0	ACT
86	Marty Booker	WR	6-0	205	Louisiana-Monroe	4	ACT
87	Justin Gage	WR	6-4	204	Missouri	0	ACT
48	Gabe Reid	TE	6-3	253	BYU	0	ACT
82	Robert Johnson	TE	6-6	278	Auburn	0	RES
85	John Gilmore	TE	6-5	257	Penn State	1	ACT
88	Desmond Clark	TE	6-3	249	Wake Forest	4	ACT
89	Dustin Lyman	TE	6-5	254	Wake Forest	3	RES
57	Olin Kreutz	C	6-2	292	Washington	5	ACT
65	Patrick Mannelly	C	6-5	265	Duke	5	ACT
67	Josh Warner	C	6-5	305	Brockport State	2	ACT
21	R.W. McQuarters	CB	5-10	194	Oklahoma State	5	ACT
22	Brock Williams	CB	5-10	185	Notre Dame	2	ACT
23	Jerry Azumah	CB	5-10	192	New Hampshire	4	ACT
26	Todd McMillon	CB	5-11	188	Northern Arizona	3	ACT
33	Charles Tillman	CB	6-2	210	Louisiana-Lafayette	0	ACT
93	Phillip Daniels	DE	6-5	302	Georgia	7	ACT
96	Alex Brown	DE	6-3	260	Florida	1	ACT
97	Michael Haynes	DE	6-4	283	Penn State	0	ACT
99	Joe Tafoya	DE	6-4	258	Arizona	2	ACT
73	Tron LaFavor	DT	6-2	290	Florida	0	ACT
94	Keith Traylor	DT	6-2	340	Central Oklahoma; Oklahoma; Coffeyville CC	12	ACT
95	Ian Scott	DT	6-3	315	Florida	0	ACT
98	Bryan Robinson	DT	6-4	305	Fresno State; College of the Desert CA (J.C.)	6	ACT
24	Cameron Worrell	FS	5-11	194	Fresno State; Fresno City College	0	ACT
30	Mike Brown	FS	5-10	207	Nebraska	3	ACT
32	Todd Johnson	FS	6-1	200	Florida	0	RES
58	Chris Villarrial	G	6-3	318	Indiana PA, University of	7	ACT
60	Terrence Metcalf	G	6-4	310	Mississippi	1	ACT
63	Corbin Lacina	G	6-4	314	Augustana (SD)	10	ACT
68	Bryan Anderson	G	6-4	330	Pittsburgh	0	ACT
72	Qasim Mitchell	G	6-5	347	North Carolina A&T	1	RES
79	Steve Edwards	G	6-5	333	UCF; Tennessee State; West Hills Community College	1	ACT
2	Paul Edinger	K	5-8	175	Michigan State	3	ACT
52	Bobbie Howard	MLB	5-10	232	Notre Dame	4	CUT
54	Brian Urlacher	MLB	6-4	258	New Mexico	3	ACT
92	Hunter Hillenmeyer	MLB	6-4	238	Vanderbilt	0	ACT
70	Alfonso Boone	NT	6-3	320	Central State University, Oh; Mt. San Antonio	3	ACT
74	Charles Hill	NT	6-2	293	Maryland	1	ACT
53	Warrick Holdman	OLB	6-1	243	Texas A&M	4	ACT
55	Lance Briggs	OLB	6-1	244	Arizona	0	ACT
59	Joe Odom	OLB	6-1	238	Purdue	0	RES
90	Bryan Knight	OLB	6-2	240	Pittsburgh	1	ACT
4	Brad Maynard	P	6-1	188	Ball State	6	ACT
16	Brooks Barnard	P	6-2	195	Maryland	0	ACT
25	Bobby Gray	SS	6-0	210	Louisiana Tech	1	ACT
43	Michael Green	SS	6-0	200	Northwestern State (LA)	3	RES
69	Mike Gandy	T	6-4	308	Notre Dame	2	ACT
74	Scott Sanderson	T	6-6	295	Washington State	6	CUT
78	Aaron Gibson	T	6-6	370	Wisconsin	4	ACT

Depth chart, week 21

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Olin Kreutz	Josh Warner
FB	Stanley Pritchett	Jason McKie
LG	Steve Edwards	Corbin Lacina
LT	Mike Gandy	Steve Edwards
QB	Rex Grossman	Kordell Stewart
RB	Anthony Thomas	Rabih Abdullah
RG	Chris Villarrial	Terrence Metcalf
RT	Aaron Gibson	Steve Edwards
TE	Desmond Clark	John Gilmore
WR	Marty Booker	Dez White	Ahmad Merritt

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Mike Brown	Cameron Worrell
LCB	Charles Tillman	Todd McMillon
LDE	Phillip Daniels	Joe Tafoya
LDT	Keith Traylor	Alfonso Boone
MLB	Brian Urlacher	Hunter Hillenmeyer
RCB	Jerry Azumah	R.W. McQuarters
RDE	Alex Brown	Michael Haynes
RDT	Bryan Robinson	Tron LaFavor
SLB	Lance Briggs	Bryan Knight
SS	Bobby Gray	Michael Green
WLB	Warrick Holdman

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Brad Maynard
K	Paul Edinger
KR	Jerry Azumah	Ahmad Merritt
LS	Patrick Mannelly
P	Brad Maynard
PR	R.W. McQuarters	Ahmad Merritt

Biggest contracts on the books in 2003

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Charles Tillman	CB	2003	4	$4.3M	$859,500	$2.1M	1.1%
Lance Briggs	LB	2003	4	$2.1M	$515,000	$690,000	0.7%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.

Trades in 2003 (5)

Date	Trade
2003-04-26	CHI → NYJ: 2003 round 1 pick 4 NYJ → CHI: 2003 round 1 pick 13, 2003 round 1 pick 22, 2003 round 4 pick 116
2003-04-26	CHI → NWE: 2003 round 1 pick 13 NWE → CHI: 2003 round 1 pick 14, 2003 round 6 pick 193, Marques Ogden
2003-04-27	CHI → JAX: 2003 round 6 pick 176, 2003 round 6 pick 193, Marques Ogden, 2003 round 7 pick 218 JAX → CHI: 2003 round 5 pick 143
2003-08-20	CHI → NWE: Ted Washington NWE → CHI: 2004 round 4 pick 104
2003-08-25	CHI → NWE: Jamil Soriano NWE → CHI: 2004 round None (conditional)