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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 Cleveland BrownsW2003 Cleveland Browns↗

NFL · AFC North · 5–11 (.312) · 4th in division · PF 254 · PA 322 · Coach Butch Davis

◀ 2002 2004 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 1797Kelly Holcomb
2. 1319Tim Couch

Rushing (yds)

1. 559William Green
2. 382James Jackson
3. 289Lee Suggs

Receiving (yds)

1. 729Dennis Northcutt
2. 576Andre Davis
3. 516Quincy Morgan

Sacks

1. 8.5Kenard Lang
2. 6Courtney Brown
3. 5Gerard Warren

Interceptions

1. 6Earl Little
2. 2Robert Griffith
3. 1Brant Boyer

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	957	982
EPA per play	-0.13	-0.02
Pass EPA per play	-0.13	-0.03
Rush EPA per play	-0.12	-0.00
Success rate	41.6%	41.5%
Pass rate	57.6%

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	vs Indianapolis Colts	L 6–9	0–1	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2003-09-14	2	@ Baltimore Ravens	L 13–33	0–2	M&T Bank Stadium
2003-09-21	3	@ San Francisco 49ers	W 13–12	1–2	3Com Park
2003-09-28	4	vs Cincinnati Bengals	L 14–21	1–3	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2003-10-05	5	@ Pittsburgh Steelers	W 33–13	2–3	Heinz Field
2003-10-12	6	vs Oakland Raiders	W 13–7	3–3	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2003-10-19	7	vs San Diego Chargers	L 20–26	3–4	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2003-10-26	8	@ New England Patriots	L 3–9	3–5	Gillette Stadium
2003-11-09	10	@ Kansas City Chiefs	L 20–41	3–6	Arrowhead Stadium
2003-11-16	11	vs Arizona Cardinals	W 44–6	4–6	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2003-11-23	12	vs Pittsburgh Steelers	L 6–13	4–7	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2003-11-30	13	@ Seattle Seahawks	L 7–34	4–8	Seahawks Stadium
2003-12-08	14	vs St. Louis Rams	L 20–26	4–9	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2003-12-14	15	@ Denver Broncos	L 20–23 OT	4–10	Invesco Field at Mile High
2003-12-21	16	vs Baltimore Ravens	L 0–35	4–11	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2003-12-28	17	@ Cincinnati Bengals	W 22–14	5–11	Paul Brown Stadium

Roster (70)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
2	Tim Couch	QB	6-4	220	Kentucky	4	ACT
8	Nate Hybl	QB	6-4	222	Oklahoma	0	ACT
10	Kelly Holcomb	QB	6-2	216	Middle Tennessee State	8	ACT
12	Josh Booty	QB	6-2	221	LSU	2	CUT
34	R.J. Bowers	FB	6-0	250	Grove City College	2	CUT
48	Kevin McLeod	FB	6-0	252	Auburn	5	CUT
26	Nick Maddox	RB	5-11	209	Florida State	0	ACT
29	James Jackson	RB	5-10	215	Miami	2	RES
30	Jamel White	RB	5-9	222	South Dakota	3	ACT
31	William Green	RB	6-0	214	Boston College	1	SUS
44	Lee Suggs	RB	6-0	213	Virginia Tech	0	ACT
81	Quincy Morgan	WR	6-1	215	Kansas State; Kansas City Junior College; Blinn College	2	ACT
84	Andre King	WR	5-11	195	Miami	2	ACT
85	Kevin Johnson	WR	5-11	195	Syracuse	4	ACT
85	C.J. Jones	WR	5-11	195	Iowa; Garden City CC	0	ACT
86	Dennis Northcutt	WR	5-11	172	Arizona	3	ACT
87	Andre Davis	WR	6-1	200	Virginia Tech	1	ACT
88	Frisman Jackson	WR	6-3	217	Western Illinois; Northern Illinois	1	ACT
49	Keith Heinrich	TE	6-6	255	Sam Houston State	1	ACT
80	Aaron Shea	TE	6-3	248	Michigan	3	RES
82	Steve Heiden	TE	6-5	270	South Dakota State	4	RES
83	Chad Mustard	TE	6-6	277	North Dakota	1	ACT
89	Darnell Sanders	TE	6-6	270	Ohio State	1	ACT
50	Jeff Faine	C	6-3	291	Notre Dame	0	RES
60	Shaun O'Hara	C	6-3	303	Rutgers	3	ACT
64	Ryan Pontbriand	C	6-2	255	Rice	0	ACT
67	Melvin Fowler	C	6-3	310	Maryland	1	ACT
21	Lewis Sanders	CB	6-1	210	Maryland	3	RES
27	Roe Williams	CB	6-0	200	Tuskegee University; Savannah State College	1	ACT
28	Leigh Bodden	CB	6-1	193	Duquesne	0	ACT
33	Daylon McCutcheon	CB	5-10	190	USC	4	ACT
37	Anthony Henry	CB	6-1	207	University of South Florida	2	ACT
39	Michael Lehan	CB	6-0	200	Minnesota	0	ACT
23	Ron Israel	DB	6-0	212	Notre Dame	1	CUT
78	Tyrone Rogers	DE	6-5	280	Alabama State	4	ACT
90	Mark Word	DE	6-5	305	Jacksonville State; Hinds CC	4	ACT
91	Felipe Claybrooks	DE	6-5	275	Georgia Tech	2	ACT
92	Courtney Brown	DE	6-4	285	Penn State	3	RES
96	Kenard Lang	DE	6-3	257	Miami	6	ACT
93	Michael Myers	DT	6-2	300	Alabama; Hinds CC	5	ACT
94	Gerard Warren	DT	6-4	330	Florida	2	ACT
95	Antonio Garay	DT	6-4	320	Boston College	0	RES
97	Alvin McKinley	DT	6-3	294	Mississippi State; Holmes County JC	3	RES
99	Orpheus Roye	DT	6-4	330	Florida State; Jones County JC	7	ACT
20	Earl Little	FS	6-0	202	Miami; Michigan	6	ACT
25	Chris Crocker	FS	5-11	197	Marshall	0	ACT
62	Craig Osika	G	6-3	318	Indiana	1	ACT
66	Paul Zukauskas	G	6-5	320	Boston College	2	ACT
70	Enoch DeMar	G	6-4	320	Indiana	0	ACT
4	Phil Dawson	K	5-11	200	Texas	5	RES
5	Brett Conway	K	6-2	208	Penn State	6	ACT
53	Mason Unck	LB	6-3	238	Arizona State	0	ACT
52	Brant Boyer	MLB	6-1	240	Arizona; Snow	9	ACT
54	Andra Davis	MLB	6-1	255	Florida	1	ACT
55	Barry Gardner	MLB	6-1	245	Northwestern	4	ACT
61	John Nix	NT	6-1	313	Southern Mississippi	2	ACT
51	Chaun Thompson	OLB	6-2	243	West Texas State	0	ACT
56	Sherrod Coates	OLB	6-2	242	Western Kentucky	0	ACT
57	Orantes Grant	OLB	6-0	228	Georgia	3	CUT
58	Ben Taylor	OLB	6-2	238	Virginia Tech	1	ACT
59	Kevin Bentley	OLB	6-0	248	Northwestern	1	ACT
3	Derrick Frost	P	6-2	210	Northern Iowa	0	ACT
17	Chris Gardocki	P	6-1	192	Clemson	12	ACT
22	Michael Jameson	SS	5-11	205	Texas A&M	2	ACT
24	Robert Griffith	SS	6-0	202	San Diego State	9	ACT
68	Chad Beasley	T	6-5	305	Virginia Tech	1	RES
71	Scot Osborne	T	6-4	258	William & Mary	3	ACT
72	Ryan Tucker	T	6-6	315	TCU	6	ACT
73	Joaquin Gonzalez	T	6-5	300	Miami	1	ACT
79	Barry Stokes	T	6-4	310	Eastern Michigan	7	ACT

Depth chart, week 21

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Melvin Fowler	Craig Osika
HB	Jamel White	Lee Suggs
LG	Shaun O'Hara	Enoch DeMar
LT	Barry Stokes	Joaquin Gonzalez
QB	Tim Couch	Kelly Holcomb
RG	Paul Zukauskas	Enoch DeMar
RT	Ryan Tucker	Joaquin Gonzalez
TE	Darnell Sanders	Keith Heinrich	Chad Mustard
WR	Andre Davis	Quincy Morgan	Dennis Northcutt

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
DE	Tyrone Rogers	Kenard Lang	Mark Word
DT	Gerard Warren	Orpheus Roye	Antonio Garay
FS	Earl Little	Chris Crocker
LCB	Daylon McCutcheon	Roe Williams
MLB	Andra Davis	Barry Gardner
RCB	Anthony Henry	Michael Lehan
SLB	Kevin Bentley	Chaun Thompson
SS	Robert Griffith	Michael Jameson
WLB	Ben Taylor	Brant Boyer

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Chris Gardocki
K	Phil Dawson
KR	Lee Suggs	Andra Davis
LS	Ryan Pontbriand	Shaun O'Hara
P	Chris Gardocki
PR	Dennis Northcutt	Andre Davis

Biggest contracts on the books in 2003

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Tim Couch	QB	1999	7	$48.0M	$6.8M	$12.2M	12.0%
Courtney Brown	ED	2003	3	$20.5M	$6.8M	$1.0M	9.1%
Courtney Brown	ED	2000	7	$44.9M	$6.4M	$10.9M	10.3%
Phil Dawson	K	2002	4	$3.1M	$782,500	$800,000	1.1%

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

Trades in 2003 (1)

Date	Trade
2003-02-28	BUF → CLV: 2004 round None (conditional) CLV → BUF: Mark Campbell