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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 Jacksonville JaguarsW2003 Jacksonville Jaguars↗

NFL · AFC South · 5–11 (.312) · 3rd in division · PF 276 · PA 331 · Coach Jack Del Rio

◀ 2002 2004 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 2819Byron Leftwich
2. 484Mark Brunell
3. 86David Garrard

Rushing (yds)

1. 1572Fred Taylor
2. 212LaBrandon Toefield
3. 144Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala

Receiving (yds)

1. 805Jimmy Smith
2. 634Kevin Johnson
3. 487Troy Edwards

Sacks

1. 4.5Tony Brackens
2. 4.5Marcus Stroud
3. 3.5Hugh Douglas

Interceptions

1. 3Mike Peterson
2. 2Jason Craft
3. 2Akin Ayodele

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1025	967
EPA per play	-0.05	-0.03
Pass EPA per play	-0.05	+0.11
Rush EPA per play	-0.05	-0.19
Success rate	40.3%	40.6%
Pass rate	53.0%

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	@ Carolina Panthers	L 23–24	0–1	Ericsson Stadium
2003-09-14	2	vs Buffalo Bills	L 17–38	0–2	Alltel Stadium
2003-09-21	3	@ Indianapolis Colts	L 13–23	0–3	RCA Dome
2003-09-28	4	@ Houston Texans	L 20–24	0–4	Reliant Stadium
2003-10-05	5	vs San Diego Chargers	W 27–21	1–4	Alltel Stadium
2003-10-12	6	vs Miami Dolphins	L 10–24	1–5	Alltel Stadium
2003-10-26	8	vs Tennessee Titans	L 17–30	1–6	Alltel Stadium
2003-11-02	9	@ Baltimore Ravens	L 17–24	1–7	M&T Bank Stadium
2003-11-09	10	vs Indianapolis Colts	W 28–23	2–7	Alltel Stadium
2003-11-16	11	@ Tennessee Titans	L 3–10	2–8	The Coliseum
2003-11-23	12	@ New York Jets	L 10–13	2–9	Giants Stadium
2003-11-30	13	vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 17–10	3–9	Alltel Stadium
2003-12-07	14	vs Houston Texans	W 27–0	4–9	Alltel Stadium
2003-12-14	15	@ New England Patriots	L 13–27	4–10	Gillette Stadium
2003-12-21	16	vs New Orleans Saints	W 20–19	5–10	Alltel Stadium
2003-12-28	17	@ Atlanta Falcons	L 14–21	5–11	Georgia Dome

Roster (71)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
5	Quinn Gray	QB	6-3	254	Florida A&M	1	ACT
7	Byron Leftwich	QB	6-5	250	Marshall	0	ACT
8	Mark Brunell	QB	6-1	215	Washington	10	ACT
9	David Garrard	QB	6-1	236	East Carolina	1	ACT
40	Malaefou MacKenzie	FB	5-10	225	USC	0	CUT
44	Marc Edwards	FB	6-0	249	Notre Dame	6	ACT
45	Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	FB	6-0	252	Utah	5	ACT
22	LaBrandon Toefield	RB	5-11	235	LSU	0	ACT
28	Fred Taylor	RB	6-1	228	Florida	5	ACT
30	Joe Smith	RB	6-1	224	Louisiana Tech; New Mexico Military Institute	0	CUT
34	David Allen	RB	5-9	195	Kansas State	2	ACT
17	Jimmy Redmond	WR	6-0	201	McNeese State	2	ACT
81	Matt Hatchette	WR	6-3	200	Langston University; Mercyhurst College	6	ACT
82	Jimmy Smith	WR	6-1	202	Jackson State University	11	ACT
83	Kevin Johnson	WR	5-11	195	Syracuse	4	ACT
83	J.J. Stokes	WR	6-4	225	UCLA	8	ACT
84	Jermaine Lewis	WR	5-7	183	Maryland	7	RES
85	Cortez Hankton	WR	6-0	200	Texas Southern	0	ACT
86	Troy Edwards	WR	5-10	195	Louisiana Tech	4	ACT
86	Micah Ross	WR	6-2	219	Jacksonville	2	ACT
80	Kyle Brady	TE	6-6	280	Penn State	8	ACT
87	George Wrighster	TE	6-3	265	Oregon	0	ACT
89	Chris Luzar	TE	6-7	262	Virginia	1	ACT
63	Brad Meester	C	6-3	292	Northern Iowa	3	ACT
88	Joe Zelenka	C	6-3	266	Wake Forest	4	ACT
21	Brad Franklin	CB	6-1	190	Louisiana-Lafayette	1	CUT
24	Kiwaukee Thomas	CB	5-11	188	Georgia Southern	3	ACT
25	Fernando Bryant	CB	5-11	184	Alabama	4	ACT
26	Blue Adams	CB	5-10	184	Cincinnati	0	ACT
27	Rashean Mathis	CB	6-1	195	Bethune-Cookman College	0	ACT
29	Jason Craft	CB	5-10	187	Colorado State; Denver	4	RES
33	James Trapp	CB	6-0	195	Clemson	10	RES
31	Chris Brown	DB	6-1	196	UAB	0	CUT
58	Hugh Douglas	DE	6-2	281	Central State University, Oh	8	ACT
90	Tony Brackens	DE	6-4	265	Texas	7	ACT
92	Rob Meier	DE	6-5	315	Washington State	3	ACT
94	Lionel Barnes	DE	6-5	260	Louisiana-Monroe; Barton County Community Coll.	4	ACT
95	Paul Spicer	DE	6-4	295	Saginaw Valley State; College of DuPage	5	ACT
97	Brandon Green	DE	6-3	264	Rice	0	RES
96	Matt Leonard	DT	6-3	301	Stanford	0	ACT
98	John Henderson	DT	6-7	335	Tennessee	1	ACT
99	Marcus Stroud	DT	6-6	310	Georgia	2	ACT
32	Marlon McCree	FS	5-11	204	Kentucky	2	ACT
35	Deke Cooper	FS	6-2	210	Notre Dame	3	ACT
64	Jamar Nesbit	G	6-4	328	South Carolina	4	ACT
65	Chris Naeole	G	6-3	328	Colorado	6	ACT
66	Brett Romberg	G	6-2	293	Miami	0	ACT
67	Vince Manuwai	G	6-2	333	Hawaii	0	ACT
6	Seth Marler	K	6-1	200	Tulane	0	ACT
50	Tony Gilbert	LB	6-0	245	Georgia	0	ACT
53	T.J. Slaughter	MLB	6-0	233	Southern Mississippi	3	ACT
54	Mike Peterson	MLB	6-1	226	Florida	4	ACT
51	Akin Ayodele	OLB	6-2	245	Purdue; Coffeyville CC	1	ACT
52	Eric Westmoreland	OLB	6-0	233	Tennessee	2	RES
53	Hakim Akbar	OLB	6-0	222	Washington	2	ACT
55	Danny Clark	OLB	6-2	233	Illinois	3	ACT
56	Deon Humphrey	OLB	6-3	240	Florida State	4	RES
56	Shannon Taylor	OLB	6-3	247	Virginia	3	CUT
59	Keith Mitchell	OLB	6-2	245	Texas A&M	6	CUT
2	Chris Hanson	P	6-2	202	Marshall	4	RES
3	Mark Royals	P	6-5	225	Appalachian State; Chowan College	17	ACT
23	Raymond Perryman	S	5-11	195	Northern Arizona	2	ACT
20	Donovin Darius	SS	6-1	225	Syracuse	5	ACT
37	David Young	SS	6-1	209	Georgia Southern	0	CUT
41	Nick Sorensen	SS	6-3	210	Virginia Tech	2	ACT
42	Anthony Mitchell	SS	6-1	220	Tuskegee University	4	ACT
60	Sammy Williams	T	6-5	310	Oklahoma; Coffeyville CC	5	ACT
72	Mike Pearson	T	6-7	302	Florida	1	ACT
74	Maurice Williams	T	6-5	302	Michigan	2	ACT
76	Leander Jordan	T	6-4	320	Indiana PA, University of	3	ACT
77	Marques Ogden	T	6-5	300	Howard	0	ACT

Depth chart, week 21

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Brad Meester	Jamar Nesbit
FB	Marc Edwards	Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala
LG	Vince Manuwai	Jamar Nesbit
LT	Mike Pearson	Leander Jordan
QB	Byron Leftwich	David Garrard
RB	Fred Taylor	LaBrandon Toefield
RG	Chris Naeole	Marques Ogden
RT	Maurice Williams	Sammy Williams
TE	Kyle Brady	George Wrighster
WR	Jimmy Smith	Troy Edwards	Kevin Johnson

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Deke Cooper	Rashean Mathis
LCB	Fernando Bryant	Kiwaukee Thomas
LDE	Tony Brackens	Paul Spicer
LDT	Marcus Stroud	Rob Meier
MLB	Mike Peterson	Tony Gilbert
OLB	Akin Ayodele	Danny Clark	Hakim Akbar
RCB	Brad Meester	Jason Craft
RDE	Hugh Douglas	Lionel Barnes
RDT	John Henderson	Rob Meier
SS	Donovin Darius	Anthony Mitchell

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Mark Royals
K	Seth Marler
KR	David Allen	LaBrandon Toefield
LS	Joe Zelenka
P	Mark Royals
PR	David Allen	Rashean Mathis

Biggest contracts on the books in 2003

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Mark Brunell	QB	2001	4	$30.0M	$7.5M	$8.0M	11.1%

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

Trades in 2003 (2)

Date	Trade
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
2003-08-26	BLT → JAX: Anthony Mitchell JAX → BLT: 2004 round 7 pick 210