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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 New England PatriotsW2003 New England Patriots↗

NFL · AFC East · 14–2 (.875) · 1st in division · PF 348 · PA 238 · Coach Bill Belichick · Won Super Bowl XXXVIII

◀ 2002 2004 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 3620Tom Brady
2. 31Rohan Davey

Rushing (yds)

1. 642Antowain Smith
2. 638Kevin Faulk
3. 118Mike Cloud

Receiving (yds)

1. 803Deion Branch
2. 510David Givens
3. 472Troy Brown

Sacks

1. 9Mike Vrabel
2. 8Richard Seymour
3. 5Willie McGinest

Interceptions

1. 6Ty Law
2. 6Tyrone Poole
3. 4Eugene Wilson

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1023	1055
EPA per play	-0.05	-0.17
Pass EPA per play	+0.04	-0.21
Rush EPA per play	-0.16	-0.10
Success rate	39.9%	38.4%
Pass rate	55.5%

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 (19 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2003-09-07	1	@ Buffalo Bills	L 0–31	0–1	Ralph Wilson Stadium
2003-09-14	2	@ Philadelphia Eagles	W 31–10	1–1	Lincoln Financial Field
2003-09-21	3	vs New York Jets	W 23–16	2–1	Gillette Stadium
2003-09-28	4	@ Washington Redskins	L 17–20	2–2	FedExField
2003-10-05	5	vs Tennessee Titans	W 38–30	3–2	Gillette Stadium
2003-10-12	6	vs New York Giants	W 17–6	4–2	Gillette Stadium
2003-10-19	7	@ Miami Dolphins	W 19–13 OT	5–2	Pro Player Stadium
2003-10-26	8	vs Cleveland Browns	W 9–3	6–2	Gillette Stadium
2003-11-03	9	@ Denver Broncos	W 30–26	7–2	Invesco Field at Mile High
2003-11-16	11	vs Dallas Cowboys	W 12–0	8–2	Gillette Stadium
2003-11-23	12	@ Houston Texans	W 23–20 OT	9–2	Reliant Stadium
2003-11-30	13	@ Indianapolis Colts	W 38–34	10–2	RCA Dome
2003-12-07	14	vs Miami Dolphins	W 12–0	11–2	Gillette Stadium
2003-12-14	15	vs Jacksonville Jaguars	W 27–13	12–2	Gillette Stadium
2003-12-20	16	@ New York Jets	W 21–16	13–2	Giants Stadium
2003-12-27	17	vs Buffalo Bills	W 31–0	14–2	Gillette Stadium
2004-01-10	Div	vs Tennessee Titans	W 17–14		Gillette Stadium
2004-01-18	Conf	vs Indianapolis Colts	W 24–14		Gillette Stadium
2004-02-01	Super Bowl XXXVIII	vs Carolina Panthers	W 32–29		Reliant Stadium

Roster (65)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
6	Rohan Davey	QB	6-2	245	LSU	1	ACT
12	Tom Brady	QB	6-4	225	Michigan	3	ACT
19	Damon Huard	QB	6-3	218	Washington	7	ACT
31	Larry Centers	FB	6-0	225	Stephen F. Austin State	13	ACT
35	Patrick Pass	FB	5-10	217	Georgia	3	ACT
44	Fred McCrary	FB	6-0	247	Mississippi State	8	RES
21	Mike Cloud	RB	5-10	205	Boston College	4	ACT
32	Antowain Smith	RB	6-2	232	Houston; East Mississippi JC	6	ACT
33	Kevin Faulk	RB	5-8	202	LSU	4	ACT
10	Jamin Elliott	WR	5-11	195	Delaware	1	CUT
17	Dedric Ward	WR	5-9	189	Northern Iowa	6	ACT
18	Chas Gessner	WR	6-5	215	Brown	0	CUT
80	Troy Brown	WR	5-10	196	Marshall; Lees-McRae College	10	ACT
81	Bethel Johnson	WR	5-11	200	Texas A&M	0	ACT
83	Deion Branch	WR	5-9	195	Louisville; Jones County JC	1	ACT
85	J.J. Stokes	WR	6-4	225	UCLA	8	ACT
86	David Patten	WR	5-10	190	Western Carolina	6	RES
87	David Givens	WR	6-0	215	Notre Dame	1	ACT
46	Brian Kinchen	TE	6-2	240	LSU	15	ACT
49	Sean McDermott	TE	6-4	250	Kansas	2	RES
82	Daniel Graham	TE	6-3	257	Colorado	1	ACT
84	Fred Baxter	TE	6-3	268	Auburn	10	ACT
88	Christian Fauria	TE	6-4	250	Colorado	8	ACT
66	Lonie Paxton	C	6-2	270	Sacramento State	3	RES
67	Dan Koppen	C	6-2	300	Boston College	0	ACT
22	Asante Samuel	CB	5-10	185	UCF	0	ACT
24	Ty Law	CB	5-11	200	Michigan	8	ACT
38	Tyrone Poole	CB	5-8	190	Fort Valley State College	8	ACT
39	Shawn Mayer	DB	6-0	202	Penn State	0	ACT
91	Bobby Hamilton	DE	6-5	285	Southern Mississippi	9	ACT
93	Richard Seymour	DE	6-6	317	Georgia	2	ACT
94	Ty Warren	DE	6-5	300	Texas A&M	0	ACT
96	Rick Lyle	DE	6-5	285	Missouri	9	ACT
97	Jarvis Green	DE	6-3	285	LSU	1	ACT
98	Anthony Pleasant	DE	6-5	280	Tennessee State	13	ACT
23	Antwan Harris	FS	5-9	194	Virginia	3	ACT
26	Eugene Wilson	FS	5-10	200	Illinois	0	ACT
34	Chris Akins	FS	5-11	200	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; Arkansas	4	ACT
60	Wilbert Brown	G	6-2	320	Houston	4	ACT
63	Joe Andruzzi	G	6-3	315	Southern Connecticut State	6	ACT
65	Damien Woody	G	6-3	327	Boston College	4	RES
71	Russ Hochstein	G	6-4	300	Nebraska	2	ACT
77	Mike Compton	G	6-6	310	West Virginia	10	RES
51	Don Davis	ILB	6-1	235	Kansas	8	ACT
52	Ted Johnson	ILB	6-4	253	Colorado	8	ACT
53	Larry Izzo	ILB	5-10	225	Rice	7	ACT
54	Tedy Bruschi	ILB	6-1	247	Arizona	7	ACT
90	Dan Klecko	ILB	5-11	275	Temple	0	ACT
95	Roman Phifer	ILB	6-2	248	UCLA	12	ACT
4	Adam Vinatieri	K	6-0	212	South Dakota State	7	ACT
48	Tully Banta-Cain	LB	6-2	250	California	0	ACT
92	Ted Washington	NT	6-5	375	Louisville	12	ACT
50	Mike Vrabel	OLB	6-4	261	Ohio State	6	ACT
55	Willie McGinest	OLB	6-5	270	USC	9	ACT
58	Matt Chatham	OLB	6-4	250	South Dakota	4	ACT
59	Rosevelt Colvin	OLB	6-3	250	Purdue	4	RES
8	Brooks Barnard	P	6-2	195	Maryland	0	ACT
13	Ken Walter	P	6-1	207	Kent State	6	ACT
29	Aric Morris	SS	5-10	210	Michigan State	3	CUT
30	Je'Rod Cherry	SS	6-1	210	California	7	ACT
37	Rodney Harrison	SS	6-1	220	Western Illinois	9	ACT
68	Tom Ashworth	T	6-6	306	Colorado	2	ACT
70	Adrian Klemm	T	6-4	318	Hawaii	3	RES
72	Matt Light	T	6-4	305	Purdue	2	ACT
76	Brandon Gorin	T	6-6	308	Purdue	2	ACT

Depth chart, week 21

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Dan Koppen	Russ Hochstein
FB	Larry Centers	Patrick Pass
LG	Russ Hochstein	Wilbert Brown
LT	Matt Light	Brandon Gorin
QB	Tom Brady	Damon Huard
RB	Antowain Smith	Kevin Faulk
RG	Joe Andruzzi
RT	Tom Ashworth	Brandon Gorin
TE	Christian Fauria	Daniel Graham
WR	Deion Branch	David Givens	Troy Brown

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
DT	Ted Washington	Ty Warren
FS	Eugene Wilson	Antwan Harris
ILB	Roman Phifer	Tedy Bruschi	Ted Johnson
LCB	Ty Law	Asante Samuel
LDE	Bobby Hamilton	Ty Warren
OLB	Mike Vrabel	Willie McGinest	Tully Banta-Cain
RCB	Tyrone Poole	Asante Samuel
RDE	Richard Seymour	Jarvis Green
SS	Rodney Harrison	Chris Akins

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Ken Walter
K	Adam Vinatieri
KR	Bethel Johnson	Kevin Faulk
LS	Lonie Paxton
P	Ken Walter
PR	Troy Brown

Biggest contracts on the books in 2003

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Tom Brady	QB	2002	4	$29.6M	$7.4M	$9.5M	10.4%
Ty Law	CB	1999	6	$44.1M	$7.3M	$14.2M	12.8%
Richard Seymour	IDL	2001	6	$14.3M	$2.4M	$7.8M	3.5%
Adam Vinatieri	K	2002	3	$5.4M	$1.8M	$5.4M	2.5%
Daniel Graham	TE	2002	5	$6.8M	$1.4M	$4.2M	1.9%
Asante Samuel	CB	2003	4	$1.7M	$420,625	$312,500	0.6%

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

Trades in 2003 (12)

Date	Trade
2003-03-06	HST → NWE: 2003 round 5 pick 154 NWE → HST: Greg Randall
2003-03-06	NWE → WAS: 2003 round 3 pick 81, 2003 round 5 pick 140 WAS → NWE: 2003 round 3 pick 75, 2004 round 4 pick 104
2003-04-14	NWE → NOR: Tebucky Jones NOR → NWE: 2003 round 3 pick 78, 2003 round 7 pick 239, 2004 round 4 pick 113
2003-04-25	MIA → NWE: 2004 round 2 pick 56 NWE → MIA: 2003 round 3 pick 78
2003-04-26	CHI → NWE: 2003 round 1 pick 13 NWE → CHI: 2003 round 1 pick 14, 2003 round 6 pick 193, Marques Ogden
2003-04-26	BLT → NWE: 2003 round 2 pick 41, 2004 round 1 pick 21 NWE → BLT: 2003 round 1 pick 19
2003-04-26	HST → NWE: 2003 round 2 pick 36, 2003 round 4 pick 117 NWE → HST: 2003 round 2 pick 41, 2003 round 3 pick 75
2003-04-26	CAR → NWE: 2003 round 2 pick 45 NWE → CAR: 2003 round 2 pick 50, 2003 round 4 pick 120
2003-04-27	DEN → NWE: 2003 round 4 pick 120 NWE → DEN: 2003 round 4 pick 128, Bryant McNeal, 2003 round 5 pick 157
2003-04-27	NWE → TEN: 2003 round 5 pick 154, 2003 round 7 pick 225 TEN → NWE: 2003 round 5 pick 164, 2003 round 6 pick 201, 2003 round 7 pick 243
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)