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2003 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 3rd in AFC North Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 300 points (18.8/g), 19th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 327 points (20.4/g), 15th.
 Differential of -27 points (-1.7/g), 19th.
 Expected W-L: 7.2-8.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 21st.

Coached by Bill Cowher (6-10-0)

2003 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 box W 1-0 Baltimore Ravens 34 15 21 339 251 88 1 17 231 143 88 2
2 Sun September 14 box L 1-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 20 41 16 380 320 60 4 19 282 123 159 2
3 Sun September 21 box W 2-1 @ Cincinnati Bengals 17 10 22 376 238 138 1 11 182 125 57 1
4 Sun September 28 box L 2-2 Tennessee Titans 13 30 25 376 307 69 2 9 198 158 40
5 Sun October 5 box L 2-3 Cleveland Browns 13 33 11 209 149 60 3 22 324 200 124 2
6 Sun October 12 box L 2-4 @ Denver Broncos 14 17 17 215 130 85 1 15 242 165 77 3
7 Bye Week
8 Sun October 26 box L 2-5 St. Louis Rams 21 33 11 245 151 94 4 26 448 359 89
9 Sun November 2 box L 2-6 @ Seattle Seahawks 16 23 19 320 215 105 19 289 191 98
10 Sun November 9 box W 3-6 Arizona Cardinals 28 15 11 246 159 87 1 19 379 283 96 1
11 Mon November 17 box L 3-7 @ San Francisco 49ers 14 30 21 349 305 44 2 17 423 254 169
12 Sun November 23 box W 4-7 @ Cleveland Browns 13 6 11 168 59 109 19 303 213 90 5
13 Sun November 30 box L 4-8 Cincinnati Bengals 20 24 23 384 299 85 2 18 379 266 113
14 Sun December 7 box W 5-8 Oakland Raiders 27 7 21 399 266 133 2 9 161 39 122 3
15 Sun December 14 box L 5-9 @ New York Jets 0 6 16 231 137 94 15 319 144 175 1
16 Sun December 21 box W 6-9 San Diego Chargers 40 24 21 341 160 181 21 344 228 116 3
17 Sun December 28 box L 6-10 @ Baltimore Ravens 10 13 9 214 158 56 5 14 279 151 128 2

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 300 4792 1020 4.7 275 306 532 3304 19 17 5.8 174 446 1488 10 3.3 77 28 11 24
Team Defense 327 4783 968 4.9 451 294 484 3042 20 14 5.9 155 449 1741 14 3.9 270 25 11 26
Lg Rank Offense 19 22 21 10 14 16 15 19 16 31 23 32 13 13
Lg Rank Defense 15 9 7 6 11 16 20 18 15 12 20 10 20 19

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Tommy Maddox 32 QB 16 16 6-10-0 298 519 57.4 3414 18 3.5 17 3.3 53 6.6 5.5 11.5 213.4 75.3 41 242 5.7 4.6 7.3
Charlie Batch 29 4 0 4 8 50.0 47 0 0.0 0 0.0 22 5.9 5.9 11.8 11.8 68.2 1 2 5.0 5.0 11.1
Antwaan Randle El 24 RET 16 1 3 4 75.0 6 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 1.5 1.5 2.0 0.4 77.1 0 0 1.5 1.5 0.0
Josh Miller 33 P 16 0 1 1 100.0 81 1 100.0 0 0.0 81 81.0 91.0 81.0 5.1 158.3 0 0 81.0 91.0 0.0
Team Total 26.9 16 6-10-0 306 532 57.5 3548 19 3.6 17 3.2 81 6.7 5.6 11.6 221.8 76.4 42 244 5.8 4.8 7.3
Opp Total 16 294 484 60.7 3042 20 4.1 14 2.9 6.3 5.4 10.3 190.1 80.6 35 203 5.9 4.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Jerome Bettis 31 RB 16 10 246 811 7 21 3.3 50.7 15.4 13 86 6.6 0 16 0.8 5.4 897 7 5
Amos Zereoue 27 rb 16 6 132 433 2 22 3.3 27.1 8.3 40 310 7.8 0 29 2.5 19.4 743 2 0
Verron Haynes 24 12 0 20 63 0 15 3.2 5.3 1.7 7 57 8.1 0 13 0.6 4.8 120 0 2
Antwaan Randle El 24 RET 16 1 15 75 0 32 5.0 4.7 0.9 37 364 9.8 1 32 2.3 22.8 439 1 5
Tommy Maddox 32 QB 16 16 13 12 0 6 0.9 0.8 0.8 12 0 5
Hines Ward* 27 WR 16 16 11 61 0 25 5.5 3.8 0.7 95 1163 12.2 10 50 5.9 72.7 1224 10 0
Dan Kreider 26 FB 16 12 7 29 1 9 4.1 1.8 0.4 9 107 11.9 0 26 0.6 6.7 136 1 0
Plaxico Burress 26 WR 16 16 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 -0.4 0.1 60 860 14.3 4 47 3.8 53.8 853 4 1
Charlie Batch 29 4 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 2.8 0.3 11 0 1
Chris Doering 30 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 240 13.3 1 53 1.1 15.0 240 1 0
Jerame Tuman 27 TE 16 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 113 9.4 0 23 0.8 7.1 113 0 0
Jay Riemersma 30 te 11 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 138 13.8 1 24 0.9 12.5 138 1 0
Mark Bruener 31 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 12 6.0 1 11 0.1 0.9 12 1 0
Lee Mays 25 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 17 8.5 0 9 0.1 1.1 17 0 0
Chris Hope 23 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 81 81.0 1 81 0.1 5.1 81 1 0
Team Total 26.9 16 446 1488 10 32 3.3 93.0 27.9 306 3548 11.6 19 81 19.1 221.8 5036 29 24
Opp Total 16 449 1741 14 3.9 108.8 28.1 294 3042 10.3 20 18.4 190.1 4783 34 24

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Antwaan Randle El 24 RET 16 1 45 542 2 84 12.0 24 466 0 34 19.4 1447
Ike Taylor 23 RET 16 1 37 831 0 53 22.5 831
Lee Mays 25 16 0 4 79 0 27 19.8 96
Dan Kreider 26 FB 16 12 3 29 0 15 9.7 165
Team Total 26.9 16 45 551 2 84 12.2 68 1405 0 53 20.7 6992
Opp Total 16 47 0 66 1359 1 20.6

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Josh Miller 33 P 16 0 84 3521 72 1 41.9
Jeff Reed 24 K 16 0 12 9 7 6 12 7 1 1 32 23 71.9% 32 31 96.9%
Team Total 26.9 16 12 9 7 6 12 7 1 1 32 23 71.9% 32 31 96.9% 84 3521 72 1 41.9
Opp Total 16 24 21 87.5% 35 32 91.4% 91 3695 40.6

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Jason Gildon 31 LOLB 16 16 6.0 1 1 0 1 6 1 1 1 0 0 42 19
Kimo von Oelhoffen 32 RDE 16 16 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 27 8
Brent Alexander 32 FS 16 16 1.0 4 63 0 34 6 0 0 2 2 0 60 21
Kendrell Bell 25 RILB 16 16 5.0 1 61 0 42 3 1 0 1 0 0 81 19
Antwaan Randle El 24 RET 16 1 5 2 -7 0
Jerome Bettis 31 RB 16 10 5 1 0 0
Tommy Maddox 32 QB 16 16 5 1 -6 0
Joey Porter 26 ROLB 14 14 5.0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 50 16
Deshea Townsend 28 lcb 16 8 1.0 3 24 1 25 14 1 0 1 0 0 39 7
Mike Logan 29 SS 16 15 1.0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 14 0 71 23
James Farrior 28 LILB 16 16 1 9 0 9 4 0 1 1 0 0 96 45
Verron Haynes 24 12 0 2 1 0 0
Chad Scott 29 LCB 12 12 3 50 1 26 9 1 0 0 0 0 44 12
Rodney Bailey 24 16 0 2.0 7 2
Josh Miller 33 P 16 0 1 1 0 0
Troy Polamalu 22 16 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 29 9
Aaron Smith 27 LDE 16 16 2.0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 36 9
Dewayne Washington 31 RCB 16 12 1 7 0 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 50 5
Charlie Batch 29 4 0 1 0 0 0
Plaxico Burress 26 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
Kendrick Clancy 25 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
Larry Foote 23 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1
Clark Haggans 26 16 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18 9
Casey Hampton* 26 NT 16 16 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 27 12
Chidi Iwuoma 25 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 3
Clint Kriewaldt 27 15 0 1 0 1 0 0 17 3
Kendall Simmons 24 RG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Ike Taylor 23 RET 16 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 26 6
Hines Ward* 27 WR 16 16 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.9 16 35.0 14 215 2 42 76 11 24 23 3 0 761 234
Opp Total 16 42 24 13 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jeff Reed 24 K 16 0 31 23 100
Hines Ward* 27 WR 16 16 10 60
Jerome Bettis 31 RB 16 10 7 1 44
Plaxico Burress 26 WR 16 16 4 24
Antwaan Randle El 24 RET 16 1 1 2 18
Amos Zereoue 27 rb 16 6 2 12
Mark Bruener 31 14 0 1 6
Chris Doering 30 16 0 1 6
Chris Hope 23 16 0 1 6
Dan Kreider 26 FB 16 12 1 6
Jay Riemersma 30 te 11 7 1 6
Chad Scott 29 LCB 12 12 1 6
Deshea Townsend 28 lcb 16 8 1 6
Team Total 26.9 16 10 19 2 2 1 31 23 300
Opp Total 16 14 20 1 1 32 21 1 327