2003 Denver Broncos season

2003 Denver Broncos season
Head coach Mike Shanahan
General manager Mike Shanahan
Owner Pat Bowlen
Home field Invesco Field at Mile High
Results
Record 10–6
Division place 2nd AFC West
Playoff finish Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Colts) 10–41

The 2003 Denver Broncos season was the team's 44th year in professional football and its 34th with the National Football League.

After the departure of Brian Griese, who signed with his father's team, the Dolphins, the Broncos acquired Jake Plummer, who had been struggling in recent years with Arizona.

After two seasons of mediocrity, the Broncos rebounded with a 10-6 record. Denver's season ended with a 41-10 blowout to the Indianapolis Colts in the Wildcard round. Following the season, Clinton Portis was traded to the Washington Redskins, and Shannon Sharpe and Ed McCaffrey both retired.

Personnel

Staff

2003 Denver Broncos staff
Front office
  • President and Chief Executive Officer – Pat Bowlen
  • Executive Vice President of Football Operations – Mike Shanahan
  • General Manager – Ted Sundquist
  • Director of Pro Personnel – Rick Smith
  • Director of College Scouting – Jim Goodman

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Rich Tuten
  • Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Greg Saporta
  • Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Cedric Smith

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 7, 2003 at Cincinnati Bengals W 30–10
63,820
2 September 14, 2003 at San Diego Chargers W 37–13
65,445
3 September 22, 2003 Oakland Raiders W 31–10
76,753
4 September 28, 2003 Detroit Lions W 20–16
75,719
5 October 5, 2003 at Kansas City Chiefs L 24–23
78,903
6 October 12, 2003 Pittsburgh Steelers W 17–14
75,974
7 October 19, 2003 at Minnesota Vikings L 28–20
64,381
8 October 26, 2003 at Baltimore Ravens L 26–6
69,721
9 November 3, 2003 New England Patriots L 30–26
76,203
10 Bye
11 November 16, 2003 San Diego Chargers W 37–8
75,217
12 November 23, 2003 Chicago Bears L 19–10
75,540
13 November 30, 2003 at Oakland Raiders W 22–8
57,201
14 December 7, 2003 Kansas City Chiefs W 45–27
76,403
15 December 14, 2003 Cleveland Browns W 23–20
75,358
16 December 21, 2003 at Indianapolis Colts W 31–17
57,149
17 December 28, 2003 at Green Bay Packers L 31–3
70,299

Game summaries

Week 14

1 234Total
Chiefs 7 1406 27
• Broncos 7 101414 45

[1] [2]

Standings

AFC West
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(2) Kansas City Chiefs 13 3 0 .813 5–1 10–2 484 332 W1
(6) Denver Broncos 10 6 0 .625 5–1 9–3 381 301 L1
Oakland Raiders 4 12 0 .250 1–5 3–9 270 379 L2
San Diego Chargers 4 12 0 .250 1–5 2–10 313 441 W1

References

  1. ↑ ESPN. Retrieved 2013-Dec-16.
  2. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2013-Dec-16.

External links

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