NFC EAST NFC NORTH NFC SOUTH NFC WEST Philadelphia 12-4 Green Bay 10-6 Carolina 11-5 St.Louis 12-4 Dallas 10-6 Chicago 9-7 New Orleans 8-8 Seattle 10-6 Washington 5-11 Minnesota 7-9 Tampa Bay 7-9 San Francisco 7-9 NY Giants 4-12 Detroit 5-11 Atlanta 5-11 Arizona 4-12 AFC EAST AFC CENTRAL AFC SOUTH AFC WEST New England 14-2 Baltimore 10-6 Indianapolis 12-4 Kansas City 13-3 Miami 10-6 Cincinnati 8-8 Tennessee 12-4 Denver 10-6 Buffalo 6-10 Pittsburgh 6-10 Houston 5-11 Oakland 4-12 NY Jets 6-10 Cleveland 5-11 Jacksonville 5-11 San Diego 4-12 WILD CARD GAMES Green Bay 33 Seattle 27 Carolina 29 Dallas 10 Tennessee 17 Baltimore 14 Indianapolis 41 Denver 10 DIVISIONAL GAMES Philadelphia 20 Green Bay 17 Carolina 29 St.Louis 23 Indianapolis 38 Kansas City 31 New England 17 Tennessee 14 CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES Carolina 14 Philadelphia 3 New England 24 Indianapolis 14 SUPER BOWL XXXVIII at Reliant Stadium, Houston New England 32 Carolina 29

The 2003 season saw the Bucs playing as defending Super Bowl champions with all the pressures and expectations that title brought. And despite all the talk of repeating, only on rare occasions did those champion Bucs appear during the season. The breaks and the injuries just did not go their way and the first losing season since 1996 was the end result. By the time finished in Tennessee, back- ups were all over the field and there would be no Tampa Bay presence in the post-season.