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