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2003 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)

3rd place American Football Conference North Division 6-10-0 .375

2003 NFL • Previous Season • Next Season • Roster Key • Stat Key

Keith Butler	Linebackers
Tom Clements	Quarterbacks
Russ Grimm	Offensive Line
Dick Hoak	Running Backs
Kenny Jackson	Wide Receivers
Tim Lewis	Defensive Coordinator
John Mitchell	Defensive Line
Mike Mularkey	Offensive Coordinator
Darren Perry	Assistant Defensive Backs
Willy Robinson	Defensive Backs
Lou Spanos	Defensive Assistant
Kevin Spencer	Special Teams
Ken Whisenhunt	Tight Ends

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/9/2003	A	Detroit Lions	13-26	L		Detroit, MI	Ford Field	58735
Sat	8/16/2003	H	Philadelphia Eagles	16-21	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	57543
Thu	8/21/2003	H	Dallas Cowboys	15-14	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	58099
Fri	8/29/2003	A	Carolina Panthers	14-21	L		Charlotte, NC	Ericsson Stadium	72273
Sun	9/7/2003	H	Baltimore Ravens	34-15	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	63157
Sun	9/14/2003	A	Kansas City Chiefs	20-41	L		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	78416
Sun	9/21/2003	A	Cincinnati Bengals	17-10	W		Cincinnati, OH	Paul Brown Stadium	64596
Sun	9/28/2003	H	Tennessee Titans	13-30	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	63244
Sun	10/5/2003	H	Cleveland Browns	13-33	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	64595
Sun	10/12/2003	A	Denver Broncos	14-17	L		Denver, CO	INVESCO Field	75974
Sun	10/26/2003	H	St. Louis Rams	21-33	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	62665
Sun	11/2/2003	A	Seattle Seahawks	16-23	L		Seattle, WA	Seahawks Stadium	66507
Sun	11/9/2003	H	Arizona Cardinals	28-15	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	59520
Mon	11/17/2003	A	San Francisco 49ers	14-30	L		San Francisco, CA	3Com Park	67877
Sun	11/23/2003	A	Cleveland Browns	13-6	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Browns Stadium	73658
Sun	11/30/2003	H	Cincinnati Bengals	20-24	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	58797
Sun	12/7/2003	H	Oakland Raiders	27-7	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	53079
Sun	12/14/2003	A	New York Jets	0-6	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	77900
Sun	12/21/2003	H	San Diego Chargers	40-24	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field	52527
Sun	12/28/2003	A	Baltimore Ravens	10-13	L	OT	Baltimore, MD	M&T Bank Stadium	70001

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
27	Brent Alexander	FS	5-11	198	32	Tennessee State	16	16
94	Rodney Bailey	DE	6-3	302	24	Ohio State	16	0
16	Charlie Batch	QB	6-2	217	29	Eastern Michigan	3	0
97	Kendrell Bell	RILB	6-1	247	25	Middle Georgia JC; Georgia	16	16
36	Jerome Bettis	HB	5-11	252	31	Notre Dame	16	10
22	Dee Brown	RB	5-10	212	25	Syracuse	2	0
87	Mark Bruener	TE	6-4	260	31	Washington	14	0
80	Plaxico Burress	WR	6-5	229	26	Michigan State	16	16
96	Kendrick Clancy	NT	6-1	298	25	East Central CC; Mississippi	12	0
48	Matt Cushing	TE	6-3	258	28	Illinois	4	0
83	Chris Doering	WR	6-4	198	30	Florida	16	0
66	Alan Faneca	LOT-LOG	6-5	309	27	Louisiana State	16	16
51	James Farrior	LILB	6-2	243	28	Virginia	16	16
50	Larry Foote	LB	6-0	237	23	Michigan	16	0
71	Todd Fordham	ROT	6-5	312	30	Florida State	11	6
92	Jason Gildon	LOLB	6-3	252	31	Oklahoma State	16	16
53	Clark Haggans	ROLB	6-3	245	26	Colorado State	16	2
98	Casey Hampton	NT	6-1	323	26	Texas	16	16
64	Jeff Hartings	C	6-3	292	31	Penn State	16	16
34	Verron Haynes	RB	5-9	223	24	Western Kentucky; Georgia	12	0
28	Chris Hope	S	5-11	207	23	Florida State	16	0
29	Chidi Iwuoma	CB	5-8	183	25	California	15	0
95	Alonzo Jackson	LB	6-4	267	23	Florida State	2	0
35	Dan Kreider	FB	5-11	251	26	New Hampshire	16	12
57	Clint Kriewaldt	LB	6-1	242	27	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	15	0
31	Mike Logan	SS	6-1	210	29	West Virginia	16	15
8	Tommy Maddox	QB	6-4	219	32	UCLA	16	16
89	Lee Mays	WR	6-1	192	25	Texas-El Paso	16	0
4	Josh Miller	P	6-3	224	33	Scottsdale CC; Arizona	16	0
78	Mathias Nkwenti	OT	6-3	298	25	Temple	1	0
56	Chukky Okobi	C-OG	6-1	308	25	Purdue	16	0
43	Troy Polamalu	S	5-10	209	22	Southern California	16	0
55	Joey Porter	ROLB	6-2	249	26	Colorado State	14	14
82	Antwaan Randle El	WR	5-10	189	24	Indiana	16	1
3	Jeff Reed	K	5-11	224	24	North Carolina	16	0
85	Jay Riemersma	TE	6-5	254	30	Michigan	11	7
79	Oliver Ross	ROT-LOT	6-5	315	29	Southwestern JC; Iowa State	16	11
54	Mike Schneck	LONG	6-0	241	26	Wisconsin	16	0
30	Chad Scott	LCB	6-1	200	29	Towson; Maryland	12	12
73	Kendall Simmons	ROG	6-3	315	24	Auburn	16	16
91	Aaron Smith	LDE	6-5	295	27	Northern Colorado	16	16
77	Marvel Smith	LOT	6-5	317	25	Arizona State	6	6
33	Russell Stuvaints	S	6-0	202	23	Youngstown State	4	0
24	Ike Taylor	SS-CB	6-1	193	23	Louisiana-Lafayette	16	1
26	Deshea Townsend	RCB-LCB	5-10	187	28	Alabama	16	8
84	Jerame Tuman	TE	6-3	256	27	Michigan	16	12
68	Keydrick Vincent	LOG	6-5	324	25	Mississippi	10	9
67	Kimo Von Oelhoffen	RDE	6-3	301	32	Hawaii; Walla Walla CC; Boise State	16	16
86	Hines Ward	WR	6-0	203	27	Georgia	16	16
20	DeWayne Washington	RCB	5-11	192	31	North Carolina State	16	12
21	Amos Zereoue	HB	5-8	205	27	West Virginia	16	6

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	16	Troy Polamalu	DB	Southern California
2	59	Alonzo Jackson	DE	Florida State
4	125	Ike Taylor	DB	Louisiana-Lafayette
5	163	Brian St. Pierre	QB	Boston College
7	242	J.T. Wall	RB	Georgia

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	50	94	93	63	0
Opponents Totals	61	98	71	94	3

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:42	275	77	174	24	82/227 36.1%	11/22 50.0%	111	1005
Opponents Totals	29:18	270	89	155	26	71/209 34.0%	7/16 43.8%	96	709

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Jeff Reed	0	31	32	96.9	0	0	23	32	71.9	0	100
Hines Ward	10	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	60
Jerome Bettis	7	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	44
Plaxico Burress	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	24
Antwaan Randle El	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Amos Zereoue	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Mark Bruener	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Chris Doering	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Chris Hope	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Dan Kreider	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Jay Riemersma	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Chad Scott	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Deshea Townsend	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Team Totals	33	31	32	96.9	1	1	23	32	71.9	0	300
Opponents Totals	38	32	35	91.4	1	1	21	24	87.5	3	327

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jeff Reed	23	32	71.9	0/0	9/12	6/7	7/12	1/1
Team Totals	23	32	71.9	0/0	9/12	6/7	7/12	1/1
Opponents Totals	21	24	87.5	1/1	7/7	5/5	8/9	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Jerome Bettis	246	811	3.3	21	7	43	2	0	4
Amos Zereoue	132	433	3.3	22	2	22	1	0	0
Antwaan Randle El	15	75	5.0	32	0	4	1	0	2
Verron Haynes	20	63	3.2	15	0	3	0	0	1
Hines Ward	11	61	5.5	25	0	3	1	0	0
Dan Kreider	7	29	4.1	9	1	1	0	0	0
Tommy Maddox	13	12	0.9	6	0	0	0	0	1
Charlie Batch	1	11	11.0	11	0	1	0	0	0
Plaxico Burress	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	446	1488	3.3	32	10	77	5	0	8
Opponents Totals	449	1741	3.9	78t	14	89	10	3	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Tommy Maddox	519	298	57.4	204	3414	6.6	11.5	53	18	3.5	17	3.3	41	242	3172	171	44	4	75.3
Josh Miller	1	1	100.0	0	81	81.0	81.0	81t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	81	1	1	1	158.3
Antwaan Randle El	4	3	75.0	1	6	1.5	2.0	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	6	0	0	0	77.1
Charlie Batch	8	4	50.0	4	47	5.9	11.8	22	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	2	45	2	1	0	68.2
Team Totals	532	306	57.5	209	3548	6.7	11.6	81t	19	3.6	17	3.2	42	244	3304	174	46	5	76.4
Opponents Totals	484	294	60.7	176	3245	6.7	11.0	61t	20	4.1	14	2.9	35	203	3042	155	43	10	82.4

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Hines Ward	156	95	60.9	1163	12.2	50	10	60	18	2	0
Plaxico Burress	123	60	48.8	860	14.3	47	4	40	11	1	1
Amos Zereoue	51	40	78.4	310	7.8	29	0	13	1	0	0
Antwaan Randle El	56	37	66.1	364	9.8	32t	1	21	4	0	0
Chris Doering	30	18	60.0	240	13.3	53	1	15	4	1	0
Jerome Bettis	22	13	59.1	86	6.6	16	0	4	0	0	1
Jerame Tuman	19	12	63.2	113	9.4	23	0	4	2	0	0
Jay Riemersma	23	10	43.5	138	13.8	24	1	7	3	0	0
Dan Kreider	24	9	37.5	107	11.9	26	0	5	2	0	0
Verron Haynes	10	7	70.0	57	8.1	13	0	2	0	0	1
Lee Mays	3	2	66.7	17	8.5	9	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Bruener	5	2	40.0	12	6.0	11	1	1	0	0	0
Chris Hope	1	1	100.0	81	81.0	81t	1	1	1	1	0
Team Totals	523	306	58.5	3548	11.6	81t	19	174	46	5	3
Opponents Totals		294	60.7	3245	11.0	61t	20	155	43	10	0

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Brent Alexander	4	63	15.8	34	0
Chad Scott	3	50	16.7	26t	1
Deshea Townsend	3	24	8.0	25t	1
Kendrell Bell	1	61	61.0	42	0
James Farrior	1	9	9.0	9	0
DeWayne Washington	1	7	7.0	7	0
Jason Gildon	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	14	215	15.4	42	2
Opponents Totals	17	386	22.7	75t	3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Josh Miller	84	3521	41.9	72	1	8	27	8	9	299	3062	36.0
Team Totals	85	3521	41.4	72	1	8	27	8	9	299	3062	36.0
Opponents Totals	91	3694	40.6	61	0	11	23			551	2923	32.1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Antwaan Randle El	45	12	542	12.0	84t	2	9	4	2
Chris Doering	0	0	9		9L	0	0	0
Team Totals	45	12	551	12.2	84t	2	9	4	2
Opponents Totals	47	12	299	6.4	45	0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	TD	OSA	OSR
Jeff Reed	70	4412	63.0	1	5	64	1324	1	0	0
Josh Miller	2	112	56.0	0	0	2	35	0	0	0
Team Totals	72	4524	62.8	1	5	66	1359	1	0	0
Opponents Totals						68	1405	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Ike Taylor	37	831	22.5	53	0	19	3	1
Antwaan Randle El	24	466	19.4	34	0	12	0	1
Lee Mays	4	79	19.8	27	0	3	0	0
Dan Kreider	3	29	9.7	15	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	68	1405	20.7	53	0	34	3	2
Opponents Totals	66	1359	20.6	100t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Kimo Von Oelhoffen	8.0	42.0
Jason Gildon	6.0	19.0
Joey Porter	5.0	43.0
Kendrell Bell	5.0	36.0
Aaron Smith	2.0	17.0
Rodney Bailey	2.0	14.0
Troy Polamalu	2.0	10.0
Deshea Townsend	1.0	8.0
Mike Logan	1.0	5.0
Brent Alexander	1.0	5.0
Clark Haggans	1.0	3.0
Casey Hampton	1.0	1.0
Team Totals	35.0	203.0
Opponents Totals	42.0	244.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Brent Alexander	0	0	1	1	2	2
Charlie Batch	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kendrell Bell	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jerome Bettis	5	4	1	0	1	0
Plaxico Burress	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kendrick Clancy	0	0	0	1	1	0
James Farrior	1	1	0	1	1	0
Larry Foote	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jason Gildon	1	0	0	1	1	0
Verron Haynes	2	2	1	0	1	0
Chidi Iwuoma	0	0	1	0	1	0
Clint Kriewaldt	0	0	0	1	1	0
Mike Logan	0	0	0	3	3	14
Tommy Maddox	5	2	1	0	1	-6
Josh Miller	1	0	1	0	1	0
Joey Porter	0	0	1	0	1	0
Antwaan Randle El	5	0	2	0	2	-7
Kendall Simmons	0	0	1	0	1	0
Ike Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0
Deshea Townsend	0	0	0	1	1	0
Kimo Von Oelhoffen	0	0	0	1	1	0
Hines Ward	0	0	1	0	1	0
DeWayne Washington	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	24	11	12	11	23	3
Opponents Totals	24	11	9	11	20

DEFENSE	TKL	TT	TA	DT	DA	STT	STA	MT	MA	PD	TFL	FF	BL
James Farrior	141	96	45	94	43	2	2	0	0	4	11	0	0
Kendrell Bell	100	81	19	81	19	0	0	0	0	3	17	1	0
Mike Logan	94	71	23	70	23	1	0	0	0	5	7	1	0
Brent Alexander	85	62	23	60	21	2	2	0	0	6	2	0	0
Joey Porter	66	50	16	50	16	0	0	0	0	4	10	1	0
Jason Gildon	62	43	19	42	19	1	0	0	0	6	6	1	0
DeWayne Washington	60	53	7	50	5	3	2	0	0	8	3	0	0
Chad Scott	56	44	12	44	12	0	0	0	0	9	1	1	0
Deshea Townsend	46	39	7	37	6	2	1	0	0	14	2	1	0
Aaron Smith	45	36	9	36	9	0	0	0	0	7	8	1	0
Casey Hampton	39	27	12	27	12	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1
Troy Polamalu	38	29	9	17	6	12	3	0	0	4	1	1	0
Kimo Von Oelhoffen	35	27	8	27	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0
Ike Taylor	32	26	6	15	2	11	4	0	0	2	0	0	0
Clark Haggans	27	18	9	11	5	7	4	0	0	1	0	1	0
Chris Hope	27	22	5	11	2	11	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
Clint Kriewaldt	20	17	3	1	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Chidi Iwuoma	14	11	3	0	0	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Mays	12	8	4	0	0	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rodney Bailey	9	7	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Larry Foote	6	5	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Verron Haynes	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Amos Zereoue	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Kendrick Clancy	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Doering	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hines Ward	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Schneck	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Todd Fordham	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Hartings	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Miller	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Reed	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russell Stuvaints	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerome Bettis	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dee Brown	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Plaxico Burress	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alan Faneca	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oliver Ross	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kendall Simmons	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marvel Smith	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jerame Tuman	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Batch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Bruener	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Cushing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alonzo Jackson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Kreider	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Maddox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mathias Nkwenti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chukky Okobi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antwaan Randle El	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Riemersma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keydrick Vincent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	1048	804	244	683	210	99	34	22	0	76	84	11	1
Opponents Totals	1116	817	299	691	273	107	25	19	1	94	86	46	1

PENALTIES	Called	Declined	Accepted	Yards	Nullified Yards	First Downs	Stalled Drives
Plaxico Burress	10	2	8	60	15	0	3
DeWayne Washington	7	0	7	99	0	7	0
Chad Scott	7	0	7	80	0	7	0
Jeff Hartings	7	1	6	50	26	0	3
Kendall Simmons	7	1	6	40	15	0	4
Keydrick Vincent	7	2	5	50	23	0	5
Oliver Ross	6	0	6	40	46	0	4
Troy Polamalu	6	1	5	75	17	3	0
Clark Haggans	6	1	5	36	0	0	0
Jason Gildon	5	1	4	33	0	3	0
Joey Porter	5	2	3	34	0	2	0
Hines Ward	4	0	4	45	10	0	2
Alan Faneca	4	0	4	20	0	0	2
Chidi Iwuoma	3	0	3	40	8	0	0
Jerame Tuman	3	0	3	28	5	0	1
Chris Hope	3	0	3	32	0	0	0
Dan Kreider	3	0	3	21	4	0	1
Todd Fordham	3	0	3	20	0	0	2
Josh Miller	3	0	3	15	0	0	1
Verron Haynes	3	1	2	20	0	0	0
Antwaan Randle El	2	0	2	15	9	0	1
Kendrell Bell	2	0	2	20	0	2	0
Tommy Maddox	2	0	2	20	0	0	1
Casey Hampton	2	0	2	10	0	0	0
Deshea Townsend	2	1	1	13	0	1	0
Amos Zereoue	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Brent Alexander	1	0	1	14	0	1	0
Mark Bruener	1	0	1	10	0	0	0
Larry Foote	1	0	1	10	0	0	0
Clint Kriewaldt	1	0	1	10	0	0	0
Marvel Smith	1	0	1	10	0	0	0
Chris Doering	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
James Farrior	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
Jeff Reed	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Riemersma	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Schneck	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ike Taylor	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Last Updated: June 2, 2023