The
Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 38th season in the
National Football League
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(NFL). It is best remembered for the third preseason game, in which quarterback
Michael Vick
Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26, 1980) is a former American football quarterback. Regarded as having transformed the quarterback position with his rushing abilities, he is the NFL leader in quarterback rushing yards and was the league's firs ...
broke his leg and was done for most of the season. Atlanta had two other quarterbacks take over for a combined 2–10 record (
Doug Johnson and
Kurt Kittner
Kurt Kittner (born January 23, 1980) is a former American football player for the Atlanta Falcons. He was a quarterback for the University of Illinois during their 2001 Big Ten Championship.
Biography
High school career
Kittner was quarterbac ...
). Vick returned in week 14 and ended the season with a 3–1 record.
After losing seven straight games, Dan Reeves was let go by Falcons management, and Wade Phillps took over for the rest of the season.
For the season, the Falcons sported a new logo and uniforms.
Offseason
NFL Draft
Personnel
Staff
Roster
Regular season
Schedule
In the 2003 regular season, the Falcons’ non-divisional, conference opponents were primarily from the
NFC East, although they also played
the Minnesota Vikings from the
NFC North
The National Football Conference – Northern Division or NFC North is one of the four divisions of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Nicknamed the "Black and Blue Division" for the rough and tough r ...
, and
the St. Louis Rams from the
NFC West
The National Football Conference - Western Division or NFC West is one of the four divisions of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). It currently has four members: the Arizona Cardinals, the Los Ang ...
. Their non-conference opponents were from the
AFC South
The American Football Conference – Southern Division or AFC South is one of the four divisions of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). It was created before the 2002 season when the league realigned d ...
. This was the first occasion when the Falcons played the Washington Redskins since
1994
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,
[Urena, Ivan; ''Pro Football Schedules: A Complete Historical Guide from 1933 to the Present'', p. 221 ] due to old NFL scheduling formulas in place prior to 2002, whereby teams had no rotating schedule opposing members of other divisions within their own conference, but instead played interdivisional conference games according to position within a season’s table.
Standings
References
External links
2003 Atlanta Falconsat
Pro-Football-Reference.com
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Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons seasons
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
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