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2003 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2003 NFL season, played in 2004. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION

New England Patriots

Defeated Carolina Panthers 32–29 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
11
Overtime finishes
3
Postseason opened
Jan 3, 2004

2003 playoff bracket results

Completed matchups in round order. Winners are named first in the summary; each Game Center shows both teams and the recorded result.

Wild Card

  1. Carolina Panthers 29–10 Dallas CowboysFinal
  2. Tennessee Titans 20–17 Baltimore RavensFinal
  3. Indianapolis Colts 41–10 Denver BroncosFinal
  4. Green Bay Packers 33–27 Seattle SeahawksFinal · overtime

Divisional

  1. Carolina Panthers 29–23 St. Louis RamsFinal · overtime
  2. New England Patriots 17–14 Tennessee TitansFinal
  3. Indianapolis Colts 38–31 Kansas City ChiefsFinal
  4. Philadelphia Eagles 20–17 Green Bay PackersFinal · overtime

Conference championship

  1. New England Patriots 24–14 Indianapolis ColtsFinal
  2. Carolina Panthers 14–3 Philadelphia EaglesFinal

Super Bowl

  1. New England Patriots 32–29 Carolina PanthersFinal

New England Patriots: path to the title

3 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. DivisionalNew England Patriots 17–14 Tennessee Titans
  2. Conference championshipNew England Patriots 24–14 Indianapolis Colts
  3. Super BowlNew England Patriots 32–29 Carolina Panthers

The three closest games

Ranked by final winning margin. Games with the same margin appear in date order.

  1. 3-point margin · Wild CardTennessee Titans 20–17 Baltimore Ravens
  2. 3-point margin · DivisionalNew England Patriots 17–14 Tennessee Titans
  3. 3-point margin · DivisionalPhiladelphia Eagles 20–17 Green Bay Packers

2003 season, 2004 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 3, 2004 through Feb 1, 2004. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2003 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.