2003 Miami Dolphins season
| 2003 Miami Dolphins season | |
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| Head coach | Dave Wannstedt |
| Owner | Wayne Huizenga |
| Home field | Pro Player Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 10–6 |
| Division place | 2nd AFC East |
| Playoff finish | did not qualify |
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| Scoring summary | ||||
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| Q1 | NYJ | Doug Brien 30 yard field goal | NYJ 3–0 | |
| Q1 | MIA | Jay Fiedler 9 yard run (Olindo Mare kick) | MIA 7–3 | |
| Q2 | MIA | Randy McMichael 8 yard pass from Jay Fiedler (Olindo Mare kick) | MIA 14–3 | |
| Q2 | MIA | Ricky Williams 2 yard run (Olindo Mare kick) | MIA 21–3 | |
| Q4 | NYJ | Santana Moss 32 yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Doug Brien kick) | MIA 21–10 | |
The 2003 Miami Dolphins season was the team's 38th overall, and 34th as a member of the National Football League. The Dolphins improved upon their previous season's output of 9–7, instead winning 10 games. This marked the seventh consecutive winning season for the team and fifteenth straight with a record of .500 or better, but for the second straight year they failed to clinch a playoff berth.
The Dolphins season got off to a rough start in their first ever meeting with the second-year Houston Texans. The Dolphins behind three Jay Fiedler touchdowns led 20-15 in the fourth, but two field goals (the first off a Fiedler interception) put the Texans up 21-20 with thirty seconds to go. Fielder was then intercepted again, ending the game in a 21-20 Miami loss, the Dolphins' first loss to a Houston NFL team since losing to the Oilers in 1991.
Ricky Williams erupted to 125 rushing yards and a touchdown as Fiedler and Travis Minor added 62 more yards on the ground in Miami's first win of the season. The Dolphins held Curtis Martin to 32 yards total.
After being swept the year before the Dolphins embarrassed the Bills, limiting them to 139 yards of offense and intercepting Drew Bledsoe three times. Ricky Williams exploded to 154 rushing yards and a touchdown in the 17-7 Miami win.
The Dolphins continued surging 23-10 despite being outgained 350 yards to 275. Miami intercepted Kerry Collins three times and rushed for 134 yards - 68 of them on James McKnight's 68-yard rushing touchdown.
The Dolphins put up just 234 total yards, were penalized for 149 total yards, yet picked off Byron Leftwich three times and snatched two Jaguars fumbles en route to winning 24-10. Randy McMichael scored when he scooped up a fumble by teammate Obafemi Ayanbadejo from the Jaguars 2-yard line.
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