page_title: 2003 NFL season
section_title: Stadium changes
hierarchical_section_title: 2003 NFL season / Stadium changes
caption_attribution_description: English: Tennessee Titans players warm up for their August 28, 2003 American football preseason game at the Green Bay Packers. Original description A nice little shot of the field, or something
context_page_description: The 2003 NFL season was the 84th regular season of the National Football League.
  Regular-season play was held from September 4, 2003, to December 28, 2003. Due to damage caused by the Cedar Fire, Qualcomm Stadium was used as an emergency shelter, and thus the Miami Dolphins–San Diego Chargers regular-season match on October 27 was instead played at Sun Devil Stadium, the home field of the Arizona Cardinals.
  The playoffs began on January 3, 2004. The NFL title was won by the New England Patriots when they defeated the Carolina Panthers, 32–29, in Super Bowl XXXVIII at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, on February 1.
  This was the last season until the 2016 NFL season where neither of the previous Super Bowl participants made the playoffs.
context_section_description: Baltimore Ravens: Ravens Stadium was renamed M&T Bank Stadium after M&T Bank acquired the naming rights
  Chicago Bears: The Bears moved back to a newly renovated Soldier Field after temporarily playing in 2002 at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois
  New England Patriots: CMGI Field was renamed Gillette Stadium after Gillette acquires the naming rights
  Philadelphia Eagles: The Eagles moved from Veterans Stadium to Lincoln Financial Field, with Lincoln Financial Group acquiring the naming rights
  San Francisco 49ers: After the naming rights deal with 3Com expired, the stadium was officially renamed San Francisco Stadium at Candlestick Point instead of its original Candlestick Park name
  In addition new turf was installed for the following teams:
  Atlanta Falcons: New FieldTurf surface
  Buffalo Bills: New AstroPlay home turf
  New Orleans Saints: New AstroPlay home turf by mid-season
caption: Tennessee at Green Bay in the preseason; both teams made the playoffs
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