The 2003 Arena Football League season was the 17th season of the
Arena Football League
The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 Arena Football League season, 1987 season, making it the third longest-runnin ...
. It was succeeded by
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
. The league champions were the
Tampa Bay Storm
The Tampa Bay Storm were a professional arena football team based in Tampa, Florida, US. It played in the Arena Football League (AFL). Originally the team was located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and operated as the Pittsburgh Gladiators. The ...
, who defeated the
Arizona Rattlers
The Arizona Rattlers are a professional indoor American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area that competes in the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Rattlers were founded in 1992 as an expansion team in the Arena Football League ...
in
ArenaBowl XVII. The AFL expanded its season from 14 games to 16 games.
Standings
* ''Green indicates clinched playoff berth''
* ''Purple indicates division champion''
* ''Grey indicates best regular season record''
Playoffs
All games televised by
NBC
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.
Source:
All-Arena team
References
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