Positive thread - 2003 Panthers memories

[Gapanthersfan]

No negative shoulda beens allowed.
 

Put them here. 
 

Jake freaking delhomme to Smith connection was born. 

going toe to toe with the GOAT in one of the best SB of all time. 

Big Kris blocking an xp against the Bucs

Ricky clutch proehl. 
 

My God the deep talent on that team. 

[Manna]

That’s the season I started following football and the Panthers. I was 17 at the time and was told by a coworker friend to turn on the tv immediately because the panthers were blocking field goals and extra points left and right. I turn it on and sure enough I saw one fg get blocked. Had no idea how football worked then but I’ve followed the team since. 

[toldozer]

I went to the Colts game in the old RCA dome that year. Sat very top row and I believe both teams were 5-0 or something like that.  Kasay kicked the game winner in OT I think.  Cardiac Cats baby!!!

 

 

Interesting things about our 2 super bowl seasons

We opened the season with wins against the Jaguars both years and also beat the Colts by 3 in OT both years. So next time our season opener is against Jacksonville we should be back in the super bowl

Edited December 15, 2023 by toldozer

[travisura]

There's a podcast put out by the Panthers called "Cardiac" about their run to the Super Bowl in 2003. There are 10 episodes so it's more like an audio miniseries and the last episode was just released today so I'll be listening to it soon. Figured this was relevant to this thread.

Edited December 15, 2023 by travisura

[parker]

That first game.  It's been a while but I think Rodney Peete started and it looked Dismal.  Fox sent Jake in.  I think he threw as many INTs as Touchdowns in that game,  but it was enough to win.  From then on it was on.  But it was that touchdown throw to Smith in the Bucs game that really made me believe that year.

[LinvilleGorge]

That Deshaun Foster TD run against the Eagles. 

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

52 minutes ago, Manna said:

That’s the season I started following football and the Panthers. I was 17 at the time and was told by a coworker friend to turn on the tv immediately because the panthers were blocking field goals and extra points left and right. I turn it on and sure enough I saw one fg get blocked. Had no idea how football worked then but I’ve followed the team since. 

Same here, I started playing football the following summer at 12/13 years old. That super bowl was the first full game I ever watched. I wouldn't say I became a Panthers fan right then and there but that game got me to start following the team and as I got older and more into football by my freshman year I was a full fledged Panthers fan and the only Panthers fan at my HS in NW Indiana.

[LinvilleGorge]

X Clown

 

 

[EgoDogg]

This should be a required watch for all Panthers fans.

Edited December 15, 2023 by EgoDogg

[Captroop]

Likewise, it was the first season I paid attention to football. I can't believe that back then, the only way I could keep up with games was to log onto the NFL website and watch the live drive charts. That's right! I'd spend 3 hours every Sunday staring at a chart on a chunky monitor feverishly refreshing the page, and then leaping in the air like I was in the stadium when I saw they'd scored a touchdown. I'd have the local broadcast on in the background in case they cut away to a big Panthers play. And if I was lucky enough, on NFL Primetime, the Panthers would make Chris Berman's highlight reel, and I'd get to hear him chant, "Daylight come, and you got a Delhomme!" I think I got to actually watch maybe 3 regular season games that year when they were broadcast in the DC area or on primetime. But I watched every post-season game, and I don't know if I ever felt higher highs than riding the edge of my seat the entire Rams OT, followed by the double OT X-Clown.

2015 was special, but my fandom has never matched, nor do I think it could ever match 2003. It's my Red Ryder BB gun. It was the combination of team, my age, the way we'd win games in spectacularly down-to-the-wire fashion, and the complete lack of cynicism I had. I hadn't been beaten down by life and the crushing disappointment of being a long-term Panthers fan.

It'll never be the same.

[Gapanthersfan]

2003 was must watch tv every single Sunday. 
 

jags game was 4 th down back of the end zone to proehl ftw, last play of the game. I believe. 

Best regular season game was in Tampa coming off of their sb win. 

[UnluckyforSome]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

That Deshaun Foster TD run against the Eagles. 

 

1 of my all-time favorites. 

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

1 hour ago, travisura said:

There's a podcast put out by the Panthers called "Cardiac" about their run to the Super Bowl in 2003. There are 10 episodes so it's more like an audio miniseries and the last episode was just released today so I'll be listening to it soon. Figured this was relevant to this thread.

It's pretty good! I got hyped watching it

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

2003 will always be the greatest Panther season. The sting of losing that SB has worn off and now I just appreciate how much of a rollercoaster that season was. The whole NFL was fun to watch that year too. It will always be the best year of football that I've ever seen