2003 Las Vegas Gladiators season

The 2003 Las Vegas Gladiators season was the 7th season for the franchise. Before the season started, the Gladiators moved from East Rutherford, New Jersey, to Las Vegas, Nevada.^[1] They finished at 8–8, 3rd in the Eastern Division and lost by a score of 69-26 to the Arizona Rattlers in the first round of the playoffs.^[1] This was the Gladiators' only playoff appearance in Las Vegas.

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
1	February 2	@ Los Angeles	L 60–48	0–1
2	February 9	@ Arizona	L 46–42	0–2
3	February 17	Tampa Bay	W 61–55 (OT)	1–2
4	February 22	@ New York	W 46–45	2–2
5	March 2	San Jose	L 72–37	2–3
6	March 9	@ Carolina	W 51–41	3–3
7	March 16	Chicago	L 68–48	3–4
8	March 23	@ Buffalo	W 50–32^[2]	4–4
9	March 29	Georgia	W 46–41	5–4
10	April 5	Colorado	W 68–34	6–4
11	April 13	@ Grand Rapids	L 69–21	6–5
12	April 20	@ Orlando	L 56–31	6–6
13	April 27	Detroit	W 58–45	7–6
14	May 3	New York	L 43–42	7–7
15	May 11	@ Detroit	L 76–52	7–8
16	May 18	Buffalo	W 55–38^[3]	8–8
Wild Card	May 25	@ Arizona	L 69–26	0–1

Frank Haege entered his second season as the head coach of the Gladiators.

Player	Comp.	Att.	Comp%	Yards	TD's	INT's	Long	Rating

Player	Car.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long

Player	Rec.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long

Player	TD's	Rush	Rec	Ret	Pts

Player	Tackles	Solo	Assisted	Sack	Solo	Assisted	INT	Yards	TD's	Long

Player	Ret	Yards	TD's	Long	Avg	Ret	Yards	TD's	Long	Avg

Player	Extra pt.	Extra pt. Att.	FG	FGA	Long	Pct.	Pts

^ ^a ^b Candee, Adam. "Gladiators fizzle with loss in playoffs", Las Vegas Sun, May 27, 2003. Accessed January 31, 2023. "Pen your own nightmare ending to the Las Vegas Gladiators' 2003 season and you probably could not top the one the Arizona Rattlers wrote at America West Arena Sunday.... Formerly the New Jersey Gladiators, the team moved to Las Vegas in late December, about six weeks before its first game."
^ McKissic, Rodney (March 24, 2003). "Multiple miscues sink the Destroyers". The Buffalo News. Buffalo, New York. p. 52, 49. Retrieved January 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Destroyers exit with a loss". The Buffalo News. Buffalo, New York. May 19, 2003. p. 59. Retrieved January 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .