The 2003 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers season was the team's second season as a member of the AF2. The Pioneers finished third out of four in the American Conference Northeastern Division with a 6–10 record, the same as the year before, missing the playoffs for the second consecutive year.
Head coaches Following the Pioneers' inaugural campaign, head coach Terry Karg decided not to renew his contract with the team. Larry Kuharich, a former Tampa Bay Storm coach, was hired as the team's second coach. However, shortly before the season started, Kuharich resigned and left the team for AF2 parent the Arena Football League. Dean Cokinos filled the head coaching vacancy for the remainder of the season before resigning himself, leaving the Pioneers' head coaching position once again vacant.
Schedule
Regular season Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site1 Bye2 April 5, 2003 Greensboro Prowlers L 46–25 0–1 Greensboro Coliseum3 April 11, 2003 Mohegan Wolves L 41–38 0–2 First Union Arena4 April 18, 2003 Quad City Steamwheelers L 66–27 0–3 iWireless Center5 April 26, 2003 Rochester Brigade W 58–35 1–3 First Union Arena6 May 5, 2003 Albany Conquest L 68–49 1–4 Times Union Center7 May 10, 2003 Norfolk Nighthawks L 46–32 1–5 Norfolk Scope8 May 16, 2003 Norfolk Nighthawks L 49–35 1–6 First Union Arena9 May 23, 2003 Greensboro Prowlers W 43–40 2–6 First Union Arena10 May 31, 2003 Richmond Speed W 50–49 3–6 Richmond Coliseum11 Bye12 June 14, 2003 Mohegan Wolves L 55–22 3–7 Mohegan Sun Arena13 June 20, 2003 Rochester Brigade W 54–53 4–7 First Union Arena14 June 27, 2003 Richmond Speed W 48–33 5–7 First Union Arena15 July 5, 2003 Albany Conquest L 59–58 5–8 Times Union Center16 July 11, 2003 Albany Conquest W 55–49 (OT) 6–8 First Union Arena17 July 18, 2003 Mohegan Wolves L 63–59 6–9 Mohegan Sun Arena18 July 26, 2003 Rochester Brigade L 41–38 6–10 Blue Cross Arena
Final standings American Conference Northeast Division Team Overall DivisionWinsLossesPercentageWinsLossesPercentage Albany Conquest 13 3 .812 7 2 .778 Mohegan Wolves 10 6 .625 6 3 .667 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers 6 10 .375 3 6 .333 Rochester Brigade 3 13 .187 2 7 .222
Attendance Week Opponent Attendance3 Mohegan Wolves 5,1355 Rochester Brigade 5,2046 Albany Conquest 5,4198 Norfolk Knighthawks 4,6529 Greensboro Prowlers 4,56313 Rochester Brigade 4,85714 Richmond Speed 4,51316 Albany Conquest 5,457Total 39,800Average 4,975
References
External links ArenaFan Online 2003 Wilkes-Barre/Pioneers schedule ArenaFan Online 2003 af2 standings ArenaFan Online 2003 af2 attendance