2004 Oakland Raiders season

2004 Oakland Raiders season
OwnerAl Davis
General managerAl Davis
Head coachNorv Turner
Home fieldNetwork Associates Coliseum
Results
Record5–11
Division place4th AFC West
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro BowlersShane Lechler, P

The 2004 Oakland Raiders season was the 45th of professional football for the Oakland Raiders franchise, their 35th season as members of the National Football League (NFL), and their ninth season since returning to Oakland. They were led by head coach Norv Turner in his first season as head coach of the Raiders. They played their home games at Network Associates Coliseum as member of the AFC West. They finished the season 5–11, finishing in last place in the AFC West for the second consecutive year. This was the first time the Raiders suffered from consecutive losing seasons since 1996 and 1997.

Though Rich Gannon began the season as the Raiders starting quarterback, he suffered a neck injury in the third game of the season that would eventually lead to his retirement. For the second consecutive season, the Raiders suffered a five-game losing streak in the middle of the season. They only won one game by a touchdown or more, defeating their Super Bowl XXXVII opponent, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 30-20.

The team lost two of their starting receivers from the 2002 team: Tim Brown was released and signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Jerry Rice was traded to the Seattle Seahawks midseason.

Previous season

The Raiders finished the 2003 season 4–12 to finish in a tie for last place in the AFC West. Following the season, Raider owner Al Davis fired head coach Bill Callahan after two years as head coach.[1][2] A month later, the team named Norv Turner head coach.[3]

Offseason

Free Agency

NFL draft

2004 Oakland Raiders draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 2 Robert Gallery  OT Iowa
2 45 Jake Grove  C Virginia Tech
3 67 Stuart Schweigert  FS Purdue
4 99 Carlos Francis  WR Texas Tech
5 134 Johnnie Morant  WR Syracuse
6 166 Shawn Johnson  DE Delaware
6 182 Cody Spencer  LB North Texas
7 245 Courtney Anderson  TE San Jose State
7 255 Andre Sommersell  LB Colorado State
      Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Staff

2004 Oakland Raiders staff

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

Roster

2004 Oakland Raiders roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists

Practice squad

rookies in italics

53 active, 9 inactive, 8 practice squad

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Regular season

Schedule and results

Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance TV
1 September 12 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 21–24 0–1 60,147 CBS
2 September 19 Buffalo Bills W 13–10 1–1 53,610 CBS
3 September 26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 30–20 2–1 60,874 ESPN
4 October 3 at Houston Texans L 17–30 2–2 70,741 CBS
5 October 10 at Indianapolis Colts L 14–35 2–3 57,230 CBS
6 October 17 Denver Broncos L 3–31 2–4 62,507 CBS
7 October 24 New Orleans Saints L 26–31 2–5 45,337 Fox
8 October 31 at San Diego Chargers L 14–42 2–6 66,210 CBS
9 November 7 at Carolina Panthers W 27–24 3–6 73,518 CBS
10 Bye
11 November 21 San Diego Chargers L 17–23 3–7 46,905 CBS
12 November 28 at Denver Broncos W 25–24 4–7 75,936 ESPN
13 December 5 Kansas City Chiefs L 27–34 4–8 51,292 CBS
14 December 12 at Atlanta Falcons L 10–35 4–9 70,616 CBS
15 December 19 Tennessee Titans W 40–35 5–9 44,299 CBS
16 December 25 at Kansas City Chiefs L 30–31 5–10 77,289 CBS
17 January 2 Jacksonville Jaguars L 6–13 5–11 41,112 CBS
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Select game summaries

Week 12

1 234Total
• Raiders 0 7612 25
Broncos 0 10014 24
Scoring summary
Q21:55DENElam 32 yard field goalDEN 3–0
Q2:46DENSmith 85 yard pass from Plummer (Elam kick)DEN 10–0
Q2:16OAKPorter 42 yard pass from Collins (Janikowski kick)DEN 10–7
Q312:50OAKPorter 14 yard pass from Collins (kick blocked)OAK 13–10
Q414:26DENDroughns 3 yard run (Elam kick)DEN 17–13
Q413:26DENJohnson 32 yard interception return (Elam kick)DEN 24–13
Q46:11OAKCurry 6 yard pass from Collins (pass failed)DEN 24–19
Q41:49OAKPorter 5 yard pass from Collins (pass failed)OAK 25–24

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Standings

AFC West
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(4) San Diego Chargers 12 4 0 .750 5–1 9–3 446 313 W1
(6) Denver Broncos 10 6 0 .625 3–3 7–5 381 304 W2
Kansas City Chiefs 7 9 0 .438 3–3 6–6 483 435 L1
Oakland Raiders 5 11 0 .313 1–5 3–9 320 422 L2
AFC[5]
# Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK
Division leaders
1 Pittsburgh Steelers North 15 1 0 .938 5–1 11–1 .484 .479 W14
2 New England Patriots East 14 2 0 .875 5–1 10–2 .492 .478 W2
3[a] Indianapolis Colts South 12 4 0 .750 5–1 8–4 .500 .458 L1
4[a] San Diego Chargers West 12 4 0 .750 5–1 9–3 .477 .411 W1
Wild cards
5[b] New York Jets East 10 6 0 .625 3–3 7–5 .523 .406 L2
6[b] Denver Broncos West 10 6 0 .625 3–3 7–5 .484 .450 W2
Did not qualify for the postseason
7[c][d] Jacksonville Jaguars South 9 7 0 .563 2–4 6–6 .527 .479 W1
8[c][d] Baltimore Ravens North 9 7 0 .563 3–3 6–6 .551 .472 W1
9[c] Buffalo Bills East 9 7 0 .563 3–3 5–7 .512 .382 L1
10 Cincinnati Bengals North 8 8 0 .500 2–4 4–8 .543 .453 W2
11[e] Houston Texans South 7 9 0 .438 4–2 6–6 .504 .402 L1
12[e] Kansas City Chiefs West 7 9 0 .438 3–3 6–6 .551 .509 L1
13[f] Oakland Raiders West 5 11 0 .313 1–5 3–9 .570 .450 L2
14[f] Tennessee Titans South 5 11 0 .313 1–5 3–9 .512 .463 W1
15[g] Miami Dolphins East 4 12 0 .250 1–5 2–10 .555 .438 L1
16[g] Cleveland Browns North 4 12 0 .250 1–5 3–9 .590 .469 W1
Tiebreakers[h]
  1. ^ a b Indianapolis clinched the AFC #3 seed instead of San Diego based upon head-to-head victory.
  2. ^ a b New York Jets clinched the AFC #5 seed instead of Denver based upon better record against common opponents (New York Jets were 5–0 to Denver’s 3–2 against San Diego, Cincinnati, Houston, and Miami).
  3. ^ a b c Jacksonville and Baltimore finished ahead of Buffalo because they each defeated Buffalo head-to-head.
  4. ^ a b Jacksonville finished ahead of Baltimore based upon better record against common opponents (Jacksonville were 3–2 against Baltimore’s 2–3 versus Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Buffalo and Kansas City).
  5. ^ a b Houston finished ahead of Kansas City based upon head-to-head victory.
  6. ^ a b Oakland finished ahead of Tennessee based upon head-to-head victory.
  7. ^ a b Miami finished ahead of Cleveland based upon head-to-head victory.
  8. ^ When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest-ranked remaining team from each division.


References

  1. ^ "Raiders fire head coach Callahan". SFGate. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Raiders Officially Fire Callahan". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. January 1, 2004. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  3. ^ "Turner hired by Raiders". ESPN.com. January 26, 2004. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  4. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Aug-17.
  5. ^ "2004 Conference Standings". NFL.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
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