2004 Cincinnati Bengals season

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2004 Cincinnati Bengals season
OwnerMike Brown
General manager Mike Brown
Head coach Marvin Lewis
Home stadium Paul Brown Stadium
Results
Record8–8
Division place3rd AFC North
PlayoffsDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers WR Chad Johnson
T Willie Anderson
All-Pros T Willie Anderson (1st team)
Uniform
Cincinnati Bengals Uniforms 2004-2011.png
Cincinnati visits Washington in week 10 of 2004 Opening coin toss at the Washington Redskins vs. Cincinnati Bengals 2004.jpg
Cincinnati visits Washington in week 10 of 2004

The 2004 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 37th year in professional football and its 35th with the National Football League (NFL). The Bengals began to focus on the future, trading All-Pro running back Corey Dillon to the New England Patriots. That cleared the way for Rudi Johnson to start at running back. Carson Palmer was given the starting quarterback job. Palmer and the young Bengals would struggle early, losing five of their first seven games. As the season wore on, the Bengals began to hit their stride, as they climbed back to .500, at 6–6, before a sprained knee sent Palmer to the sidelines during a 35–28 road loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion New England Patriots.

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With wins in their final two games, the Bengals would finish 8–8 for the second year in a row. Rudi Johnson finished sixth in the NFL in rushing with 1,454 yards, giving Bengals fans hope for the future. [1]

This season would see the Bengals make their first appearance on Monday Night Football since 1992, a win at home against the Denver Broncos on October 25.

Offseason

NFL Draft

2004 Cincinnati Bengals draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
126 Chris Perry   RB Michigan
249 Keiwan Ratliff   CB Florida
256 Madieu Williams   S Maryland
380 Caleb Miller   LB Arkansas
396 Landon Johnson  LB Purdue
4114 Matthias Askew   DT Michigan State
4117 Robert Geathers   DE Georgia
4123 Stacy Andrews   OT Ole Miss
5149 Maurice Mann   WR Nevada
6183 Greg Brooks   DB North Texas
7218 Casey Bramlet   QB Wyoming
      Made roster    †    Pro Football Hall of Fame     *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

[2]

Personnel

2004 Cincinnati Bengals staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Chip Morton
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Ray Oliver

Roster

2004 Cincinnati Bengals roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

 Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

 Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)

Reserve {{{Reserve Lists}}}

Rookies in italics
53 active, 16 reserve, 7 practice squad

Regular season

The 2004 season constituted the first time since 1991 that the Bengals played the Washington Redskins, and the match produced their first ever away win over that franchise. [3] The reason for this is that before the admission of the Texans in 2002, NFL scheduling formulas for games outside a team’s division were much more influenced by table position during the previous season. [4]

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueRecap
1September 12at New York Jets L 24–310–1 Giants Stadium Recap
2September 19 Miami Dolphins W 16–131–1 Paul Brown Stadium Recap
3September 26 Baltimore Ravens L 9–231–2Paul Brown Stadium Recap
4October 3at Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–281–3 Heinz Field Recap
5 Bye
6October 17at Cleveland Browns L 17–341–4 Cleveland Browns Stadium Recap
7October 25 Denver Broncos W 23–102–4Paul Brown Stadium Recap
8October 31at Tennessee Titans L 20–272–5 The Coliseum Recap
9November 7 Dallas Cowboys W 26–33–5Paul Brown Stadium Recap
10November 14at Washington Redskins W 17–104–5 FedEx Field Recap
11November 21 Pittsburgh Steelers L 14–194–6Paul Brown Stadium Recap
12November 28 Cleveland Browns W 58–485–6Paul Brown Stadium Recap
13December 5at Baltimore Ravens W 27–266–6 M&T Bank Stadium Recap
14December 12at New England Patriots L 28–356–7 Gillette Stadium Recap
15December 19 Buffalo Bills L 17–336–8Paul Brown Stadium Recap
16December 26 New York Giants W 23–227–8Paul Brown Stadium Recap
17January 2at Philadelphia Eagles W 38–108–8 Lincoln Financial Field Recap
Note: Intra-divisional opponents are in bold text

Season summary

Week 2

1234Total
Dolphins0301013
• Bengals0013316
Scoring summary
Q212:39MIA Mare 43 yard field goalMIA 3–0
Q312:01CIN Simmons 50 yard interception return (Graham kick)CIN 7–3
Q35:11CINGraham 48 yard field goalCIN 10–3
Q30:13CINGraham 36 yard field goalCIN 13–3
Q43:39MIA Chambers 4 yard pass from Feeley (Mare kick)CIN 13–10
Q41:53MIAMare 47 yard field goalTie 13–13
Q40:02CINGraham 39 yard field goalCIN 16–13

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Standings

AFC North
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
(1) Pittsburgh Steelers 1510.9385–111–1372251W14
Baltimore Ravens 970.5633–36–6317268W1
Cincinnati Bengals 880.5002–44–8374372W2
Cleveland Browns 4120.2502–43–9276390W1
AFC [6]
#TeamDivisionWLTPCTDIVCONFSOSSOVSTK
Division leaders
1 Pittsburgh Steelers North1510.9385–111–1.484.479W14
2 New England Patriots East1420.8755–110–2.492.478W2
3 [a] Indianapolis Colts South1240.7505–18–4.500.458L1
4 [a] San Diego Chargers West1240.7505–19–3.477.411W1
Wild cards
5 [b] New York Jets East1060.6253–37–5.523.406L2
6 [b] Denver Broncos West1060.6253–37–5.484.450W2
Did not qualify for the postseason
7 [c] [d] Jacksonville Jaguars South970.5632–46–6.527.479W1
8 [c] [d] Baltimore Ravens North970.5633–36–6.551.472W1
9 [c] Buffalo Bills East970.5633–35–7.512.382L1
10 Cincinnati Bengals North880.5002–44–8.543.453W2
11 [e] Houston Texans South790.4384–26–6.504.402L1
12 [e] Kansas City Chiefs West790.4383–36–6.551.509L1
13 [f] Oakland Raiders West5110.3131–53–9.570.450L2
14 [f] Tennessee Titans South5110.3131–53–9.512.463W1
15 [g] Miami Dolphins East4120.2501–52–10.555.438L1
16 [g] Cleveland Browns North4120.2501–53–9.590.469W1
Tiebreakers [h]
  1. 1 2 Indianapolis clinched the AFC #3 seed instead of San Diego based upon head-to-head victory.
  2. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 Jacksonville and Baltimore finished ahead of Buffalo because they each defeated Buffalo head-to-head.
  4. 1 2 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. 1 2 Houston finished ahead of Kansas City based upon head-to-head victory.
  6. 1 2 Oakland finished ahead of Tennessee based upon head-to-head victory.
  7. 1 2 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.

Team leaders

Passing

PlayerAttCompYdsTDINTRating
Carson Palmer 4322632897181877.3

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsYPCLongTD
Rudi Johnson 36114544.05212

Receiving

PlayerRecYdsAvgLongTD
Chad Johnson 95127413.4539

Defensive

PlayerTacklesSacksINTsFFFR
Landon Johnson 1332.0011
Justin Smith 978.0022
Tory James 740.0821

Kicking and punting

PlayerFGAFGMFG%XPAXPMXP%Points
Shayne Graham 312787.1%4141100.0%122
PlayerPuntsYardsLongBlkdAvg.
Kyle Larson 83349966142.2

Special teams

PlayerKRKRYardsKRAvgKRLongKRTDPRPRYardsPRAvgPRLongPRTD
Cliff Russell 3987222.4400000.000
Keiwan Ratliff 000.0001720712.2490

Awards and records

Pro Bowl Selections

All-Pro Award

Milestones

NFL Records

References

  1. ↑ Season summary and statistics at Sports E Cyclopedia
  2. ↑ "2004 NFL Draft Listing".
  3. ↑ Cincinnati Bengals v Washington Redskins
  4. ↑ "History of the NFL's Structure and Formats". Archived from the original on June 22, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Miami Dolphins at Cincinnati Bengals — September 19th, 2004". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  6. ↑ "2004 Conference Standings". NFL.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Rudi Johnson Stats, News and Video - RB".
  8. ↑ "Chad Johnson Stats, News and Video - WR".
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