2004 Oakland Raiders season

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2004 Oakland Raiders season
OwnerAl Davis
General manager Al Davis
Head coach Norv Turner
Home stadium Network Associates Coliseum
Results
Record5–11
Division place4th AFC West
PlayoffsDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers Shane 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.

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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
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
1 2 Robert Gallery  OT Iowa
245 Jake Grove  C Virginia Tech
367 Stuart Schweigert  FS Purdue
499 Carlos Francis  WR Texas Tech
5134 Johnnie Morant  WR Syracuse
6166Shawn Johnson DE Delaware
6182 Cody Spencer  LB North Texas
7245 Courtney Anderson  TE San Jose State
7255 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

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordAttendanceTV
1September 12at Pittsburgh Steelers L 21–240–160,147 CBS
2September 19 Buffalo Bills W 13–101–153,610 CBS
3September 26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 30–202–160,874 ESPN
4October 3at Houston Texans L 17–302–270,741 CBS
5October 10at Indianapolis Colts L 14–352–357,230 CBS
6October 17 Denver Broncos L 3–312–462,507 CBS
7October 24 New Orleans Saints L 26–312–545,337 Fox
8October 31at San Diego Chargers L 14–422–666,210 CBS
9November 7at Carolina Panthers W 27–243–673,518 CBS
10 Bye
11November 21 San Diego Chargers L 17–233–746,905 CBS
12November 28at Denver Broncos W 25–244–775,936 ESPN
13December 5 Kansas City Chiefs L 27–344–851,292 CBS
14December 12at Atlanta Falcons L 10–354–970,616 CBS
15December 19 Tennessee Titans W 40–355–944,299 CBS
16 December 25 at Kansas City Chiefs L 30–315–1077,289 CBS
17January 2 Jacksonville Jaguars L 6–135–1141,112 CBS
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Select game summaries

Week 12

1234Total
Raiders0761225
Broncos01001424

[4]

Standings

AFC West
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
(4) San Diego Chargers 1240.7505–19–3446313W1
(6) Denver Broncos 1060.6253–37–5381304W2
Kansas City Chiefs 790.4383–36–6483435L1
Oakland Raiders 5110.3131–53–9320442L2
#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.

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.