2004 New Orleans Saints season

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2004 New Orleans Saints season
General manager
Louisiana Superdome
Results
Record8–8
Division place2nd NFC South
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro BowlersMitch Berger (P)
Joe Horn (WR)
AP All-ProsNone

The 2004 season was the New Orleans Saints' 38th in the National Football League (NFL). They matched their previous season's output of 8–8,[1] and the team finished the season on a four-game winning streak, which was all the more remarkable because the Saints trailed at some point during every game.[2] This record was equalled by the 2012 Cowboys, but before this season the 1978 Falcons and the 2002 Browns come closest to this record, winning eight games out of fifteen where they trailed at some point.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article:
2004 NFL Draft
2004 New Orleans Saints draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 18 Will Smith *  Defensive end Ohio State
2 50 Devery Henderson  Wide receiver LSU
2 60 Courtney Watson  Linebacker Notre Dame
5 139 Rodney Leisle  Defensive tackle UCLA
5 156 Mike Karney 
Fullback
 Arizona State
7 240 Colby Bockwoldt  Linebacker BYU
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

[3]

Personnel

Staff

2004 New Orleans Saints staff

Front office

  • Owner – Tom Benson
  • Executive vice president/general manager – Mickey Loomis
  • Senior football administrator – Russ Ball
  • Director of player personnel – Rick Mueller
  • Director of college scouting – Rick Reiprish
  • College scouting coordinator – Rick Thompson

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Al Everest
  • Assistant special teams – Danny Langsdorf

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Rock Gullickson
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Mark Smith

Roster

2004 New Orleans Saints final 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, 5 inactive, 8 practice squad

Regular season

Schedule

During the 2004 regular season, the Saints' non-divisional conference opponents were primarily from the NFC West, although they also played the Minnesota Vikings from the NFC North, and the Dallas Cowboys from the NFC East. Their non-conference opponents were from the AFC West.

Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance
1 September 12 Seattle Seahawks L 7–21 0–1 64,900
2 September 19 San Francisco 49ers W 30–27 1–1 64,900
3 September 26 at St. Louis Rams W 28–25 2–1 65,856
4 October 3 at Arizona Cardinals L 10–34 2–2 28,109
5 October 10 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 17–20 2–3 64,900
6 October 17 Minnesota Vikings L 31–38 2–4 64,900
7 October 24 at Oakland Raiders W 31–26 3–4 45,337
8 Bye
9 November 7 at San Diego Chargers L 17–43 3–5 59,662
10 November 14 Kansas City Chiefs W 27–20 4–5 64,900
11 November 21 Denver Broncos L 13–34 4–6 64,900
12 November 28 at Atlanta Falcons L 21–24 4–7 70,521
13 December 5 Carolina Panthers L 21–32 4–8 58,878
14 December 12 at Dallas Cowboys W 27–13 5–8 64,056
15 December 19 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 21–17 6–8 65,075
16 December 26 Atlanta Falcons W 26–13 7–8 64,900
17 January 2 at Carolina Panthers W 21–18 8–8 73,302
Note: Intra-divisional opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFC South
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(2) Atlanta Falcons 11 5 0 .688 4–2 8–4 340 337 L2
New Orleans Saints 8 8 0 .500 3–3 6–6 348 405 W4
Carolina Panthers 7 9 0 .438 3–3 6–6 355 339 L1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5 11 0 .313 2–4 4–8 301 304 L4
NFC[4]
# Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK
Division leaders
1 Philadelphia Eagles East 13 3 0 .813 6–0 11–1 .453 .409 L2
2 Atlanta Falcons South 11 5 0 .688 4–2 8–4 .420 .432 L2
3 Green Bay Packers North 10 6 0 .625 5–1 9–3 .457 .419 W2
4 Seattle Seahawks West 9 7 0 .563 3–3 8–4 .445 .368 W2
Wild cards
5[a] St. Louis Rams West 8 8 0 .500 5–1 7–5 .488 .438 W2
6[a][b] Minnesota Vikings North 8 8 0 .500 3–3 5–7 .480 .406 L2
Did not qualify for the postseason
7[a][b] New Orleans Saints South 8 8 0 .500 3–3 6–6 .465 .427 W4
8 Carolina Panthers South 7 9 0 .438 3–3 6–6 .496 .366 L1
9[c] Detroit Lions North 6 10 0 .375 2–4 5–7 .496 .417 L2
10[c] Arizona Cardinals West 6 10 0 .375 2–4 5–7 .461 .417 W1
11[c][d] New York Giants East 6 10 0 .375 3–3 5–7 .516 .417 W1
12[c][d][e] Dallas Cowboys East 6 10 0 .375 2–4 5–7 .516 .375 L1
13[c][d][e] Washington Redskins East 6 10 0 .375 1–5 6–6 .477 .333 W1
14[f] Tampa Bay Buccaneers South 5 11 0 .313 2–4 4–8 .477 .413 L4
15[f] Chicago Bears North 5 11 0 .313 2–4 4–8 .465 .388 L4
16 San Francisco 49ers West 2 14 0 .125 2–4 2–10 .488 .375 L3
Tiebreakers[g]
  1. ^ a b c St. Louis clinched the NFC #5 seed instead of Minnesota or New Orleans based on better conference record (7–5 to Minnesota’s 5–7 to New Orleans’ 6–6).
  2. ^ a b Minnesota clinched the NFC #6 seed instead of New Orleans based on head-to-head victory.
  3. ^ a b c d e Detroit finished ahead of Arizona and New York Giants based upon head-to-head record (2–0 versus Arizona’s 1–1 and New York Giants’ 0–2). Division tiebreak was initially used to eliminate Dallas and Washington.
  4. ^ a b c New York Giants finished ahead of Dallas and Washington in the NFC East based on better head-to-head record (3–1 to Dallas‘ 2–2 to Washington’s 1–3).
  5. ^ a b Dallas finished ahead of Washington in the NFC East based on head-to-head sweep.
  6. ^ a b Tampa Bay finished ahead of Chicago based upon head-to-head victory.
  7. ^ 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. ^ 2004 New Orleans Saints
  2. ^ In a single season, from 1940 to 2012, in the regular season, team trailed at some point in the game, sorted by most games in season matching criteria
  3. ^ "2004 New Orleans Saints Draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  4. ^ "2004 Conference Standings". NFL.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.

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