2004 Oakland Raiders season

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.

2004 Oakland Raiders season
Owner	Al Davis
General manager	Al Davis
Head coach	Norv Turner
Home field	Network Associates Coliseum
Results
Record	5–11
Division place	4th AFC West
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	Shane Lechler, P
← 2003 Raiders seasons 2005 →

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

Player Former team Warren Sapp Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ted Washington New England Patriots Bobby Hamilton New England Patriots Danny Clark Jacksonville Jaguars

Player New team Eric Barton New York Jets Rod Coleman Atlanta Falcons

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 Head coach – Norv Turner Assistant head coach/offensive coordinator – Jimmy Raye Offensive coaches Quarterbacks – Steve Sarkisian Running backs – Skip Peete Wide receivers – Fred Biletnikoff Tight ends – John Morton Offensive line – Aaron Kromer Offensive assistant – Chris Turner			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Rob Ryan Defensive line – Sam Clancy Inside linebackers – Don Martindale Outside linebackers – Pat Jones Defensive backs – Clayton Lopez Quality control/defense – Chris Griswold Squad development – Willie Brown Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Joe Avezzano Specials teams assistant – Martin Bayless Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Jeff Fish

Roster

2004 Oakland Raiders roster
Quarterbacks  5 Kerry Collins -- David Rivers  8 Marques Tuiasosopo Running backs 32 Zack Crockett FB 20 Justin Fargas 44 Chris Hetherington 27 J.R. Redmond 28 Amos Zereoué Wide receivers 85 Doug Gabriel KR/PR 19 Johnnie Morant 84 Jerry Porter 15 John Stone 87 Alvis Whitted Tight ends 83 Courtney Anderson 82 Teyo Johnson 88 Doug Jolley 86 Roland Williams		Offensive linemen 70 Brad Badger G 76 Robert Gallery T 64 Jake Grove C/G 71 Corey Hulsey G 65 Barry Sims T 78 Chad Slaughter T 62 Adam Treu C 66 Langston Walker T Defensive linemen 91 Tyler Brayton DE 94 Akbar Gbaja-Biamila DE 98 Bobby Hamilton DE 96 Grant Irons DE/OLB 93 Tommy Kelly DE 97 John Parrella DT 90 Terdell Sands DT 99 Warren Sapp DT 92 Ted Washington Jr. DT		Linebackers 55 Danny Clark MLB 59 DeLawrence Grant OLB 58 Napoleon Harris OLB 51 Tim Johnson MLB 52 Donny J. Green MLB 56 Travian Smith OLB 54 Sam Williams OLB Defensive backs 23 Marques Anderson SS 21 Nnamdi Asomugha CB/SS 34 Ray Buchanan FS 31 Phillip Buchanon CB/PR 40 Jarrod Cooper FS 42 Keyon Nash FS 30 Stuart Schweigert SS 35 David Terrell CB/S 25 Denard Walker CB 29 Brock Williams CB 24 Charles Woodson CB/PR Special teams 11 Sebastian Janikowski K  9 Shane Lechler P		Reserve lists 89 Ronald Curry WR (IR) 79 Mo Collins G (IR) 10 Carlos Francis WR (IR) 12 Rich Gannon QB (IR) 36 Derrick Gibson S (IR) 38 Clarence Love CB (IR) 73 Frank Middleton G (IR) 67 Ron Stone G (IR) 47 Tyrone Wheatley RB (IR) Practice squad 48 James Adkisson WR 13 Bret Engemann QB 49 J. P. Foschi TE  2 DeJuan Green RB 61 Jason Jimenez T 75 Brad Lekkerkerker T 33 J. R. Niklos FB 18 LaShaun Ward WR 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 2 3 4 Total • Raiders 0 7 6 12 25 Broncos 0 10 0 14 24 Date: November 28 Location: Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver, CO Game start: 8:30 p.m. EST Game attendance: 75,936 Game weather: Snow TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Patrick, Paul Maguire, Joe Theismann, and Suzy Kolber

Scoring summary Q2 1:55 DEN Elam 32 yard field goal DEN 3–0 Q2 :46 DEN Smith 85 yard pass from Plummer (Elam kick) DEN 10–0 Q2 :16 OAK Porter 42 yard pass from Collins (Janikowski kick) DEN 10–7 Q3 12:50 OAK Porter 14 yard pass from Collins (kick blocked) OAK 13–10 Q4 14:26 DEN Droughns 3 yard run (Elam kick) DEN 17–13 Q4 13:26 DEN Johnson 32 yard interception return (Elam kick) DEN 24–13 Q4 6:11 OAK Curry 6 yard pass from Collins (pass failed) DEN 24–19 Q4 1:49 OAK Porter 5 yard pass from Collins (pass failed) OAK 25–24

• Kerry Collins 26/45, 339 Yds
• Jerry Porter 6 Rec, 135 Yds

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Standings

AFC West
view talk edit	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] view talk edit
#	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[lower-alpha 1]	Indianapolis Colts	South	12	4	0	.750	5–1	8–4	.500	.458	L1
4[lower-alpha 1]	San Diego Chargers	West	12	4	0	.750	5–1	9–3	.477	.411	W1
Wild cards
5[lower-alpha 2]	New York Jets	East	10	6	0	.625	3–3	7–5	.523	.406	L2
6[lower-alpha 2]	Denver Broncos	West	10	6	0	.625	3–3	7–5	.484	.450	W2
Did not qualify for the postseason
7[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4]	Jacksonville Jaguars	South	9	7	0	.563	2–4	6–6	.527	.479	W1
8[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4]	Baltimore Ravens	North	9	7	0	.563	3–3	6–6	.551	.472	W1
9[lower-alpha 3]	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[lower-alpha 5]	Houston Texans	South	7	9	0	.438	4–2	6–6	.504	.402	L1
12[lower-alpha 5]	Kansas City Chiefs	West	7	9	0	.438	3–3	6–6	.551	.509	L1
13[lower-alpha 6]	Oakland Raiders	West	5	11	0	.313	1–5	3–9	.570	.450	L2
14[lower-alpha 6]	Tennessee Titans	South	5	11	0	.313	1–5	3–9	.512	.463	W1
15[lower-alpha 7]	Miami Dolphins	East	4	12	0	.250	1–5	2–10	.555	.438	L1
16[lower-alpha 7]	Cleveland Browns	North	4	12	0	.250	1–5	3–9	.590	.469	W1
Tiebreakers[lower-alpha 8]
Indianapolis clinched the AFC #3 seed instead of San Diego based upon head-to-head victory. 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). Jacksonville and Baltimore finished ahead of Buffalo because they each defeated Buffalo head-to-head. 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). Houston finished ahead of Kansas City based upon head-to-head victory. Oakland finished ahead of Tennessee based upon head-to-head victory. Miami finished ahead of Cleveland based upon head-to-head victory. 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.