2004 New Orleans Saints season

2004 New Orleans Saints season
2004 New Orleans Saints season
General manager	Mickey Loomis
Head coach	Jim Haslett
Home field	Louisiana Superdome
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	2nd NFC South
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	Mitch Berger (P); Joe Horn (WR)
AP All-Pros	None
	← 2003; Saints seasons; 2005 →;

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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
2004 New Orleans Saints draft
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

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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 Head coach – Jim Haslett Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Mike McCarthy Quarterbacks – Mike Sheppard Running backs – Dave Atkins Wide receivers – Jimmy Robinson Assistant wide receivers – Danny Langsdorf Tight ends – Bob Palcic Offensive line – Jack Henry Offensive assistant/quality control – Chip Beake			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Rick Venturi Defensive line – John Pease Linebackers – Winston Moss Secondary – Joe Baker Secondary/cornerbacks – Greg Brown Defensive assistant/quality control – Ty Knott Defensive assistant/special projects – Joe Alley 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 roster**
Quarterbacks (QB) 4 Todd Bouman 2 Aaron Brooks Running backs (RB) 44 Mike Karney FB 25 Fred McAfee 26 Deuce McAllister 27 Aaron Stecker Wide receivers (WR) 88 Talman Gardner 19 Devery Henderson 87 Joe Horn 84 Michael Lewis 80 Jerome Pathon 83 Donté Stallworth Tight ends (TE) 85 Ernie Conwell 89 Lamont Hall 81 Zach Hilton 82 Boo Williams		Offensive linemen (OL) 65 LeCharles Bentley C 71 Spencer Folau G/T 72 Wayne Gandy T 61 Montrae Holland G 64 Kendyl Jacox G 67 Jamar Nesbit G 68 Victor Riley T 78 Jon Stinchcomb T Defensive linemen (DL) 92 Tony Bryant DE 94 Charles Grant DE 95 Howard Green DT 93 Darren Howard DE 75 Rodney Leisle DT 91 Will Smith DE 97 Johnathan Sullivan DT 98 Willie Whitehead DE/DT 66 Brian Young DT		Linebackers (LB) 50 James Allen OLB 57 Colby Bockwoldt OLB 52 Sedrick Hodge OLB 53 Roger Knight 51 Terrence Melton OLB 56 Orlando Ruff MLB 54 Darrin Smith OLB 55 Courtney Watson MLB Defensive backs (DB) 20 Jay Bellamy SS 35 Fakhir Brown CB 21 Jason Craft CB 37 Steve Gleason SS 34 Tebucky Jones FS 43 Mike McKenzie CB 40 Mel Mitchell FS 24 Monty Montgomery CB/S 22 Fred Thomas CB Special teams 17 Mitch Berger P 3 John Carney K 47 Kevin Houser LS				Practice squad 60 Ben Archibald T 30 Fred Booker CB/S 96 Jeremiah Garrison LB 74 Augie Hoffmann G 12 Kliff Kingsbury QB 15 Brian Poli-Dixon WR 46 Nate Schurman FB 63 Chad Setterstrom G Reserve 33 Ashley Ambrose CB (IR) 29 Keyuo Craver CB (Susp.) 58 Cie Grant LB (IR) 59 Derrick Rodgers LB (IR) 90 Kenny Smith DT (IR) Rookies in italics 53 active, 5 reserve, 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
view talk edit	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] view talk edit
#	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]
^ ^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). ^ ^a ^b Minnesota clinched the NFC #6 seed instead of New Orleans based on head-to-head victory. ^ ^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. ^ ^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). ^ ^a ^b Dallas finished ahead of Washington in the NFC East based on head-to-head sweep. ^ ^a ^b Tampa Bay finished ahead of Chicago 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

^ 2004 New Orleans Saints
^ 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
^ "2004 New Orleans Saints Draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
^ "2004 Conference Standings". NFL.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.

External links

2004 New Orleans Saints at Pro-Football-Reference.com

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[8–8a-5] 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).

[8–8b-6] Minnesota clinched the NFC #6 seed instead of New Orleans based on head-to-head victory.

[6–10a-7] 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.

[6–10b-8] 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).

[6–10c-9] Dallas finished ahead of Washington in the NFC East based on head-to-head sweep.

[5–11-10] Tampa Bay finished ahead of Chicago based upon head-to-head victory.

[11] 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.

[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.

[standings-conf-NFL-4] "2004 Conference Standings". NFL.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.

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