2004 Washington Redskins season

The 2004 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 73rd season in the National Football League.

2004 Washington Redskins season
Head coach	Joe Gibbs
Home field	FedExField
Results
Record	6–10
Division place	4th NFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

They improved on their 5–11 record from 2003 to 6-10, but missed the playoffs. It was also the season of Joe Gibbs’ return as head coach after coming out of retirement. The team acquired running back Clinton Portis in a trade that sent Champ Bailey to the Denver Broncos in the 2004 off-season.

Offseason

Staff

2004 Washington Redskins staff
Front Office Owner – Daniel Snyder Vice President of Football Operations – Joe Mendes Vice President of Football Operations – Pepper Rodgers Assistant General Manager – Bobby Mitchell Director of Player Personnel – Vinny Cerrato Head Coaches Head Coach – Joe Gibbs Assistant Head Coach/Offense – Joe Bugel Assistant Head Coach/Defense – Gregg Williams Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator – Don Breaux Quarterbacks – Jack Burns Running Backs – Earnest Byner Wide Receivers – Stan Hixon Tight Ends – Rennie Simmons Offensive Consultant – Ernie Zampese Offensive Assistant – Bill Lazor Quality Control - Coy Gibbs			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line – Greg Blache Linebackers – Dale Lindsey Secondary/Corners – DeWayne Walker Safeties/Third Downs – Steve Jackson Special Teams Coaches Special Teams – Danny Smith Quality Control Special Teams/Defensive Assistant – Kirk Olivadotti Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning – John Dunn Assistant Strength and Conditioning – John Hastings Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Bobby Crumpler

NFL Draft

Main article: 2004 NFL Draft

2004 Washington Redskins draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	5	Sean Taylor *	S	Miami (FL)
3	81	Chris Cooley *	TE	Utah State
5	151	Mark Wilson	OT	California
6	180	Jim Molinaro	OT	Notre Dame
Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Final Roster

2004 Washington Redskins final roster

	Quarterbacks 8 Mark Brunell 11 Patrick Ramsey Running backs 26 Clinton Portis 46 Ladell Betts 40 Rock Cartwright 30 Dahrran Diedrick 45 Mike Sellers FB 20 Chad Morton Wide receivers 80 Laveranues Coles 87 Rod Gardner 84 Taylor Jacobs 85 Darnerian McCants 83 James Thrash 86 Antonio Brown Tight ends 47 Chris Cooley 82 Brian Kozlowski 88 Robert Royal 86 Walter Rasby		Offensive linemen 60 Chris Samuels T 67 Ray Brown G 71 Ethan Albright T 66 Derrick Dockery G 64 Lennie Friedman G 74 Kenyatta Jones T 69 Jim Molinaro T 78 Vaughn Parker T 52 Cory Raymer C 77 Randy Thomas G Defensive linemen 96 Cornelius Griffin DT 73 Ryan Boschetti DT 57 Chris Clemons DE 93 Phillip Daniels DE 92 Demetric Evans DE 99 Jermaine Haley DT 75 Brandon Noble DT 95 Joe Salave'a DT 97 Renaldo Wynn DT		Linebackers 56 LaVar Arrington LB 57 Michael Brown LB 51 Brandon Barnes MLB 50 Khary Campbell MLB 59 Devin Lemons OLB 98 Lemar Marshall OLB 58 Antonio Pierce MLB 53 Marcus Washington LB Defensive backs 41 Matt Bowen SS 37 Rufus Brown CB 25 Ryan Clark FS 22 Pat Dennis S 29 Todd Franz SS 21 Fred Smoot CB 24 Shawn Springs CB 36 Sean Taylor FS 34 Andre Lott FS 23 Ade Jimoh CB 27 Walt Harris CB Special teams 10 John Hall K 5 Jeff Chandler K 19 Tom Tupa P		Reserve lists {{{reserve_lists}}} Practice squad 18 Gari Scott WR 30 Dahrran Diedrick RB 59 Devin Lemons LB 61 Ben Nowland C 72 Nic Clemons DE 79 Pita Elisara T Rookies in italics 53 active, {{{inactive}}} inactive, {{{PS}}} practice squad

Regular season

The 2004 season constituted the first time since their last Super Bowl-winning season of 1991 that the Redskins played the Cincinnati Bengals, and the match produced their first ever home loss to that franchise.[1] 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.[2]

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Record	Attendance
1	September 12, 2004	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 16–10	FedExField	1–0	90,098
2	September 19, 2004	at New York Giants	L 20–14	Giants Stadium	1–1	78,767
3	September 27, 2004	Dallas Cowboys	L 21–18	FedExField	1–2	90,367
4	October 3, 2004	at Cleveland Browns	L 17–13	Cleveland Browns Stadium	1–3	73,348
5	October 10, 2004	Baltimore Ravens	L 17–10	FedExField	1–4	90,287
6	October 17, 2004	at Chicago Bears	W 13–10	Soldier Field	2–4	61,985
7	Bye
8	October 31, 2004	Green Bay Packers	L 28–14	FedExField	2–5	89,295
9	November 7, 2004	at Detroit Lions	W 17–10	Ford Field	3–5	62,657
10	November 14, 2004	Cincinnati Bengals	L 17–10	FedExField	3–6	87,786
11	November 21, 2004	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 28–6	Lincoln Financial Field	3–7	67,720
12	November 28, 2004	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 16–7	Heinz Field	3–8	63,707
13	December 5, 2004	New York Giants	W 31–7	FedExField	4–8	87,872
14	December 12, 2004	Philadelphia Eagles	L 17–14	FedExField	4–9	90,089
15	December 18, 2004	at San Francisco 49ers	W 26–16	Monster Park	5–9	65,710
16	December 26, 2004	at Dallas Cowboys	L 13–10	Texas Stadium	5–10	63,705
17	January 2, 2005	Minnesota Vikings	W 21–18	FedExField	6–10	78,876

Game summaries

Week 2

1 2 3 4 Total Redskins 7 0 0 7 14 • Giants 0 20 0 0 20 Date: September 19 Location: Giants Stadium Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:11 Game attendance: 78,767 Game weather: 62°F; wind 16 Referee: Tom White Television network: Fox

Scoring summary Q1 7:24 WSH Cooley 7 yard pass from Brunell (Hall kick) WSH 7–0 Q2 12:53 NYG Carter 38 yard pass from Warner (Christie kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 6:21 NYG Green 16 yard fumble return (Christie kick) NYG 14–7 Q2 4:34 NYG Christie 38 yard field goal NYG 17–7 Q2 :37 NYG Christie 22 yard field goal NYG 20–7 Q4 12:01 WSH Portis 13 yard pass from Ramsey (Hall kick) NYG 20–14

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Images

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  Washington at Cleveland, week 4
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  Coin toss at Washington vs. Cincinnati, week 10

Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
^(1) Philadelphia Eagles	13	3	0	.813	6–0	11–1	386	260	L2
New York Giants	6	10	0	.375	3–3	5–7	303	347	W1
Dallas Cowboys	6	10	0	.375	2–4	5–7	293	405	L1
Washington Redskins	6	10	0	.375	1–5	6–6	240	265	W1

References

1. Cincinnati Bengals v Washington Redskins
2. History of the NFL's Structure and Formats
3. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Sep-12.