2004 Baltimore Ravens season

2004 Baltimore Ravens season
Head coach	Brian Billick
Home field	M&T Bank Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	2nd AFC North
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 2004 Baltimore Ravens season was the team's ninth season in the NFL. They were unable to improve upon their previous output of 10–6 and a playoff appearance, instead going 9–7^[1] and missing the playoffs.

The 2004 season was the subject of the John Feinstein non-fiction book Next Man Up;^[2] the result of Feinstein spending the season behind the scenes with the team.

Personnel

Staff

2004 Baltimore Ravens staff
	Front office Owner – Steve Bisciotti Minority Owner – Art Modell President – Dick Cass General Manager/Executive Vice President – Ozzie Newsome Director of Football Administration – Pat Moriarty Director of College Scouting – Eric DeCosta Director of Pro Personnel – George Kokinis Assistant Director of Pro Personnel – Vincent Newsome Head coaches Head Coach – Brian Billick Offensive coaches Senior Consultant/Offense – Jim Fassel Offensive Coordinator – Matt Cavanaugh Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers – David Shaw Running Backs – Matt Simon Tight Ends/Assistant Offensive Line – Wade Harman Offensive Line – Jim Colletto Offensive Assistant – Jedd Fisch			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Mike Nolan Defensive Line – Rex Ryan Inside Linebackers – Mike Singletary Outside Linebackers – Jeff FitzGerald Secondary – Johnnie Lynn Secondary – Dennis Thurman Defensive Assistant – Mike Pettine Defensive Assistant – Phil Zacharias Special teams coaches Special Teams Coordinator – Gary Zauner Special Teams Assistant – Bennie Thompson Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Jeff Friday Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Paul Ricci

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	TV Time	Attendance
1	September 12, 2004	at Cleveland Browns	L 20–3	0–1–0	CBS 1:00pm	73,068
2	September 19, 2004	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 30–13	1–1–0	CBS 1:00pm	69,859
3	September 26, 2004	at Cincinnati Bengals	W 23–9	2–1–0	CBS 1:00pm	65,575
4	October 4, 2004	Kansas City Chiefs	L 27–24	2–2–0	ABC 9:00pm	69,827
5	October 10, 2004	at Washington Redskins	W 17–10	3–2–0	ESPN 8:30pm	90,287
6	Bye
7	October 24, 2004	Buffalo Bills	W 20–6	4–2–0	CBS 1:00pm	69,809
8	October 31, 2004	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 15–10	4–3–0	CBS 1:00pm	67,715
9	November 7, 2004	Cleveland Browns	W 27–13	5–3–0	ESPN 8:30pm	69,781
10	November 14, 2004	at New York Jets	W 20–17 OT	6–3–0	CBS 1:00pm	77,826
11	November 21, 2004	Dallas Cowboys	W 30–10	7–3–0	FOX 1:00pm	69,924
12	November 28, 2004	at New England Patriots	L 24–3	7–4–0	CBS 4:15pm	68,756
13	December 5, 2004	Cincinnati Bengals	L 27–26	7–5–0	CBS 1:00pm	69,695
14	December 12, 2004	New York Giants	W 37–14	8–5–0	FOX 1:00pm	69,856
15	December 19, 2004	at Indianapolis Colts	L 20–10	8–6–0	ESPN 8:30pm	57,240
16	December 26, 2004	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 20–7	8–7–0	CBS 1:00pm	64,227
17	January 2, 2005	Miami Dolphins	W 30–23	9–7–0	CBS 1:00pm	69,843

Standings

AFC North
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
^(1) Pittsburgh Steelers	15	1	0	.938	5–1	11–1	408	231	W14
Baltimore Ravens	9	7	0	.563	3–3	6–6	317	268	W1
Cincinnati Bengals	8	8	0	.500	2–4	4–8	374	372	W2
Cleveland Browns	4	12	0	.250	2–4	3–9	276	390	W1

References

1. 2004 Baltimore Ravens
2. Feinstein, J (2005), Next Man Up, Little, Brown & Co. / Hachette ISBN 978-0-316-01328-4