2004 Oakland Raiders season

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

The 2004 Oakland Raiders season was their 45th in the league. They improved upon their previous season's output of 4–12, instead winning five games.^[1] The team had a five game losing streak in the middle of the season and only won one game by a touchdown or more, a rematch with their Super Bowl opponent from the previous year The Oakland Raiders (5-11) and the San Francisco 49ers (2-14) are the Bay Area's worst team in 2004. With a 5-11 record, the Raiders sealed their second consecutive losing season.

Week 3 was Rich Gannon's last game in the NFL as a neck injury forced him to retire in the 2005 off-season.

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.

Personnel

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 12 Rich Gannon Running Backs 32 Zack Crockett 47 Tyrone Wheatley 28 Amos Zereoue 27 J.R. Redmond 20 Justin Fargas 44 Chris Hetherington Wide Receivers 80 Jerry Rice 84 Jerry Porter 89 Ronald Curry 85 Doug Grabeil 87 Alvis Whitted Tight Ends 82 Teyo Johnson 86 Roland Williams 88 Doug Jolley 83 Courtney Anderson		Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen		Linebackers Defensive Backs 31 CJ Chaffin Special Teams		Reserve Lists

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 12, 2004	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 24–21	60,147
2	September 19, 2004	Buffalo Bills	W 13–10	53,610
3	September 26, 2004	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 30–20	60,874
4	October 3, 2004	at Houston Texans	L 30–17	70,741
5	October 10, 2004	at Indianapolis Colts	L 35–14	57,230
6	October 17, 2004	Denver Broncos	L 31–3	62,507
7	October 24, 2004	New Orleans Saints	L 31–26	45,337
8	October 31, 2004	at San Diego Chargers	L 42–14	66,210
9	November 7, 2004	at Carolina Panthers	W 27–24	73,518
10	Bye
11	November 21, 2004	San Diego Chargers	L 23–17	46,905
12	November 28, 2004	at Denver Broncos	W 25–24	75,936
13	December 5, 2004	Kansas City Chiefs	L 34–27	51,292
14	December 12, 2004	at Atlanta Falcons	L 35–10	70,616
15	December 19, 2004	Tennessee Titans	W 40–35	44,299
16	December 25, 2004	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 31–30	77,289
17	January 2, 2005	Jacksonville Jaguars	L 13–6	41,112

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 Television network: ESPN

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
	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

References

1. 2004 Oakland Raiders
2. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Aug-17.