2004 Washington Redskins season

The 2004 season was the Washington Redskins' 73rd in the National Football League. Although they improved on their 5–11 record from 2003 to 6–10, they finished bottom of their division and missed the playoffs for the fifth straight year. The season also Joe Gibbs come out of retirement to return as head coach. The team acquired running back Clinton Portis in a trade that sent Champ Bailey to the Denver Broncos in the 2004 offseason. Week 8 marked the first time since 1932 that the U.S. presidential election went against the Redskins Rule.

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

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

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 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

Regular season

Due to the addition of the Houston Texans in 2002 and a subsequent change to the NFL's scheduling formula,[1] the 2004 season was the first time since 1991 that the Redskins played the Cincinnati Bengals; the Bengals won the game, the first time they had done so at the Redskins.[2]

Schedule

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

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 WAS Cooley 7-yard pass from Brunell (Hall kick) WAS 7–0 Q2 12:53 NYG Carter 38-yard pass from Warner (Christie kick) Tied 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 0:37 NYG Christie 22-yard field goal NYG 20–7 Q4 12:01 WAS Portis 13-yard pass from Ramsey (Hall kick) NYG 20–14

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