2004 San Diego Chargers season | |
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Owner | Alex Spanos |
General manager | A.J. Smith |
Head coach | Marty Schottenheimer |
Home field | Qualcomm Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 12–4 |
Division place | 1st AFC West |
Playoff finish | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Jets) 17–20 (OT) |
Pro Bowlers | |
AP All-Pros | 4[2]
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The 2004 San Diego Chargers season was the franchise's 35th season in the National Football League (NFL), its 45th overall and the third under head coach Marty Schottenheimer. It would be the first season the franchise would have involving quarterback Philip Rivers. The team improved on their 4–12 record in 2003 and finished the regular season 12–4, made the playoffs for the first time in nine years, and captured their first division title since the 1994 season. In the playoffs they lost in overtime to the New York Jets. At the end of the season Marty Schottenheimer was named NFL Coach of the Year.
Offseason
[edit]Additions | Subtractions |
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WR Keenan McCardell (Buccaneers) | DE Raylee Johnson (Broncos) |
T Roman Oben (Buccaneers) | C Cory Raymer (Redskins) |
LB Randall Godfrey (Seahawks) | G Kelvin Garmon (Browns) |
WR David Boston (Dolphins) |
NFL draft
[edit]Entering the draft, the consensus top pick was Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning. However, Manning had said prior to the draft that he did not want to play for the Chargers and would not sign with them if he was drafted. The Chargers would strike a deal with the Giants before the draft that would shape the future of both franchises. The Chargers would select Manning first overall, as they had intended to. The Giants would then draft quarterback Philip Rivers of North Carolina State, and then swap him and two 2005 draft picks for Manning.
2004 San Diego Chargers draft | |||||
Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Eli Manning * | QB | Ole Miss | traded to NY Giants |
2 | 35 | Igor Olshansky | DT | Oregon | |
3 | 65 | Nate Kaeding * | K | Iowa | From NY Giants |
3 | 66 | Nick Hardwick * | C | Purdue | |
4 | 98 | Shaun Phillips * | DE | Purdue | |
5 | 133 | Dave Ball | DE | UCLA | |
5 | 154 | Michael Turner * | RB | NIU | from Miami |
6 | 169 | Ryan Krause | TE | Nebraska-Omaha | |
7 | 204 | Ryon Bingham | DT | Nebraska | |
7 | 209 | Shane Olivea | OT | Ohio State | from Atlanta |
7 | 254 | Carlos Joseph | OT | Miami (FL) | |
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career |
Personnel
[edit]Staff
[edit]
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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Roster
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Schedule
[edit]Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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1 | September 12 | at Houston Texans | W 27–20 | 1–0 | Reliant Stadium | Recap |
2 | September 19 | New York Jets | L 28–34 | 1–1 | Qualcomm Stadium | Recap |
3 | September 26 | at Denver Broncos | L 13–23 | 1–2 | Invesco Field at Mile High | Recap |
4 | October 3 | Tennessee Titans | W 38–17 | 2–2 | Qualcomm Stadium | Recap |
5 | October 10 | Jacksonville Jaguars | W 34–21 | 3–2 | Qualcomm Stadium | Recap |
6 | October 17 | at Atlanta Falcons | L 20–21 | 3–3 | Georgia Dome | Recap |
7 | October 24 | at Carolina Panthers | W 17–6 | 4–3 | Bank of America Stadium | Recap |
8 | October 31 | Oakland Raiders | W 42–14 | 5–3 | Qualcomm Stadium | Recap |
9 | November 7 | New Orleans Saints | W 43–17 | 6–3 | Qualcomm Stadium | Recap |
10 | Bye | |||||
11 | November 21 | at Oakland Raiders | W 23–17 | 7–3 | McAfee Coliseum | Recap |
12 | November 28 | at Kansas City Chiefs | W 34–31 | 8–3 | Arrowhead Stadium | Recap |
13 | December 5 | Denver Broncos | W 20–17 | 9–3 | Qualcomm Stadium | Recap |
14 | December 12 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 31–24 | 10–3 | Qualcomm Stadium | Recap |
15 | December 19 | at Cleveland Browns | W 21–0 | 11–3 | Cleveland Browns Stadium | Recap |
16 | December 26 | at Indianapolis Colts | L 31–34 (OT) | 11–4 | RCA Dome | Recap |
17 | January 2, 2005 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 24–17 | 12–4 | Qualcomm Stadium | Recap |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. |
Game summaries
[edit]Week 1: at Houston Texans
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chargers | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
Texans | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
at Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
- Date: September 12
- Game time: 12:05 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: N/A (retractable roof closed)
- Game attendance: 70,255
- Referee: Bill Leavy
- TV announcers (CBS): Gus Johnson and Brent Jones
- Box score
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Week 2: vs. New York Jets
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Jets | 14 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
Chargers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
- Date: September 19
- Game time: 1:15 p.m. PDT
- Game weather: 73 °F (22.8 °C), humidity 67 percent, wind 9 miles per hour (14 km/h; 7.8 kn)
- Game attendance: 57,310
- Referee: Peter Morelli
- TV announcers (CBS (Blacked out locally)): Ian Eagle, Solomon Wilcots and Scott Kaplan
- Box score
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Week 3: at Denver Broncos
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chargers | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
Broncos | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
at Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado
- Date: September 26
- Game time: 2:05 p.m. MDT
- Game weather: 73 °F (22.8 °C), humidity 26 percent, wind 7 miles per hour (11 km/h; 6.1 kn)
- Game attendance: 74,533
- Referee: Johnny Grier
- TV announcers (CBS): Dick Enberg, Dan Dierdorf and Armen Keteyian
- Box score
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Week 4: vs. Tennessee Titans
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Titans | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
Chargers | 7 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 38 |
at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
- Date: October 3
- Game time: 1:15 p.m. PDT
- Game weather: 74 °F (23.3 °C), humidity 69 percent, wind 9 miles per hour (14 km/h; 7.8 kn)
- Game attendance: 54,006
- Referee: Mike Carey
- TV announcers (CBS (Blacked out locally)): Bill Macatee, Steve Beuerlein and Scott Kaplan
- Box score
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Week 5: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Jaguars | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
Chargers | 14 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 34 |
at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
- Date: October 10
- Game time: 1:05 p.m. PDT
- Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C), humidity 76 percent, wind 9 miles per hour (14 km/h; 7.8 kn)
- Game attendance: 52,101
- Referee: Tony Corrente
- TV announcers (CBS (Blacked out locally)): Ian Eagle, Solomon Wilcots and Scott Kaplan
- Box score
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Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chargers | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
{{{home}}} | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
- Date: October 17
- Game time: 1:02 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: N/A (game played indoors)
- Game attendance: 70,187
- Referee: Walt Anderson
- TV announcers (CBS): Gus Johnson and Brent Jones
- Box score
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Week 7: at Carolina Panthers
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chargers | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
Panthers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
- Date: October 24
- Game time: 1:02 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 58 °F (14.4 °C), humidity 90 percent, wind 7 miles per hour (11 km/h; 6.1 kn)
- Game attendance: 73,096
- Referee: Ron Winter
- TV announcers (CBS): Gus Johnson and Brent Jones
- Box score
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Week 8: vs. Oakland Raiders
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Raiders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Chargers | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 42 |
at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
- Date: October 31
- Game time: 1:15 p.m. PST
- Game weather: 69 °F (20.6 °C), humidity 57 percent, wind 8 miles per hour (13 km/h; 7.0 kn)
- Game attendance: 66,210
- Referee: Bill Carollo
- TV announcers (CBS): Gus Johnson, Brent Jones and Scott Kaplan
- Box score
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Week 9: vs. New Orleans Saints
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Saints | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
Chargers | 14 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 43 |
at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
- Game time: 1:05 p.m. PST
- Game weather: 63 °F (17.2 °C), humidity 78 percent, wind 8 miles per hour (13 km/h; 7.0 kn)
- Game attendance: 59,662
- Referee: Peter Morelli
- TV announcers (FOX (Blacked out locally)): Thom Brennaman and JC Pearson
- Box score
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Week 11: at Oakland Raiders
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chargers | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
Raiders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
at McAfee Coliseum, Oakland, California
- Date: November 21
- Game time: 1:05 p.m. PST
- Game weather: 61 °F (16.1 °C), humidity 28 percent, wind 18 miles per hour (29 km/h; 16 kn)
- Game attendance: 46,905
- Referee: Bernie Kukar
- TV announcers (CBS): Don Criqui and Steve Tasker
- Box score
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Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chargers | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 34 |
Chiefs | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
- Date: November 28
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST
- Game weather: 35 °F (1.7 °C), humidity 75 percent, wind 14 miles per hour (23 km/h; 12 kn)
- Game attendance: 77,447
- Referee: Bill Vinovich
- TV announcers (CBS): Kevin Harlan and Randy Cross
- Box score
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Week 13: vs. Denver Broncos
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Broncos | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
Chargers | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
- Date: December 5
- Game time: 1:05 p.m. PST
- Game weather: 58 °F (14.4 °C), humidity 77 percent, wind 9 miles per hour (14 km/h; 7.8 kn)
- Game attendance: 65,395
- Referee: Ron Winter
- TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz, Phil Simms and Bonnie Bernstein
- Box score
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Week 14: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Buccaneers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
Chargers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
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Week 15: at Cleveland Browns
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chargers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Browns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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San Diego clinches its first division title since 1994.
Week 16: at Indianapolis Colts
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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Chargers | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
Colts | 0 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 34 |
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Week 17: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chiefs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
Chargers | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
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Standings
[edit]Division
[edit]AFC West | |||||||||
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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 |
Conference
[edit]# | Team | Division | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | SOS | SOV | STK |
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Division leaders | |||||||||||
1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | North | 15 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 5–1 | 11–1 | .484 | .479 | W14 |
2 | New England Patriots | East | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 5–1 | 10–2 | .492 | .478 | W2 |
3[a] | Indianapolis Colts | South | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 5–1 | 8–4 | .500 | .458 | L1 |
4[a] | San Diego Chargers | West | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 5–1 | 9–3 | .477 | .411 | W1 |
Wild cards | |||||||||||
5[b] | New York Jets | East | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 3–3 | 7–5 | .523 | .406 | L2 |
6[b] | Denver Broncos | West | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 3–3 | 7–5 | .484 | .450 | W2 |
Did not qualify for the postseason | |||||||||||
7[c][d] | Jacksonville Jaguars | South | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 2–4 | 6–6 | .527 | .479 | W1 |
8[c][d] | Baltimore Ravens | North | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 3–3 | 6–6 | .551 | .472 | W1 |
9[c] | Buffalo Bills | East | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 3–3 | 5–7 | .512 | .382 | L1 |
10 | Cincinnati Bengals | North | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 2–4 | 4–8 | .543 | .453 | W2 |
11[e] | Houston Texans | South | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 4–2 | 6–6 | .504 | .402 | L1 |
12[e] | Kansas City Chiefs | West | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 3–3 | 6–6 | .551 | .509 | L1 |
13[f] | Oakland Raiders | West | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 1–5 | 3–9 | .570 | .450 | L2 |
14[f] | Tennessee Titans | South | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 1–5 | 3–9 | .512 | .463 | W1 |
15[g] | Miami Dolphins | East | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 1–5 | 2–10 | .555 | .438 | L1 |
16[g] | Cleveland Browns | North | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 1–5 | 3–9 | .590 | .469 | W1 |
Tiebreakers[h] | |||||||||||
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Postseason
[edit]Round | Date | Opponent (seed) | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
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Wild Card | January 8, 2005 | New York Jets (5) | L 17–20 | 0–1 | Qualcomm Stadium | 67,536 |
Game summary
[edit]AFC Wild Card playoffs: vs. New York Jets
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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Jets | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
Chargers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
- Game time: 5:14 p.m. PST
- Game weather: 55 °F (12.8 °C), humidity 86 percent, wind 8 miles per hour (13 km/h; 7.0 kn)
- Game attendance: 67,536
- Referee: Ed Hochuli
- TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels, John Madden and Michele Tafoya
- Box score
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2004 NFL Pro Bowlers". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "2004 NFL All-Pros". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ 2012 San Diego Chargers Media Guide. pp. 263–264. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
- ^ "2004 Conference Standings". NFL.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.