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2004 Washington Redskins season

{{short description|NFL team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NFL team season

| team = Washington Redskins

| year = 2004

| record = 6–10

| logo =

| division_place = 4th NFC East

| owner = Daniel Snyder

| general_manager = Vinny Cerrato

| coach = Joe Gibbs

| president = Joe Gibbs

| off_coach = Joe Bugel

| def_coach = Gregg Williams

| stadium = FedExField

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| pro bowlers = LB Marcus Washington

| AP All-pros = CB Shawn Springs (2nd team)

| shortnavlink = Redskins seasons

}}

The 2004 season was the Washington Redskins' 73rd in the National Football League (NFL). 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 saw 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.

Offseason

=Free agency=

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{|class="wikitable"

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| Player

Former team
Marcus WashingtonIndianapolis Colts
Shawn SpringsSeattle Seahawks
Cornelius GriffinNew York Giants
Phillip DanielsChicago Bears

| valign="top" |

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align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"

| Player

New team
Lional DaltonKansas City Chiefs
Jeremiah TrotterPhiladelphia Eagles
Peppi ZellnerArizona Cardinals
Regan UpshawNew York Giants

|}

=Trades=

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bgcolor="eeeeee"

| March 4, 2004

| valign="top"| To Washington Redskins

Clinton Portis

| valign="top"| To Denver Broncos

Champ Bailey
2nd Rd. Draft Pick (2004) (Tatum Bell)

=Staff=

{{NFL final staff

| year = 2004

| team = Washington Redskins

| front_office =

| head_coach =

| offensive =

| defensive =

| special_teams =

  • Special teams – Danny Smith
  • Quality control special teams/defensive assistant – Kirk Olivadotti

| strength =

  • Strength and conditioning – John Dunn
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – John Hastings
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Bobby Crumpler

}}

=NFL draft=

{{main article|2004 NFL draft}}

{{NFL team draft start

| year = 2004

| teamname = Washington Redskins

}}

{{NFL team draft entry

| round = 1

| pick = 5

| player = Sean Taylor

| position = S

| college = Miami (FL)

| notes =

| maderoster = yes

| probowl = yes

| hof =

}}

{{NFL team draft entry

| round = 3

| pick = 81

| player = Chris Cooley

| position = TE

| college = Utah State

| notes =

| maderoster = yes

| probowl = yes

| hof =

}}

{{NFL team draft entry

| round = 5

| pick = 151

| player = Mark Wilson

| position = OT

| college = California

| notes =

| maderoster = yes

| probowl =

| hof =

}}

{{NFL team draft entry

| round = 6

| pick = 180

| player = Jim Molinaro

| position = OT

| college = Notre Dame

| notes =

| maderoster = yes

| probowl =

| hof =

}}

{{NFL team draft end}}

=Final roster=

{{NFL final roster

|Year=2004

|TeamName=Washington Redskins

|Active=53

|Quarterbacks=

{{NFLplayer| 8|Mark Brunell}}

{{NFLplayer| 4|Tim Hasselbeck}}

{{NFLplayer|11|Patrick Ramsey}}

|Running Backs=

{{NFLplayer|46|Ladell Betts|KR}}

{{NFLplayer|40|Rock Cartwright}}

{{NFLplayer|30|Dahrran Diedrick}}

{{NFLplayer|45|Mike Sellers|FB}}

|Wide Receivers=

{{NFLplayer|86|Antonio Brown|d=wide receiver, born 1978|PR}}

{{NFLplayer|80|Laveranues Coles}}

{{NFLplayer|87|Rod Gardner}}

{{NFLplayer|84|Taylor Jacobs}}

{{NFLplayer|85|Darnerien McCants}}

{{NFLplayer|83|James Thrash|KR/PR}}

|Tight Ends=

{{NFLplayer|47|Chris Cooley|d=American football|rookie=y}}

{{NFLplayer|48|Kori Dickerson}}

{{NFLplayer|82|Brian Kozlowski}}

{{NFLplayer|88|Robert Royal}}

|Offensive Linemen=

{{NFLplayer|67|Ray Brown|d=offensive lineman|T}}

{{NFLplayer|66|Derrick Dockery|G}}

{{NFLplayer|64|Lennie Friedman|C}}

{{NFLplayer|69|Jim Molinaro|rookie=y|T}}

{{NFLplayer|78|Vaughn Parker|T}}

{{NFLplayer|52|Cory Raymer|C}}

{{NFLplayer|60|Chris Samuels|T}}

{{NFLplayer|77|Randy Thomas|d=American football|G}}

{{NFLplayer|63|Mark Wilson|d=American football|rookie=y|G}}

|Defensive Linemen=

{{NFLplayer|73|Ryan Boschetti|rookie=y|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|57|Chris Clemons|d=defensive end|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|92|Demetric Evans|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|96|Cornelius Griffin|DT}}

{{NFLplayer|99|Jermaine Haley|DT}}

{{NFLplayer|91|Cedric Killings|DT}}

{{NFLplayer|75|Brandon Noble|DT}}

{{NFLplayer|95|Joe Salave'a|DT}}

{{NFLplayer|94|Ron Warner|d=American football|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|97|Renaldo Wynn|DE}}

|Linebackers=

{{NFLplayer|51|Brandon Barnes|d=linebacker|MLB|}}

{{NFLplayer|59|Devin Lemons|OLB}}

{{NFLplayer|98|Lemar Marshall|OLB}}

{{NFLplayer|58|Antonio Pierce|MLB}}

{{NFLplayer|53|Marcus Washington|OLB}}

|Defensive Backs=

{{NFLplayer|37|Rufus Brown|rookie=y|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|25|Ryan Clark|d=American football|SS}}

{{NFLplayer|22|Pat Dennis|FS}}

{{NFLplayer|29|Todd Franz|SS}}

{{NFLplayer|27|Walt Harris|d=cornerback|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|21|Fred Smoot|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|24|Shawn Springs|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|36|Sean Taylor|FS|rookie=y}}

{{NFLplayer|38|Garnell Wilds|rookie=y|CB}}

|Special Teams=

{{NFLplayer|71|Ethan Albright|LS}}

{{NFLplayer| 5|Jeff Chandler|d=American football|K}}

{{NFLplayer|19|Tom Tupa|P}}

|Practice Squad=

{{NFLplayer|--|Korey Banks|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|--|James Bethea|d=defensive back|rookie=y|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|72|Nic Clemons|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|79|Pita Elisara|T}}

{{NFLplayer|--|Maurice Jones|d=linebacker|rookie=y|LB}}

{{NFLplayer|61|Ben Nowland|C}}

{{NFLplayer|18|Gari Scott|WR}}

{{NFLplayer|54|Clifton Smith|d=linebacker|LB}}

|Reserve Lists=

{{NFLplayer|56|LaVar Arrington|LB|IR}}

{{NFLplayer|--|Micheal Barrow|LB|IR}}

{{NFLplayer|41|Matt Bowen|d=American football|S|IR}}

{{NFLplayer|50|Khary Campbell|LB|IR}}

{{NFLplayer|93|Phillip Daniels|DE|IR}}

{{NFLplayer|35|Jason Doering|S|IR}}

{{NFLplayer|10|John Hall|d=placekicker|K|IR}}

{{NFLplayer|76|Jon Jansen|T|IR}}

{{NFLplayer|23|Ade Jimoh|CB|IR}}

{{NFLplayer|74|Kenyatta Jones|T|IR}}

{{NFLplayer|34|Andre Lott|S|IR}}

{{NFLplayer|20|Chad Morton|RS|IR}}

{{NFLplayer|26|Clinton Portis|RB|IR}}

{{NFLplayer|31|John Simon|d=running back|RB|IR}}

{{NFLplayer|39|Dennard Wilson|rookie=y|S|IR}}

|Inactive=15|PS=8}}

Preseason

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style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Washington Redskins|year=2004|border=2}}"| Week

! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Washington Redskins|year=2004|border=2}}"| Date

! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Washington Redskins|year=2004|border=2}}"| Opponent

! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Washington Redskins|year=2004|border=2}}"| Result

! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Washington Redskins|year=2004|border=2}}"| Record

! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Washington Redskins|year=2004|border=2}}"| Venue

style="background:#cfc;"

! 1

| {{dow tooltip|August 9, 2004}}

| Denver Broncos

| W 20–17

| 1–0

| FedExField

style="background:#fcc;"

! 2

| {{dow tooltip|August 14, 2004}}

| Carolina Panthers

| L 20–23

| 1–1

| FedExField

style="background:#cfc;"

! 3

| {{dow tooltip|August 21, 2004}}

| at Miami Dolphins

| W 17–0

| 2–1

| Pro Player Stadium

style="background:#fcc;"

! 4

| {{dow tooltip|August 27, 2004}}

| at St. Louis Rams

| L 3–28

| 2–2

| Edward Jones Dome

style="background:#cfc;"

! 5

| {{dow tooltip|September 3, 2004}}

| Atlanta Falcons

| W 27–0

| 3–2

| FedExField

Regular season

Due to the addition of the Houston Texans in 2002 and a subsequent change to the NFL's scheduling formula,{{Cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/blog/?p=521 |title=History of the NFL's Structure and Formats |access-date=2018-03-29 |archive-date=2018-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622033031/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/blog/?p=521 |url-status=dead }} 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.[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/tgl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=game&year_min=1961&year_max=2012&game_type=&playoff_round=&game_num_min=0&game_num_max=99&week_num_min=0&week_num_max=99&game_day_of_week=&game_time=&time_zone=&game_location=&surface=&roof=&game_result=&overtime=&league_id=&team_id=cin&opp_id=was&conference_game=&division_game=&tm_is_playoff=&opp_is_playoff=&tm_is_winning=&opp_is_winning=&tm_scored_first=&tm_led=&tm_trailed=&c1stat=&c1comp=gt&c1val=&c2stat=&c2comp=gt&c2val=&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&order_by=game_date&order_by_asc=Y Cincinnati Bengals v Washington Redskins] It was also the first time the Redskins had hosted the Green Bay Packers since 1979.{{cite book|last=Urena|first=Ivan|title=Pro Football Schedules: A Comple Historical Guide from 1933 to the Present|year=2014|publisher=McFarland & Co.|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=9780786473519|pages=15, 17}}

=Schedule=

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style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Washington Redskins|year=2004|border=2}}"| Week

! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Washington Redskins|year=2004|border=2}}"| Date

! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Washington Redskins|year=2004|border=2}}"| Opponent

! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Washington Redskins|year=2004|border=2}}"| Result

! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Washington Redskins|year=2004|border=2}}"| Record

! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Washington Redskins|year=2004|border=2}}"| Venue

! style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Washington Redskins|year=2004|border=2}}"| Attendance

style="background:#ddffdd"

! 1

| September 12

| Tampa Bay Buccaneers

| W 16–10

| 1–0

| FedExField

| 90,098

style="background:#ffdddd"

! 2

| September 19

| at New York Giants

| L 14–20

| 1–1

| Giants Stadium

| 78,767

style="background:#ffdddd"

! 3

| September 27

| Dallas Cowboys

| L 18–21

| 1–2

| FedExField

| 90,367

style="background:#ffdddd"

! 4

| October 3

| at Cleveland Browns

| L 13–17

| 1–3

| Cleveland Browns Stadium

| 73,348

style="background:#ffdddd"

! 5

| October 10

| Baltimore Ravens

| L 10–17

| 1–4

| FedExField

| 90,287

style="background:#ddffdd"

! 6

| October 17

| at Chicago Bears

| W 13–10

| 2–4

| Soldier Field

| 61,985

7

!colspan="6"| Bye

style="background:#ffdddd"

! 8

| October 31

| Green Bay Packers

| L 14–28

| 2–5

| FedExField

| 89,295

style="background:#ddffdd"

! 9

| November 7

| at Detroit Lions

| W 17–10

| 3–5

| Ford Field

| 62,657

style="background:#ffdddd"

! 10

| November 14

| Cincinnati Bengals

| L 10–17

| 3–6

| FedExField

| 87,786

style="background:#ffdddd"

! 11

| November 21

| at Philadelphia Eagles

| L 6–28

| 3–7

| Lincoln Financial Field

| 67,720

style="background:#ffdddd"

! 12

| November 28

| at Pittsburgh Steelers

| L 7–16

| 3–8

| Heinz Field

| 63,707

style="background:#ddffdd"

! 13

| December 5

| New York Giants

| W 31–7

| 4–8

| FedExField

| 87,872

style="background:#ffdddd"

! 14

| December 12

| Philadelphia Eagles

| L 14–17

| 4–9

| FedExField

| 90,089

style="background:#ddffdd"

! 15

| {{dow tooltip|December 18, 2004}}

| at San Francisco 49ers

| W 26–16

| 5–9

| Monster Park

| 65,710

style="background:#ffdddd"

! 16

| December 26

| at Dallas Cowboys

| L 10–13

| 5–10

| Texas Stadium

| 63,705

style="background:#ddffdd"

! 17

| January 2

| Minnesota Vikings

| W 21–18

| 6–10

| FedExField

| 78,876

colspan="7" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Washington Redskins|year=2004|border=2}}" |Note: Intra-divisional opponents are in bold text.

=Game summaries=

==Week 2==

{{AFB game box start

|Title=

|Visitor=Redskins

|V1= 7|V2=0 |V3= 0|V4=7

|Host=Giants

|H1= 0|H2=20 |H3=0 |H4=0

|Date=September 19

|Location=Giants Stadium

|StartTime=1:00 p.m.

|TimeZone=EST

|ElapsedTime=3:11

|Attendance=78,767

|Weather={{convert|62|F}}; wind {{convert|16|mph|abbr=on}}

|Referee=Tom White

|TVAnnouncers= Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Cris Collinsworth, Pam Oliver

|TVStation=Fox

}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry=yes |Quarter=Q1 |Time= 7:24 |Team=WAS |Event=Cooley 7-yard pass from Brunell (Hall kick) |Score=WAS 7–0 |LastEntry= }}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q2 |Time=12:53 |Team=NYG |Event=Carter 38-yard pass from Warner (Christie kick) |Score=Tied 7–7 |LastEntry= }}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q2 |Time= 6:21 |Team=NYG |Event=Green 16-yard fumble return (Christie kick) |Score=NYG 14–7 |LastEntry= }}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q2 |Time= 4:34 |Team=NYG |Event=Christie 38-yard field goal |Score=NYG 17–7 |LastEntry= }}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q2 |Time= 0:37 |Team=NYG |Event=Christie 22-yard field goal |Score=NYG 20–7 |LastEntry= }}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q4 |Time=12:01 |Team=WAS |Event=Portis 13-yard pass from Ramsey (Hall kick) |Score=NYG 20–14 |LastEntry=yes }}

{{AFB game box end}}

[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200409190nyg.htm Pro-Football-Reference.com]. Retrieved September 12, 2015.

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Standings

{{2004 NFC East standings}}

{{2004 NFC standings}}

References

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