2004 San Diego Chargers season

2004 San Diego Chargers season
Head Coach	Marty Schottenheimer
Home Field	Qualcomm Stadium
Results
Record	12–4
Place	1st AFC West
Playoff Finish	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Jets) (20–17 OT)
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
2003	2005

The 2004 San Diego Chargers season began with the team trying to improve on their 4–12 record in 2003. They finished the campaign 1st in their division and made the playoffs for the first time in nine years. 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

NFL draft

With the first pick overall, the Chargers drafted Eli Manning. Manning would be traded to the New York Giants in exchange for Philip Rivers and several draft picks.

Main article: Manning-Rivers trade

Round	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	Eli Manning (traded to New York Giants for Philip Rivers, plus the Giants 3rd round pick of the same year and their 1st and 5th round picks in the 2005 draft.)	Quarterback	Ole Miss
2	Igor Olshansky	Defensive Tackle	Oregon

Personnel

Staff

2004 San Diego Chargers staff
Front Office Owner – Alex Spanos President/Chief Executive Officer – Dean Spanos Executive Vice President – Michael Spanos Executive Vice President/General Manager – A. J. Smith Assistant General Manager/Director of Player Personnel – Buddy Nix Vice President of Football Operations – Ed McGuire Director of College Scouting – Jimmy Raye Director of Pro Scouting – Fran Foley Head Coaches Head Coach – Marty Schottenheimer Assistant Head Coach/Tight Ends – Tim Brewster Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator – Cam Cameron Quarterbacks – Brian Schottenheimer Running Backs – Clarence Shelmon Wide Receivers – James Lofton Offensive Line – Hudson Houck Offensive Assistant/Quality Control – Pete Carmichael, Jr.			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator – Wade Phillips Defensive Line – Wayne Nunnely Linebackers – Greg Manusky Secondary – Brian Stewart Defensive Assistant/Quality Control – John Pagano Special Teams Coaches Special Teams – Steve Crosby Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Dave Redding Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Matt Schiotz

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 12, 2004	at Houston Texans	W 27–20	70,255
2	September 19, 2004	New York Jets	L 34–28	57,310
3	September 26, 2004	at Denver Broncos	L 23–13	74,553
4	October 3, 2004	Tennessee Titans	W 38–17	54,006
5	October 10, 2004	Jacksonville Jaguars	W 34–21	52,101
6	October 17, 2004	at Atlanta Falcons	L 21–20	70,187
7	October 24, 2004	at Carolina Panthers	W 17–6	73,096
8	October 31, 2004	Oakland Raiders	W 42–14	66,210
9	November 7, 2004	New Orleans Saints	W 43–17	59,662
10	Bye
11	November 21, 2004	at Oakland Raiders	W 23–17	46,905
12	November 28, 2004	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 34–31	77,447
13	December 5, 2004	Denver Broncos	W 20–17	65,395
14	December 12, 2004	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 31–24	65,858
15	December 19, 2004	at Cleveland Browns	W 21–0	72,489
16	December 26, 2004	at Indianapolis Colts	L 34–31	57,330
17	January 2, 2005	Kansas City Chiefs	W 24–17	64,920

Standings

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
San Diego Chargers	12	4	0	.750	5–1	9–3	446	313	W1
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

Playoffs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Wildcard	January 8, 2005	New York Jets	L 20–17	67,536

See also

• 2004 NFL season

References

1. REDIRECT Template:Los Angeles Chargers

 

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