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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 355 points (22.2/g), 13th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 339 points (21.2/g), 15th.
Differential of 16 points (1.0/g), 12th.
Expected W-L: 8.4-7.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.8/g), 4th.
Coached by John Fox (7-9-0)
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2004 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Mon | September 13 | box | L | 0-1 | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 24 | 17 | 300 | 262 | 38 | 2 | 22 | 279 | 127 | 152 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 19 | box | W | 1-1 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 28 | 17 | 23 | 358 | 175 | 183 | 2 | 17 | 281 | 172 | 109 | 2 |
| 3 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sun | October 3 | box | L | 1-2 | Atlanta Falcons | 10 | 27 | 19 | 360 | 293 | 67 | 3 | 20 | 313 | 148 | 165 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 10 | box | L | 1-3 | @ | Denver Broncos | 17 | 20 | 12 | 227 | 163 | 64 | 23 | 434 | 224 | 210 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 17 | box | L | 1-4 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 8 | 30 | 21 | 344 | 186 | 158 | 4 | 10 | 283 | 202 | 81 | 1 |
| 7 | Sun | October 24 | box | L | 1-5 | San Diego Chargers | 6 | 17 | 20 | 263 | 147 | 116 | 1 | 19 | 302 | 188 | 114 | 1 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 31 | box | L | 1-6 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 17 | 23 | 16 | 342 | 248 | 94 | 1 | 24 | 433 | 196 | 237 | 2 |
| 9 | Sun | November 7 | box | L | 1-7 | Oakland Raiders | 24 | 27 | 24 | 304 | 267 | 37 | 21 | 297 | 228 | 69 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 14 | box | W | 2-7 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 37 | 27 | 17 | 358 | 301 | 57 | 2 | 23 | 357 | 247 | 110 | 5 |
| 11 | Sun | November 21 | box | W | 3-7 | Arizona Cardinals | 35 | 10 | 16 | 317 | 160 | 157 | 1 | 23 | 399 | 314 | 85 | 4 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 28 | box | W | 4-7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 21 | 14 | 15 | 300 | 188 | 112 | 1 | 20 | 398 | 336 | 62 | 3 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 5 | box | W | 5-7 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 32 | 21 | 25 | 401 | 269 | 132 | 15 | 280 | 250 | 30 | 3 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 12 | box | W | 6-7 | St. Louis Rams | 20 | 7 | 18 | 308 | 189 | 119 | 2 | 11 | 292 | 226 | 66 | 7 | |
| 15 | Sat | December 18 | box | L | 6-8 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 31 | 34 | 22 | 375 | 314 | 61 | 4 | 22 | 329 | 125 | 204 | 4 |
| 16 | Sun | December 26 | box | W | 7-8 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 37 | 20 | 22 | 348 | 207 | 141 | 22 | 345 | 299 | 46 | 3 | |
| 17 | Sun | January 2 | box | L | 7-9 | New Orleans Saints | 18 | 21 | 21 | 320 | 274 | 46 | 3 | 15 | 360 | 196 | 164 | ||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 355 | 5225 | 991 | 5.3 | 308 | 311 | 536 | 3643 | 29 | 15 | 6.4 | 192 | 422 | 1582 | 10 | 3.7 | 85 | 26 | 11 | 31 |
| Team Defense | 339 | 5382 | 1021 | 5.3 | 516 | 303 | 513 | 3478 | 18 | 26 | 6.4 | 177 | 474 | 1904 | 19 | 4.0 | 307 | 38 | 12 | 32 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 22 | 28 | 19 | 28 | 12 | 14 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 15 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 13 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Delhomme | 29 | QB | 16 | 16 | 7-9-0 | 310 | 533 | 58.2 | 3886 | 29 | 5.4 | 15 | 2.8 | 63 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 12.5 | 242.9 | 87.3 | 33 | 246 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| Rodney Peete | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 79.2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Ricky Proehl | 36 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Steve Smith | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 7-9-0 | 311 | 536 | 58.0 | 3889 | 29 | 5.4 | 15 | 2.8 | 63 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 12.5 | 243.1 | 87.0 | 33 | 246 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 5.8 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 303 | 513 | 59.1 | 3478 | 18 | 3.5 | 26 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 11.5 | 217.4 | 70.1 | 34 | 225 | 6.4 | 4.1 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Nick Goings | 26 | RB | 16 | 8 | 217 | 821 | 6 | 57 | 3.8 | 51.3 | 13.6 | 45 | 394 | 8.8 | 1 | 37 | 2.8 | 24.6 | 1215 | 7 | 1 |
| Brad Hoover | 28 | FB | 14 | 9 | 68 | 246 | 0 | 16 | 3.6 | 17.6 | 4.9 | 21 | 161 | 7.7 | 2 | 34 | 1.5 | 11.5 | 407 | 2 | 0 |
| DeShaun Foster | 24 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 255 | 2 | 71 | 4.3 | 63.8 | 14.8 | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 0 | 42 | 2.3 | 19.0 | 331 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jake Delhomme | 29 | QB | 16 | 16 | 25 | 71 | 1 | 13 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 71 | 1 | 12 | |||||||
| Stephen Davis | 30 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 92 | 0 | 12 | 3.8 | 46.0 | 12.0 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 22 | 1.0 | 16.0 | 124 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joey Harris | 24 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 53 | 0 | 19 | 3.5 | 13.3 | 3.8 | 53 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Brandon Bennett | 31 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Muhsin Muhammad*+ | 31 | WR | 16 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 5.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 93 | 1405 | 15.1 | 16 | 51 | 5.8 | 87.8 | 1420 | 16 | 3 |
| Rod Smart | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ricky Proehl | 36 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 34 | 497 | 14.6 | 0 | 34 | 2.1 | 31.1 | 506 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rodney Peete | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -1.0 | 1.0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Keary Colbert | 22 | WR | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 47 | 754 | 16.0 | 5 | 63 | 3.1 | 50.3 | 754 | 5 | 1 | |
| Kris Mangum | 31 | TE | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34 | 323 | 9.5 | 3 | 26 | 2.3 | 21.5 | 323 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mike Seidman | 23 | te | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 123 | 9.5 | 2 | 27 | 0.8 | 7.7 | 123 | 2 | 0 | |
| Steve Smith | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 0 | 15 | 6.0 | 60.0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Gaines | 24 | te | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 14 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Karl Hankton | 34 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 20 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 422 | 1582 | 10 | 71 | 3.7 | 98.9 | 26.4 | 311 | 3889 | 12.5 | 29 | 63 | 19.4 | 243.1 | 5471 | 39 | 23 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 474 | 1904 | 19 | 4.0 | 119.0 | 29.6 | 303 | 3478 | 11.5 | 18 | 18.9 | 217.4 | 5382 | 37 | 29 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Jamall Broussard | 23 | RET | 8 | 0 | 10 | 43 | 0 | 13 | 4.3 | 24 | 555 | 0 | 49 | 23.1 | 598 |
| Eugene Baker | 28 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 18 | 6.1 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 23 | 19.5 | 88 | |
| Chris Gamble | 21 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 9 | 69 | 0 | 16 | 7.7 | 69 | |||||
| Brandon Bennett | 31 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 177 | 0 | 43 | 22.1 | 194 | ||||||
| Rod Smart | 27 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 169 | 0 | 33 | 21.1 | 178 | ||||||
| Jamal Robertson | 27 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 180 | 0 | 49 | 30.0 | 180 | ||||||
| Ricky Proehl | 36 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 27 | 21.3 | 570 | ||||||
| Keary Colbert | 22 | WR | 15 | 15 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 19 | 15.0 | 784 | |||||
| DeShaun Foster | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 8.0 | 347 | ||||||
| Brad Hoover | 28 | FB | 14 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 15.0 | 437 | |||||
| Mike Seidman | 23 | te | 16 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 10.0 | 143 | |||||
| Artrell Hawkins | 28 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | ||||||
| Kemp Rasmussen | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | ||||||
| Dante Wesley | 25 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 28 | 165 | 0 | 18 | 5.9 | 61 | 1307 | 0 | 49 | 21.4 | 6943 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 38 | 0 | 69 | 1477 | 0 | 21.4 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Todd Sauerbrun | 31 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 76 | 3351 | 65 | 1 | 44.1 | ||||||||
| John Kasay | 35 | K | 14 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 86.4% | 28 | 27 | 96.4% | 2 | 51 | 34 | 0 | 25.5 | ||
| Jeff Chandler | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 80.0% | 40 | 39 | 97.5% | 78 | 3402 | 65 | 1 | 43.6 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 28 | 20 | 71.4% | 39 | 39 | 100.0% | 64 | 2630 | 41.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Jake Delhomme | 29 | QB | 16 | 16 | 12 | 5 | -13 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Julius Peppers*+ | 24 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 11.0 | 2 | 143 | 1 | 97 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 53 | 12 | |
| Chris Gamble | 21 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 6 | ||
| Will Witherspoon | 24 | RLB | 16 | 16 | 3.0 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 19 | |
| Mark Fields* | 32 | LLB | 14 | 10 | 4.0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 12 | |
| Dan Morgan* | 26 | MLB | 12 | 12 | 2.0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 23 | |
| Ricky Manning | 24 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 12 | ||
| Brentson Buckner | 33 | LDT | 15 | 15 | 3.5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 13 | |
| Mike Rucker | 29 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | |
| Mike Minter | 30 | SS | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 20 | |
| Kindal Moorehead | 26 | RDT | 14 | 12 | 2.0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 7 | |
| Muhsin Muhammad*+ | 31 | WR | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Colin Branch | 24 | FS | 16 | 15 | 3 | 79 | 0 | 76 | 8 | 40 | 14 | |||||||
| Jamall Broussard | 23 | RET | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Nick Goings | 26 | RB | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Artrell Hawkins | 28 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | |||
| Brad Hoover | 28 | FB | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Wallace | 30 | 16 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | |||||||
| Brian L. Allen | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 4 | ||||||||
| Jordan Carstens | 23 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||
| Keary Colbert | 22 | WR | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kris Jenkins | 25 | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Omari Jordan | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Brandon Short | 27 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 13 | ||||||||
| Rod Smart | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Matt Willig | 35 | RT | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 34.0 | 26 | 420 | 2 | 97 | 97 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 48 | 1 | 772 | 189 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 33 | 29 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muhsin Muhammad*+ | 31 | WR | 16 | 16 | 16 | 96 | ||||||||||
| John Kasay | 35 | K | 14 | 0 | 27 | 19 | 84 | |||||||||
| Nick Goings | 26 | RB | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 42 | |||||||||
| Keary Colbert | 22 | WR | 15 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 32 | |||||||||
| Kris Mangum | 31 | TE | 15 | 10 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Mike Seidman | 23 | te | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | |||||||||
| DeShaun Foster | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Brad Hoover | 28 | FB | 14 | 9 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Julius Peppers*+ | 24 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Jeff Chandler | 25 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Todd Sauerbrun | 31 | P | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Brandon Bennett | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jake Delhomme | 29 | QB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Kindal Moorehead | 26 | RDT | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 355 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 19 | 18 | 39 | 20 | 339 |