2004_St._Louis_Rams_season

2004 St. Louis Rams season
2004 St. Louis Rams season
Owner	Georgia Frontiere
Head coach	Mike Martz
Home field	Edward Jones Dome
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	2nd NFC West
Playoff finish	Won Wild Card Playoffs; (at Seahawks) 27–20; Lost Divisional Playoffs; (at Falcons) 17–47
Pro Bowlers	WR Torry Holt; T Orlando Pace
	← 2003; Rams seasons; 2005 →;

2004 St. Louis Rams season

NFL team sports season

The 2004 season was the St. Louis Rams' 67th in the National Football League and their tenth in St. Louis.

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This for first since 1997 Kurt Warner was not on the opening day roster.

Although the Rams’ record was good enough to qualify for the postseason, they did so without posting a winning record. Statistics site Football Outsiders calculates that the 2004 Rams were, play-for-play, the worst team to make the playoffs in the site's rating history.^[1] This was also the last time the Rams made the playoffs until 2017, when the franchise returned to Los Angeles; thus, this was the team's final playoff appearance in St. Louis.

The season is memorable for the Rams drafting running back Steven Jackson with the 24th pick of the 2004 NFL Draft. During the season, the Rams relied less on Marshall Faulk, who was slowed by age and injuries, forcing Jackson to garner a bulk of the carries. He finished the season with 673 rushing yards despite seeing limited action.

The Rams, in the playoffs, defeated their rival Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card round, but their 10th season in St. Louis ended in a 47–17 blowout to the Atlanta Falcons in the Divisional round.

For the first time this season, the Rams completed a 2–0 regular season sweep of the rival Seahawks. They would not accomplish this again until 2015.

Regular season

Standings

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#	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	SOS	SOV	STK
Division leaders
1	Philadelphia Eagles	East	13	3	0	.813	6–0	11–1	.453	.409	L2
2	Atlanta Falcons	South	11	5	0	.688	4–2	8–4	.420	.432	L2
3	Green Bay Packers	North	10	6	0	.625	5–1	9–3	.457	.419	W2
4	Seattle Seahawks	West	9	7	0	.563	3–3	8–4	.445	.368	W2
Wild cards
5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	St. Louis Rams	West	8	8	0	.500	5–1	7–5	.488	.438	W2
6^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Minnesota Vikings	North	8	8	0	.500	3–3	5–7	.480	.406	L2
Did not qualify for the postseason
7^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 2]}	New Orleans Saints	South	8	8	0	.500	3–3	6–6	.465	.427	W4
8	Carolina Panthers	South	7	9	0	.438	3–3	6–6	.496	.366	L1
9^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Detroit Lions	North	6	10	0	.375	2–4	5–7	.496	.417	L2
10^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Arizona Cardinals	West	6	10	0	.375	2–4	5–7	.461	.417	W1
11^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 4]}	New York Giants	East	6	10	0	.375	3–3	5–7	.516	.417	W1
12^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 4]}^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Dallas Cowboys	East	6	10	0	.375	2–4	5–7	.516	.375	L1
13^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 4]}^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Washington Redskins	East	6	10	0	.375	1–5	6–6	.477	.333	W1
14^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	South	5	11	0	.313	2–4	4–8	.477	.413	L4
15^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Chicago Bears	North	5	11	0	.313	2–4	4–8	.465	.388	L4
16	San Francisco 49ers	West	2	14	0	.125	2–4	2–10	.488	.375	L3
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St. Louis clinched the NFC #5 seed instead of Minnesota or New Orleans based on better conference record (7–5 to Minnesota’s 5–7 to New Orleans’ 6–6). Minnesota clinched the NFC #6 seed instead of New Orleans based on head-to-head victory. Detroit finished ahead of Arizona and New York Giants based upon head-to-head record (2–0 versus Arizona’s 1–1 and New York Giants’ 0–2). Division tiebreak was initially used to eliminate Dallas and Washington. New York Giants finished ahead of Dallas and Washington in the NFC East based on better head-to-head record (3–1 to Dallas‘ 2–2 to Washington’s 1–3). Dallas finished ahead of Washington in the NFC East based on head-to-head sweep. Tampa Bay finished ahead of Chicago based upon head-to-head victory. When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest-ranked remaining team from each division.

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[8–8a-5] St. Louis clinched the NFC #5 seed instead of Minnesota or New Orleans based on better conference record (7–5 to Minnesota’s 5–7 to New Orleans’ 6–6).

[8–8b-6] Minnesota clinched the NFC #6 seed instead of New Orleans based on head-to-head victory.

[6–10a-7] Detroit finished ahead of Arizona and New York Giants based upon head-to-head record (2–0 versus Arizona’s 1–1 and New York Giants’ 0–2). Division tiebreak was initially used to eliminate Dallas and Washington.

[6–10b-8] New York Giants finished ahead of Dallas and Washington in the NFC East based on better head-to-head record (3–1 to Dallas‘ 2–2 to Washington’s 1–3).

[6–10c-9] Dallas finished ahead of Washington in the NFC East based on head-to-head sweep.

[5–11-10] Tampa Bay finished ahead of Chicago based upon head-to-head victory.

[11] When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest-ranked remaining team from each division.

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Football Outsiders: Final 2010 DVOA Ratings “The [2010] Seahawks were so good in their final win ... [it] puts them ahead of the 2004 Rams...”

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The Football Database. Retrieved 2018-Jan-27.

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"2004 Conference Standings". NFL.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.

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The Football Database. Retrieved 2018-Jan-27.

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
2004 St. Louis Rams draft
1	24	Steven Jackson	RB	Oregon State
3	91	Tony Hargrove	DE	Georgia Tech
4	130	Brandon Chillar	LB	North Texas
5	158	Jason Shivers	LB	Arizona State
6	201	Jeff Smoker	QB	Michigan State
7	237	Erik Jensen	TE	Iowa
7	238	Larry Turner	OT	Eastern Kentucky
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career


	Quarterbacks 10 Marc Bulger 12 Chris Chandler 11 Jamie Martin 9 Jeff Smoker Running backs 27 Aveion Cason KR 28 Marshall Faulk 44 Joey Goodspeed FB 33 Arlen Harris KR 39 Steven Jackson Wide receivers 80 Isaac Bruce 83 Kevin Curtis 82 Mike Furrey 81 Torry Holt 89 Dane Looker 84 Shaun McDonald PR Tight ends 47 Nick Burley 87 Cam Cleeland 86 Brandon Manumaleuna		Offensive linemen 72 Darnell Alford G/T 69 Matt Lehr G 67 Andy McCollum C 61 Tom Nütten G 76 Orlando Pace T 60 Blaine Saipaia T 62 Adam Timmerman G 64 Larry Turner C/G 77 Grant Williams T Defensive linemen 94 Bryce Fisher DE 96 Erik Flowers DE 95 Anthony Hargrove DE 98 Brian Howard DT 97 Tyoka Jackson DT 73 Jimmy Kennedy DT 92 Damione Lewis DT 91 Leonard Little DE 79 Ryan Pickett DT		Linebackers 54 Brandon Chillar MLB/OLB 57 Trev Faulk MLB 52 Tommy Polley OLB 55 Robert Thomas MLB 50 Pisa Tinoisamoa OLB 58 Drew Wahlroos OLB Defensive backs 20 Dwight Anderson CB 31 Adam Archuleta SS 23 Jerametrius Butler CB 25 Rich Coady FS/SS 42 Antuan Edwards FS 22 Travis Fisher CB 21 Kevin Garrett CB 24 DeJuan Groce CB Special teams 45 Chris Massey LS 2 Kevin Stemke P 14 Jeff Wilkins K		Reserve lists 37 Zack Bronson S (IR) 66 Chris Dishman G (IR) 49 Erik Jensen TE (IR) 56 Jeremy Loyd LB (IR) 63 Scott Tercero T (IR) 68 Kyle Turley T (IR) 35 Aeneas Williams S (IR) Practice squad 47 Mike Brake TE 65 Toby Cecil C 88 Michael Coleman WR 36 Dusty McGrorty RB 8 Russ Michna QB 19 Brandon Middleton WR 71 Matt Morgan T 51 Tony Newson LB Rookies in italics 53 active, 7 inactive, 8 practice squad

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 12	Arizona Cardinals	W 17–10	1–0	Edward Jones Dome	65,538
2	September 19	at Atlanta Falcons	L 17–34	1–1	Georgia Dome	70,882
3	September 26	New Orleans Saints	L 25–28 (OT)	1–2	Edward Jones Dome	65,856
4	October 3	at San Francisco 49ers	W 24–14	2–2	3Com Park	66,696
5	October 10	at Seattle Seahawks	W 33–27 (OT)	3–2	Qwest Field	66,940
6	October 18	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 28–21	4–2	Edward Jones Dome	66,040
7	October 24	at Miami Dolphins	L 14–31	4–3	Pro Player Stadium	72,945
8	Bye
9	November 7	New England Patriots	L 22–40	4–4	Edward Jones Dome	66,107
10	November 14	Seattle Seahawks	W 23–12	5–4	Edward Jones Dome	66,044
11	November 21	at Buffalo Bills	L 17–37	5–5	Ralph Wilson Stadium	72,393
12	November 28	at Green Bay Packers	L 17–45	5–6	Lambeau Field	70,385
13	December 5	San Francisco 49ers	W 16–6	6–6	Edward Jones Dome	65,793
14	December 12	at Carolina Panthers	L 7–20	6–7	Bank of America Stadium	73,306
15	December 19	at Arizona Cardinals	L 7–31	6–8	Sun Devil Stadium	40,070
16	December 27	Philadelphia Eagles	W 20–7	7–8	Edward Jones Dome	66,129
17	January 2	New York Jets	W 32–29 (OT)	8–8	Edward Jones Dome	65,877
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
Wildcard	January 8	at Seattle Seahawks (4)	W 27–20	1–0	Qwest Field	65,397
Divisional	January 15	at Atlanta Falcons (2)	L 17–47	1–1	Georgia Dome	70,709

2004_St._Louis_Rams_season

2004 St. Louis Rams season

Offseason

Draft

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

Week 1

Standings

Playoffs

Wild Card

References

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NFC West
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽⁴⁾ Seattle Seahawks	9	7	0	.563	3–3	8–4	371	373	W2
⁽⁵⁾ St. Louis Rams	8	8	0	.500	5–1	7–5	319	392	W2
Arizona Cardinals	6	10	0	.375	2–4	5–7	284	322	W1
San Francisco 49ers	2	14	0	.125	2–4	2–10	259	452	L3