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2004 Cleveland Browns season

The2004 Cleveland Browns seasonwas the team's 56th season and 52nd with theNational Football League.The Browns were looking to improve on their 5–11 record from 2003 and return to their 2002 playoff position; however, hindered by a tough schedule they regressed further and only won four games. On November 30, Butch Davis resigned as head coach and general manager of the team. He was succeeded by offensive coordinator Terry Robiskie. Robiskie promoted tight end coach Rob Chudzinski to offensive coordinator.

2004Cleveland Brownsseason
OwnerRandy Lerner
Head coachButch Davis(3–8 record)
Terry Robiskie(1–4 record) (interim)
Offensive coordinatorTerry Robiskie
Defensive coordinatorDave Campo
Home fieldCleveland Browns Stadium
Local radioWTAM·WMMS
Results
Record4–12
Division place4thAFC North
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro BowlersNone
Primay logo used by the Cleveland Browns, 2003-present
Cleveland Browns logo

On September 12, the Browns defeatedthe Baltimore Ravens,20–3, marking the team's only Week 1 win since returning to the NFL in1999until they defeatedthe Carolina Panthersin2022,26–24. In the 24 seasons since the Browns returned to the league, the Browns opening week record is 3–20–1.

2004 NFL Draft

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Draft order Player name Position College
Round Pick
1 6 Kellen Winslow Tight end Miami
2 59 Sean Jones Safety Georgia
4 106 Luke McCown Quarterback Louisiana Tech
5 161 Amon Gordon Defensive lineman Stanford
6 176 Kirk Chambers Offensive lineman Stanford
7 208 Adimchinobi Echemandu Running back California

Personnel

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2004 Cleveland Browns staff

Front office

  • Owner and chairman –Randy Lerner
  • President and chief executive officer –John Collins
  • Director of Pro Personnel - Jeremy Green
  • Pro Personnel Coordinator - Steve Sabo
  • Director of college personnel – Phil Neri

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Buddy Morris
  • Assistant strength and conditioning –Tom Myslinski
  • Assistant strength and conditioning - Rob Phillips


Roster

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2004 Cleveland Browns roster
Quarterbacks(QB)

Running backs(RB)

Wide receivers(WR)

Tight ends(TE)

Offensive linemen(OL)

Defensive linemen(DL)

Linebackers(LB)

Defensive backs(DB)

Special teams

Practice squad

Reserve

Rookies in italics
53 active, 17 reserve, 8 practice squad

Schedule

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Football statistics siteFootball Outsiderscalculated that the 2004 Browns played the toughest schedule of any NFL team between 1989 and 2013, based on strength of opponent,[1]althoughPro Football Reference[2]argues that their schedule was only the fifth-toughest in this span and twelfth-toughest non-strike since1971.[note 1]The Browns played just one game – their Week 16 contest against the Miami Dolphins – against a team with fewer than six wins, and played five against opponents with 12 or more wins, including a total of three against Steelers and Patriots who were a combined 28–2 against their remaining opponents.

Apart from theirAFC Northdivision games, the Browns played against theAFC EastandNFC Eastaccording to the conference rotation, and playedthe ChargersandTexansbased on 2003 divisional positions.

Week Date Opponent Result Record Stadium Attendance
1 September 12 Baltimore Ravens W20–3 1–0 Cleveland Browns Stadium 73,068
2 September 19 atDallas Cowboys L12–19 1–1 Texas Stadium 63,119
3 September 26 atNew York Giants L10–27 1–2 Giants Stadium 78,521
4 October 3 Washington Redskins W17–13 2–2 Cleveland Browns Stadium 73,348
5 October 10 atPittsburgh Steelers L23–34 2–3 Heinz Field 63,609
6 October 17 Cincinnati Bengals W34–17 3–3 Cleveland Browns Stadium 73,263
7 October 24 Philadelphia Eagles L31–34(OT) 3–4 Cleveland Browns Stadium 73,394
8 Bye
9 November 7 atBaltimore Ravens L13–27 3–5 M&T Bank Stadium 69,781
10 November 14 Pittsburgh Steelers L10–24 3–6 Cleveland Browns Stadium 73,703
11 November 21 New York Jets L7–10 3–7 Cleveland Browns Stadium 72,547
12 November 28 atCincinnati Bengals L48–58 3–8 Paul Brown Stadium 65,677
13 December 5 New England Patriots L15–42 3–9 Cleveland Browns Stadium 73,028
14 December 12 atBuffalo Bills L7–37 3–10 Ralph Wilson Stadium 72,330
15 December 19 San Diego Chargers L0–21 3–11 Cleveland Browns Stadium 72,489
16 December 26 atMiami Dolphins L7–10 3–12 Pro Player Stadium 73,169
17 January 2 atHouston Texans W22–14 4–12 Reliant Stadium 70,724
Note:Intra-divisional opponents are inboldtext.

Standings

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AFC North
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(1)Pittsburgh Steelers 15 1 0 .938 5–1 11–1 372 251 W14
Baltimore Ravens 9 7 0 .563 3–3 6–6 317 268 W1
Cincinnati Bengals 8 8 0 .500 2–4 4–8 374 372 W2
Cleveland Browns 4 12 0 .250 2–4 3–9 276 390 W1
AFC[3]
# Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK
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]
  1. ^abIndianapolis clinched the AFC #3 seed instead of San Diego based upon head-to-head victory.
  2. ^abNew York Jets clinched the AFC #5 seed instead of Denver based upon better record against common opponents (New York Jets were 5–0 to Denver’s 3–2 against San Diego, Cincinnati, Houston, and Miami).
  3. ^abcJacksonville and Baltimore finished ahead of Buffalo because they each defeated Buffalo head-to-head.
  4. ^abJacksonville finished ahead of Baltimore based upon better record against common opponents (Jacksonville were 3–2 against Baltimore’s 2–3 versus Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Buffalo and Kansas City).
  5. ^abHouston finished ahead of Kansas City based upon head-to-head victory.
  6. ^abOakland finished ahead of Tennessee based upon head-to-head victory.
  7. ^abMiami finished ahead of Cleveland based upon head-to-head victory.
  8. ^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.


Notes

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  1. ^Tougher schedules according toPro Football Referencein non-strike seasons since 1971 were suffered by, in descending order of toughness,the 2010 Buffalo Bills,the 1975 Brownsand1975 Jets(equal),the 2009 Tampa Bay Buccaneers,the 2010 Miami Dolphins,the 1979 Cincinnati Bengals,the 1977 Kansas City Chiefs,the 1973 San Francisco 49ers,and lastly bythe 1991 Phoenix Cardinalsand2015 San Francisco 49ers(equal).

References

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  1. ^Football Outsiders;DVOA Analysis:‘Let Me Check My Schedule’
  2. ^Pro Football Reference2004 Cleveland Browns
  3. ^"2004 Conference Standings".NFL.RetrievedApril 6,2024.
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