2004 Kansas City Chiefs season

The 2004 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's 45th season, their 42nd in Kansas City, and 35th in the National Football League.

2004 Kansas City Chiefs season
Head coach	Dick Vermeil
Home field	Arrowhead Stadium
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	3rd AFC West
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	FB Tony Richardson TE Tony Gonzalez T Willie Roaf G Brian Waters G Will Shields LS Kendall Gammon

The 2004 season proved not to be as successful as the team's previous season. Though the Chiefs finished the regular season with the most yards and the second highest number of points, they also had a losing record of 7–9 and no playoff appearance. In fact, the Chiefs' 483 points-scored was the highest total in NFL history for a team that finished the season with a losing record.[1]

Roster

2004 Kansas City Chiefs final roster

	Quarterbacks 15 Todd Collins 10 Trent Green 19 Damon Huard Running backs 31 Priest Holmes 27 Larry Johnson 24 Derrick Blaylock 49 Tony Richardson FB 42 Ronnie Cruz FB Wide receivers 85 Marc Boerigter 82 Dante Hall 81 Chris Horn 87 Eddie Kennison 80 Johnnie Morton 18 Samie Parker 17 Richard Smith Tight ends 89 Jason Dunn 88 Tony Gonzalez 84 Kris Wilson		Offensive linemen 65 Jordan Black T 67 Chris Bober C 77 Willie Roaf T 68 Will Shields G 54 Brian Waters G 76 John Welbourn T 62 Casey Wiegmann C Defensive linemen 69 Jared Allen DE 75 Lional Dalton DT 94 Junior Siavii DT 90 Ryan Sims DT 96 Jimmy Wilkerson DE		Linebackers 56 Monty Beisel 51 Scott Fujita 50 Kawika Mitchell ILB 91 Rich Scanlon ILB 55 Gary Stills OLB Defensive backs 35 Willie Pile 20 Benny Sapp CB 44 Eric Warfield CB 25 Greg Wesley S 21 Jerome Woods FS Special teams  5 Steve Cheek P  1 Lawrence Tynes K 83 Kendall Gammon LS/TE		Reserve lists 99 Vonnie Holliday DE (IR) Practice squad Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 12, 2004	at Denver Broncos	L 24–34	0–1	Invesco Field at Mile High	Recap
2	September 19, 2004	Carolina Panthers	L 17–28	0–2	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
3	September 26, 2004	Houston Texans	L 21–24	0–3	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
4	October 4, 2004	at Baltimore Ravens	W 27–24	1–3	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
5	Bye
6	October 17, 2004	at Jacksonville Jaguars	L 16–22	1–4	Alltel Stadium	Recap
7	October 24, 2004	Atlanta Falcons	W 56–10	2–4	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
8	October 31, 2004	Indianapolis Colts	W 45–35	3–4	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
9	November 7, 2004	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 31–34	3–5	Raymond James Stadium	Recap
10	November 14, 2004	at New Orleans Saints	L 20–27	3–6	Louisiana Superdome	Recap
11	November 22, 2004	New England Patriots	L 19–27	3–7	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
12	November 28, 2004	San Diego Chargers	L 31–34	3–8	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
13	December 5, 2004	at Oakland Raiders	W 34–27	4–8	McAfee Coliseum	Recap
14	December 13, 2004	at Tennessee Titans	W 49–38	5–8	The Coliseum	Recap
15	December 19, 2004	Denver Broncos	W 45–17	6–8	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
16	December 25, 2004	Oakland Raiders	W 31–30	7–8	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
17	January 2, 2005	at San Diego Chargers	L 17–24	7–9	Qualcomm Stadium	Recap

Standings

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
^(4) San Diego Chargers	12	4	0	.750	5–1	9–3	446	313	W1
^(6) 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

References

1. Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the regular season, team with non-winning record, sorted by descending Points For.