2004 Kansas City Chiefs

2004 Kansas City Chiefs season
Owner	Lamar Hunt
Head Coach	Dick Vermeil
General Manager	Carl Peterson
Home Field	Arrowhead Stadium
Results
Record	7–9
Place	3rd AFC West
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
2003	2005

The 2004 Kansas City Chiefs 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 amount of points, they also had a losing record of 7–9 and no playoff appearance.

Offseason

NFL Draft

2004 Kansas City Chiefs Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
2	36	Junior Siavii	Defensive tackle	Oregon
2	61	Kris Wilson	Tight end	Pittsburgh
3	93	Keyaron Fox	Linebacker	Georgia Tech
4	105	Samie Parker	Wide receiver	Oregon
4	126	Jared Allen	Defensive end	Idaho State
6	195	Jeris McIntyre	Wide receiver	Auburn
7	212	Kevin Sampson	Offensive tackle	Syracuse

Personnel

Staff / Coaches

2004 Kansas City Chiefs final staff
	Front Office Founder – Lamar Hunt President/general manager/chief executive officer – Carl Peterson Chairman of the board – Jack Steadman Vice chairman of the board – Clark Hunt Executive vice president/assistant general manager – Dennis Thum Vice president of football operations/player personnel – Lynn Stiles Director of football administration – Mike White Director of pro personnel – Bill Kuharich Head Coaches Head coach – Dick Vermeil Assistant head coach/offensive coordinator – Al Saunders Offensive Coaches Quarterbacks – Jason Verduzco Running backs – James Saxon Wide receivers – Charlie Joiner Tight ends – Keith Rowen Offensive line – Mike Solari Assistant offensive line – Irv Eatman Offensive assistant/quality control – Jason Verduzco Offensive quality control – Bob Saunders			Defensive Coaches Defensive coordinator – Gunther Cunningham Defensive line – Carl Hairston Defensive line – Bob Karmelowicz Linebackers – Fred Pagac Defensive backs – Peter Giunta Defensive assistant/quality control – Darvin Wallis Special Teams Coaches Special teams – Frank Gansz Jr Assistant special teams – Chad O'Shea Strength and Conditioning Strength and conditioning – Jeff Hurd Assistant strength and conditioning – Billy Long

Roster

2004 Kansas City Chiefs final roster
	Quarterbacks 15 Todd Collins 10 Trent Green 19 Damon Huard Running backs 24 Derrick Blaylock 43 Omar Easy FB 27 Larry Johnson 49 Tony Richardson FB Wide receivers 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/T 66 Johnathan Ingram C 77 Willie Roaf T 79 Kevin Sampson T 68 Will Shields G 54 Brian Waters G 62 Casey Wiegmann C 74 Brett Williams T Defensive linemen 69 Jared Allen DE 93 John Browning DE/DT 75 Lional Dalton DT 98 Eric Hicks DE 94 Junior Siavii DT 90 Ryan Sims DT 55 Gary Stills DE 96 Jimmy Wilkerson DE		Linebackers 56 Monty Beisel MLB/OLB 52 Quinton Caver OLB 97 Keyaron Fox OLB 51 Scott Fujita OLB 53 Fred Jones OLB 50 Kawika Mitchell MLB 91 Rich Scanlon MLB Defensive backs 24 William Bartee CB 26 Julian Battle CB 41 Scott Connot SS 42 Shaunard Harts FS 22 Dexter McCleon CB 35 Willie Pile SS 20 Benny Sapp CB 44 Eric Warfield CB 25 Greg Wesley SS 21 Jerome Woods FS Special teams  4 Nick Murphy P 83 Kendall Gammon LS  1 Lawrence Tynes K		Reserve lists 59 Shawn Barber LB (IR) 85 Marc Boerigter WR (IR) 99 Vonnie Holliday DE (IR) 31 Priest Holmes RB (IR) 57 Mike Maslowski LB (IR) 76 John Welbourn T (IR) Practice squad 13 John Booth WR 34 Ronnie Cruz FB 47 Aaron Golliday TE 60 Aaron Johnson G 14 Jeris McIntyre WR 73 Matt Miller T 61 Montique Sharpe DT 30 McKenzi Smith RB Rookies in italics 53 Active, 6 Inactive, 8 Practice squad

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 12, 2004	at Denver Broncos	L 34–24	75,939
2	September 19, 2004	Carolina Panthers	L 28–17	78,136
3	September 26, 2004	Houston Texans	L 24–21	77,433
4	October 4, 2004	at Baltimore Ravens	W 27–24	69,827
5	Bye
6	October 17, 2004	at Jacksonville Jaguars	L 22–16	66,413
7	October 24, 2004	Atlanta Falcons	W 56–10	78,260
8	October 31, 2004	Indianapolis Colts	W 45–35	78,312
9	November 7, 2004	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 34–31	65,495
10	November 14, 2004	at New Orleans Saints	L 27–20	64,900
11	November 22, 2004	New England Patriots	L 27–19	78,431
12	November 28, 2004	San Diego Chargers	L 34–31	77,447
13	December 5, 2004	at Oakland Raiders	W 34–27	51,292
14	December 13, 2004	at Tennessee Titans	W 49–38	68,932
15	December 19, 2004	Denver Broncos	W 45–17	77,702
16	December 25, 2004	Oakland Raiders	W 31–30	77,289
17	January 2, 2005	at San Diego Chargers	L 24–17	64,920

Standings

Template:2004 AFC West standings

External links

• 2004 Kansas City Chiefs season article at Wikipedia
• 2004 Kansas City CHiefs season at Pro FOotball Reference