From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2004 Minnesota Vikings season
2004 Minnesota Vikings season
Round Pick Name Position College
1 (20) Kenechi Udeze Defensive End USC
2 (48) Dontarrious Thomas Linebacker Auburn
3 (88) Darrion Scott Defensive End Ohio State
4 (115) Nat Dorsey Offensive Tackle Georgia Tech
4 (119) Mewelde Moore Running Back Tulane
5 (155) Rod Davis Linebacker Southern Mississippi
6 (184) Deandre Eiland Strong Safety South Carolina
7 (220) Jeff Dugan Tight End Maryland
2004 Minnesota Vikings season 2004 Draft
Head coach Mike Tice
Home field Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Personnel
Results
Staff
2004 Minnesota Vikings staff
Record 8–8
Front Office Defensive Coaches
Division Place 2nd NFC North
• Owner – Red • Defensive
Playoff finish Won NFC Wild Card Playoff McCombs Coordinator/
Lost NFC Divisional Playoff • President – Gary Linebackers – Ted
Timeline
Woods Cottrell
• Vice President of • Defensive Line –
Football Brian Baker
Previous season Next season
Operations – Rob • Secondary – Chuck
2003 2005 Brzezinski Knox, Jr.
Head Coaches • Assistant
2004 was the 44th year of season play for the Minnesota • Head Coach – Secondary – Kevin
Vikings and the 85th regular season of the National Foot- Mike Tice Ross
ball League. Offensive Coaches • Defensive
The Vikings finished the 2004 season going 3-7 over • Offensive Assistant/
the final 10 weeks just like they did in 2003. However, Coordinator/ Assistant
they made the playoffs with an 8-8 record. Daunte Quarterbacks – Linebackers – Pete
Culpepper amassed MVP-like statistics, throwing for Scott Linehan Bercich
4,717 passing yards (leading the NFL), 39 passing touch- • Running Backs – • Defensive Quality
downs (a Viking record), and 5,123 total yards (an NFL Dean Dalton Control – Jim
record). In the wild card matchup, the Vikings defeated • Wide Receivers – Panagos
the rival Green Bay Packers in their first ever playoff Charlie Baggett Special Teams Coach-
meeting, 31-17, becoming the second team in NFL history • Tight Ends/ es
to have a .500 record (8-8) in the regular season and win Assistant • Special Teams –
a playoff game (the first team to do it was the St. Louis Offensive Line – Rusty Tillman
Rams, who beat Seattle 27-20 the day before the Vikings- John Tice Strength and Condi-
Packers game took place). In the divisional round, the • Offensive Line – tioning
Vikings were defeated by the eventual NFC champion Steve Loney • Strength and
Philadelphia Eagles 27-14, ending their season in a game Conditioning –
noted for Viking penalties, turnovers, and other miscues. Kurtis Shultz
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2004 Minnesota Vikings season
Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 12, 2004 Dallas Cowboys W 35-17 64,105
2 September 20, 2004 at Philadelphia Eagles L 27-16 67,676
3 September 26, 2004 Chicago Bears W 27-22 64,163
4 Bye
5 October 10, 2004 at Houston Texans W 34-28 70,718
6 October 17, 2004 at New Orleans Saints W 38-31 64,900
7 October 24, 2004 Tennessee Titans W 20-3 64,108
8 October 31, 2004 New York Giants L 34-13 64,012
9 November 8, 2004 at Indianapolis Colts L 31-28 57,307
10 November 14, 2004 at Green Bay Packers L 34-31 70,671
11 November 21, 2004 Detroit Lions W 22-19 64,156
12 November 28, 2004 Jacksonville Jaguars W 27-16 64,004
13 December 5, 2004 at Chicago Bears L 24-14 62,051
14 December 12, 2004 Seattle Seahawks L 27-23 64,110
15 December 19, 2004 at Detroit Lions W 28-27 62,337
16 December 24, 2004 Green Bay Packers L 34-31 64,311
17 January 2, 2005 at Washington Redskins L 21-18 76,876
NFC North
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Green Bay Packers 10 6 0 .625 5–1 9–3 424 380 W2
Minnesota Vikings 8 8 0 .500 3–3 5–7 405 395 L2
Detroit Lions 6 10 0 .375 2–4 5–7 296 350 L1
Chicago Bears 5 11 0 .313 2–4 4–8 231 331 L4
Week Date Opponent Result
Wildcard January 9, 2005 at Green Bay Packers W 31-17
Division January 16, 2005 at Philadelphia Eagles L 27-14
• Offensive Quality
Control – Randy
• Assistant Strength
and Conditioning
Regular season
Hanson – Mark Ellis
Schedule
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Standings
Playoffs
References
[1] 2009 Minnesota Vikings Media Guide. p. 251.
http://www.vikings.com/news/media-guide.html.
Retrieved 2010-03-06.
2004 NFL season
AFC East North South West East Nor
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