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2004 New Orleans Saints

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 2nd in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 348 points (21.8/g), 14th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 405 points (25.3/g), 27th.
 Differential of -57 points (-3.6/g), 24th.
 Expected W-L: 6.6-9.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.4/g), 10th.

Coached by Jim Haslett (8-8-0)

2004 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 12 box L 0-1 Seattle Seahawks 7 21 12 281 207 74 3 21 415 246 169 2
2 Sun September 19 box W 1-1 San Francisco 49ers 30 27 17 302 256 46 1 22 370 190 180 3
3 Sun September 26 box W 2-1 @ St. Louis Rams 28 25 27 462 316 146 25 403 325 78 1
4 Sun October 3 box L 2-2 @ Arizona Cardinals 10 34 14 279 238 41 2 19 373 162 211 1
5 Sun October 10 box L 2-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 20 16 251 106 145 2 16 319 238 81 1
6 Sun October 17 box L 2-4 Minnesota Vikings 31 38 25 385 226 159 1 29 605 417 188 3
7 Sun October 24 box W 3-4 @ Oakland Raiders 31 26 20 322 280 42 20 432 350 82 2
8 Bye Week
9 Sun November 7 box L 3-5 @ San Diego Chargers 17 43 18 220 165 55 2 28 402 250 152
10 Sun November 14 box W 4-5 Kansas City Chiefs 27 20 20 374 240 134 1 28 497 297 200 4
11 Sun November 21 box L 4-6 Denver Broncos 13 34 20 411 362 49 4 18 389 224 165
12 Sun November 28 box L 4-7 @ Atlanta Falcons 21 24 19 306 165 141 2 21 396 210 186 2
13 Sun December 5 box L 4-8 Carolina Panthers 21 32 15 280 250 30 3 25 401 269 132
14 Sun December 12 box W 5-8 @ Dallas Cowboys 27 13 21 344 239 105 2 18 269 148 121 4
15 Sun December 19 box W 6-8 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 17 15 247 132 115 1 17 283 114 169 4
16 Sun December 26 box W 7-8 Atlanta Falcons 26 13 17 369 209 160 2 15 267 174 93 3
17 Sun January 2 box W 8-8 @ Carolina Panthers 21 18 15 360 196 164 21 320 274 46 3

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 348 5193 989 5.3 291 309 542 3587 21 16 6.2 177 406 1606 15 4.0 82 26 10 32
Team Defense 405 6141 1067 5.8 568 324 545 3888 24 13 6.7 193 485 2253 16 4.6 343 33 20 32
Lg Rank Offense 14 15 17 10 12 16 14 16 26 27 8 21 12 8
Lg Rank Defense 27 32 30 28 27 19 24 28 25 30 23 31 8 1

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Aaron Brooks 28 QB 16 16 309 542 57.0 3810 21 3.9 16 3.0 57 7.0 6.1 12.3 238.1 79.5 41 223 6.2 5.3 7.0
Team Total 28.1 16 309 542 57.0 3810 21 3.9 16 3.0 57 7.0 6.1 12.3 238.1 79.5 41 223 6.2 5.3 7.0
Opp Total 16 324 545 59.4 3888 24 4.4 13 2.4 7.1 6.5 12.0 243.0 86.1 37 207 6.7 5.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Deuce McAllister 26 RB 14 14 269 1074 9 71 4.0 76.7 19.2 34 228 6.7 0 20 2.4 16.3 1302 9 5
Aaron Stecker 29 16 3 58 244 2 42 4.2 15.3 3.6 29 174 6.0 0 26 1.8 10.9 418 2 1
Aaron Brooks 28 QB 16 16 58 173 4 15 3.0 10.8 3.6 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 174 4 13
Ki-Jana Carter 31 2 0 10 17 0 8 1.7 8.5 5.0 17 0 0
Donte Stallworth 24 WR 16 10 6 37 0 26 6.2 2.3 0.4 58 767 13.2 5 45 3.6 47.9 804 5 0
Mike Karney 23 FB 16 8 3 7 0 4 2.3 0.4 0.2 6 42 7.0 0 17 0.4 2.6 49 0 0
Fred McAfee 36 11 0 2 54 0 53 27.0 4.9 0.2 54 0 0
Joe Horn* 32 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 94 1399 14.9 11 57 5.9 87.4 1399 11 0
Jerome Pathon 29 wr 15 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 581 17.1 1 38 2.3 38.7 581 1 1
Boo Williams 25 te 16 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 33 362 11.0 2 22 2.1 22.6 362 2 2
Ernie Conwell 32 TE 16 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 102 10.2 1 28 0.6 6.4 102 1 0
Michael Lewis 33 RET 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 127 15.9 0 30 0.6 9.1 127 0 1
Talman Gardner 24 11 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 23 23.0 0 23 0.1 2.1 23 0 0
Lamont Hall 30 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 4 4.0 1 4 0.1 0.3 4 1 0
Team Total 28.1 16 406 1606 15 71 4.0 100.4 25.4 309 3810 12.3 21 57 19.3 238.1 5416 36 23
Opp Total 16 485 2253 16 4.6 140.8 30.3 324 3888 12.0 24 20.3 243.0 6141 40 31

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Michael Lewis 33 RET 14 1 34 382 0 53 11.2 51 1215 1 96 23.8 1724
Aaron Stecker 29 16 3 18 469 1 98 26.1 887
Fred McAfee 36 11 0 8 137 0 26 17.1 191
Donte Stallworth 24 WR 16 10 6 6 0 4 1.0 810
Lamont Hall 30 16 2 3 20 0 8 6.7 24
Orlando Ruff 28 mlb 14 8 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Will Smith 23 16 4 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Willie Whitehead 31 8 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Team Total 28.1 16 40 388 0 53 9.7 83 1879 2 98 22.6 7683
Opp Total 16 43 1 74 1710 0 23.1

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Mitch Berger* 32 P 16 0 85 3704 63 0 43.6
John Carney 40 K 16 0 3 3 15 12 6 5 3 2 27 22 81.5% 38 38 100.0%
Team Total 28.1 16 3 3 15 12 6 5 3 2 27 22 81.5% 38 38 100.0% 85 3704 63 0 43.6
Opp Total 16 35 31 88.6% 42 42 100.0% 71 2897 40.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Aaron Brooks 28 QB 16 16 13 6 -12 0
Darren Howard 28 RDE 13 12 11.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 37 9
Charles Grant 26 LDE 16 16 10.5 1 8 0 8 7 3 0 1 0 0 67 13
Will Smith 23 16 4 7.5 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 1 -1 0 32 10
Deuce McAllister 26 RB 14 14 5 2 0 0
Fakhir Brown 27 RCB 16 10 2 0 0 0 11 2 0 3 2 0 55 1
Mike McKenzie 28 LCB 10 10 5 19 0 14 11 31 2
Ashley Ambrose 34 lcb 9 6 3 19 0 19 9 1 0 1 40 0 23 3
Brian Young 27 RDT 15 15 2.5 0 0 1 0 0 40 19
Jay Bellamy 32 SS 16 16 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 12 0 74 18
Boo Williams 25 te 16 8 2 1 0 0
James Allen 25 LLB 16 10 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 35 16
Colby Bockwoldt 23 rlb 16 7 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 1 31 6
Tony Bryant 28 16 0 2.0 7 4 1
Tebucky Jones 30 FS 16 16 1 55 0 55 4 1 0 1 0 0 79 23
Fred Thomas 31 rcb 15 7 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 46 2
Courtney Watson 24 MLB 12 8 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 38 17
Ernie Conwell 32 TE 16 10 0 1 0 0
Deveron Harper 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
Michael Lewis 33 RET 14 1 1 0 0 0
Jamar Nesbit 28 16 4 0 1 0 0
Jerome Pathon 29 wr 15 7 1 0 0 0
Victor Riley 30 RT 16 15 0 1 0 0
Orlando Ruff 28 mlb 14 8 1 0 0 0 3 53 21
Donte Stallworth 24 WR 16 10 0 1 0 0
Aaron Stecker 29 16 3 1 0 -14 0
Johnathan Sullivan 23 7 4 0.5 11 3
Team Total 28.1 16 37.0 13 101 0 55 68 23 23 33 34 1 810 211 1
Opp Total 16 41 31 11 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
John Carney 40 K 16 0 38 22 104
Joe Horn* 32 WR 16 16 11 1 68
Deuce McAllister 26 RB 14 14 9 54
Donte Stallworth 24 WR 16 10 5 30
Aaron Brooks 28 QB 16 16 4 24
Aaron Stecker 29 16 3 2 1 18
Boo Williams 25 te 16 8 2 12
Colby Bockwoldt 23 rlb 16 7 1 6
Ernie Conwell 32 TE 16 10 1 6
Lamont Hall 30 16 2 1 6
Michael Lewis 33 RET 14 1 1 6
Mel Mitchell 25 15 0 1 6
Jerome Pathon 29 wr 15 7 1 6
Tony Bryant 28 16 0 1 2
Team Total 28.1 16 15 21 2 1 1 1 38 22 1 348
Opp Total 16 16 24 1 2 42 31 1 405