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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.
Simple Rating System: Total -5.6, Offense: -1.2, Defense: -4.3, SoS: -2.0, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Jim Haslett (8-8-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Mike McCarthy
Defensive Coordinator: Rick Venturi
Training Camp: Saints Training Facility (Metairie, Louisiana)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Aaron Brooks | 28 | 4 | 16 | 309 for 542, 3,810 yards, 21 td, 16 int, & 58 rushes for 173 yards and 4 td | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 131st pick / 1999 |
| RB | Deuce McAllister | 26 | 3 | 14 | 269 rushes for 1,074 yards, 9 td, & 34 catches for 228 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 23rd pick / 2001 |
| FB | Mike Karney | 23 | Rook | 8 | 3 rushes for 7 yards, 0 td, & 6 catches for 42 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 156th pick / 2004 |
| WR | Joe Horn* | 32 | 8 | 16 | 94 catches for 1,399 yards, 11 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 135th pick / 1996 |
| WR | Donte Stallworth | 24 | 2 | 10 | 58 catches for 767 yards, 5 td, & 6 rushes for 37 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 13th pick / 2002 |
| WR | Jerome Pathon | 29 | 6 | 7 | 34 catches for 581 yards, 1 td | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1998 |
| TE | Ernie Conwell | 32 | 8 | 10 | 10 catches for 102 yards, 1 td | St. Louis Rams / 2nd / 59th pick / 1996 |
| TE | Boo Williams | 25 | 3 | 8 | 33 catches for 362 yards, 2 td | |
| LT | Wayne Gandy | 33 | 10 | 16 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 15th pick / 1994 | |
| LG | Kendyl Jacox | 29 | 6 | 13 | ||
| C | LeCharles Bentley | 25 | 2 | 16 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 44th pick / 2002 | |
| RG | Montrae Holland | 24 | 1 | 13 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 102nd pick / 2003 | |
| RT | Victor Riley | 30 | 6 | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 27th pick / 1998 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Charles Grant | 26 | 2 | 16 | 10.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 25th pick / 2002 |
| LDT | Howard Green | 25 | 2 | 12 | Houston Texans / 6th / 190th pick / 2002 | |
| RDT | Brian Young | 27 | 4 | 15 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Rams / 5th / 139th pick / 2000 |
| RDE | Darren Howard | 28 | 4 | 12 | 11.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 33rd pick / 2000 |
| LLB | James Allen | 25 | 2 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 82nd pick / 2002 |
| LLB | Sedrick Hodge | 26 | 3 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 70th pick / 2001 | |
| MLB | Courtney Watson | 24 | Rook | 8 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 60th pick / 2004 |
| MLB | Orlando Ruff | 28 | 5 | 8 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | Derrick Rodgers | 33 | 7 | 8 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 92nd pick / 1997 | |
| RLB | Colby Bockwoldt | 23 | Rook | 7 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 240th pick / 2004 |
| LCB | Mike McKenzie | 28 | 5 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 87th pick / 1999 |
| LCB | Ashley Ambrose | 34 | 12 | 6 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 29th pick / 1992 |
| RCB | Fakhir Brown | 27 | 5 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Fred Thomas | 31 | 8 | 7 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 47th pick / 1996 |
| SS | Jay Bellamy | 32 | 10 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | Tebucky Jones | 30 | 6 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New England Patriots / 1st / 22nd pick / 1998 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | John Carney | 40 | 16 | 0 | 22 of 27 field goals & 38 of 38 extra points | |
| P | Mitch Berger* | 32 | 10 | 0 | 85 punts for a 43.6 average, 0 blocked | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 193rd pick / 1994 |
| PR | Michael Lewis | 33 | 3 | 1 | 34 punt returns for a 11.2 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Michael Lewis | 33 | 3 | 1 | 51 kick returns for a 23.8 average and 1 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | James Allen | 25 | LB | 16 | 10 | 240 | 6-2 | Oregon St. | 11/11/1979 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 82nd pick / 2002 |
| 33 | Ashley Ambrose | 34 | DB | 9 | 6 | 190 | 5-11 | Miss. Valley St. | 9/17/1970 | 12 | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 29th pick / 1992 |
| 20 | Jay Bellamy | 32 | DB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 5-11 | Rutgers | 7/8/1972 | 10 | |
| 65 | LeCharles Bentley | 25 | G-C | 16 | 16 | 313 | 6-2 | Ohio St. | 11/7/1979 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 44th pick / 2002 |
| 17 | Mitch Berger* | 32 | P | 16 | 0 | 220 | 6-4 | Colorado | 6/24/1972 | 10 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 193rd pick / 1994 |
| 57 | Colby Bockwoldt | 23 | LB | 16 | 7 | 235 | 6-1 | BYU | 4/14/1981 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 240th pick / 2004 |
| 4 | Todd Bouman | 32 | QB | 16 | 0 | 229 | 6-2 | St. Cloud St. | 8/1/1972 | 3 | |
| 2 | Aaron Brooks | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 220 | 6-4 | Virginia | 3/24/1976 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 131st pick / 1999 |
| 35 | Fakhir Brown | 27 | DB | 16 | 10 | 192 | 5-11 | Grambling St. | 9/21/1977 | 5 | |
| 92 | Tony Bryant | 28 | DE | 16 | 0 | 282 | 6-6 | Florida St. | 9/3/1976 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 40th pick / 1999 |
| 3 | John Carney | 40 | K | 16 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 4/20/1964 | 16 | |
| 32 | Ki-Jana Carter | 31 | RB | 2 | 0 | 222 | 5-10 | Penn St. | 9/12/1973 | 8 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 1st pick / 1995 |
| 85 | Ernie Conwell | 32 | TE | 16 | 10 | 255 | 6-2 | Washington | 8/17/1972 | 8 | St. Louis Rams / 2nd / 59th pick / 1996 |
| 21 | Jason Craft | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 187 | 5-10 | Colorado St. | 2/13/1976 | 5 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 5th / 160th pick / 1999 |
| 71 | Spencer Folau | 31 | T | 16 | 3 | 315 | 6-5 | Idaho | 4/5/1973 | 7 | |
| 72 | Wayne Gandy | 33 | T | 16 | 16 | 308 | 6-4 | Auburn | 2/10/1971 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 15th pick / 1994 |
| 88 | Talman Gardner | 24 | WR | 11 | 1 | 205 | 6-1 | Florida St. | 3/10/1980 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 231st pick / 2003 |
| 37 | Steve Gleason | 27 | DB | 15 | 0 | 215 | 5-11 | Washington St. | 3/19/1977 | 4 | |
| 94 | Charles Grant | 26 | DE | 16 | 16 | 282 | 6-3 | Georgia | 9/3/1978 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 25th pick / 2002 |
| 95 | Howard Green | 25 | DT | 14 | 12 | 320 | 6-2 | LSU | 1/12/1979 | 2 | Houston Texans / 6th / 190th pick / 2002 |
| 89 | Lamont Hall | 30 | TE | 16 | 2 | 260 | 6-4 | Clemson | 11/16/1974 | 5 | |
| 28 | Deveron Harper | 27 | DB | 5 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 11/15/1977 | 4 | |
| 19 | Devery Henderson | 22 | WR | 1 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | LSU | 3/26/1982 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 50th pick / 2004 |
| 52 | Sedrick Hodge | 26 | LB | 9 | 6 | 244 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 9/13/1978 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 70th pick / 2001 |
| 61 | Montrae Holland | 24 | G | 13 | 13 | 322 | 6-2 | Florida St. | 5/21/1980 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 102nd pick / 2003 |
| 87 | Joe Horn* | 32 | WR | 16 | 16 | 206 | 6-1 | Itawamba JC | 1/16/1972 | 8 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 135th pick / 1996 |
| 47 | Kevin Houser | 27 | C | 16 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Ohio St. | 8/23/1977 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 228th pick / 2000 |
| 93 | Darren Howard | 28 | DE | 13 | 12 | 275 | 6-3 | Kansas St. | 11/19/1976 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 33rd pick / 2000 |
| 64 | Kendyl Jacox | 29 | G-C | 13 | 13 | 330 | 6-2 | Kansas St. | 6/10/1975 | 6 | |
| 34 | Tebucky Jones | 30 | DB | 16 | 16 | 218 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 10/6/1974 | 6 | New England Patriots / 1st / 22nd pick / 1998 |
| 44 | Mike Karney | 23 | FB | 16 | 8 | 254 | 5-11 | Arizona St. | 7/6/1981 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 156th pick / 2004 |
| 53 | Roger Knight | 26 | LB | 15 | 0 | 245 | 6-0 | Wisconsin | 10/11/1978 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 182nd pick / 2001 |
| 75 | Rodney Leisle | 23 | DT | 2 | 0 | 315 | 6-3 | UCLA | 2/5/1981 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 139th pick / 2004 |
| 84 | Michael Lewis | 33 | WR | 14 | 1 | 165 | 5-8 | none | 11/14/1971 | 3 | |
| 25 | Fred McAfee | 36 | RB | 11 | 0 | 193 | 5-10 | Mississippi Col. | 6/20/1968 | 13 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 154th pick / 1991 |
| 26 | Deuce McAllister | 26 | RB | 14 | 14 | 232 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 12/27/1978 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 23rd pick / 2001 |
| 43 | Mike McKenzie | 28 | DB | 10 | 10 | 194 | 6-0 | Memphis | 4/26/1976 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 87th pick / 1999 |
| 51 | Terrence Melton | 27 | LB | 2 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Rice | 1/1/1977 | Rook | |
| 40 | Mel Mitchell | 25 | DB | 15 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | West. Kentucky | 2/10/1979 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 150th pick / 2002 |
| 24 | Monty Montgomery | 31 | DB | 5 | 0 | 197 | 5-11 | Houston | 12/8/1973 | 7 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 117th pick / 1997 |
| 67 | Jamar Nesbit | 28 | G-C | 16 | 4 | 329 | 6-4 | South Carolina | 12/17/1976 | 5 | |
| 80 | Jerome Pathon | 29 | WR | 15 | 7 | 195 | 6-0 | Acadia (Canada),Washington | 12/16/1975 | 6 | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1998 |
| 68 | Victor Riley | 30 | T-G | 16 | 15 | 328 | 6-5 | Auburn | 11/4/1974 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 27th pick / 1998 |
| 59 | Derrick Rodgers | 33 | LB | 8 | 8 | 230 | 6-0 | Arizona St. | 10/14/1971 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 92nd pick / 1997 |
| 56 | Orlando Ruff | 28 | LB | 14 | 8 | 250 | 6-3 | Furman | 9/28/1976 | 5 | |
| 54 | Darrin Smith | 34 | LB | 3 | 0 | 236 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 4/15/1970 | 11 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 54th pick / 1993 |
| 99 | Shaun Smith | 23 | DT | 5 | 1 | 320 | 6-2 | South Carolina | 8/19/1981 | Rook | |
| 91 | Will Smith | 23 | DE | 16 | 4 | 282 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 7/4/1981 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 18th pick / 2004 |
| 83 | Donte Stallworth | 24 | WR | 16 | 10 | 197 | 6-0 | Tennessee | 11/10/1980 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 13th pick / 2002 |
| 27 | Aaron Stecker | 29 | RB | 16 | 3 | 213 | 5-10 | Wisconsin,West. Illinois | 11/13/1975 | 4 | |
| 78 | Jon Stinchcomb | 25 | T | 4 | 0 | 302 | 6-5 | Georgia | 8/27/1979 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 37th pick / 2003 |
| 97 | Johnathan Sullivan | 23 | DT | 7 | 4 | 313 | 6-3 | Georgia | 1/21/1981 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 6th pick / 2003 |
| 22 | Fred Thomas | 31 | DB | 15 | 7 | 184 | 5-9 | Miss. Valley St.,Mississippi,Tenn-Martin | 9/11/1973 | 8 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 47th pick / 1996 |
| 55 | Courtney Watson | 24 | LB | 12 | 8 | 246 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 9/18/1980 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 60th pick / 2004 |
| 98 | Willie Whitehead | 31 | DE-DT | 8 | 0 | 300 | 6-3 | Auburn | 1/26/1973 | 5 | |
| 82 | Boo Williams | 25 | TE | 16 | 8 | 270 | 6-4 | Arkansas | 6/22/1979 | 3 | |
| 66 | Brian Young | 27 | DT | 15 | 15 | 298 | 6-2 | Texas-El Paso | 7/8/1977 | 4 | St. Louis Rams / 5th / 139th pick / 2000 |
| Team Total | 28.1 | 16 | 246.4 | 6-1.3 | 4.6 |