2004 San Diego Chargers
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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 446 points (27.9/g), 3rd of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 313 points (19.6/g), 11th.
Differential of 133 points (8.3/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 11.2-4.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +15 (0.9/g), 3rd.
Simple Rating System: Total 9.1, Offense: 6.1, Defense: 3.0, SoS: 0.8, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Marty Schottenheimer (12-4-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Cam Cameron
Defensive Coordinator: Wade Phillips
Training Camp: Home Depot Center (Carson, California)
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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 | Drew Brees* | 25 | 3 | 15 | 262 for 400, 3,159 yards, 27 td, 7 int, & 53 rushes for 85 yards and 2 td | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 32nd pick / 2001 |
| RB | LaDainian Tomlinson*+ | 25 | 3 | 15 | 339 rushes for 1,335 yards, 17 td, & 53 catches for 441 yards and 1 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 5th pick / 2001 |
| FB | Lorenzo Neal | 34 | 11 | 10 | 16 rushes for 53 yards, 0 td, & 13 catches for 66 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 89th pick / 1993 |
| WR | Kassim Osgood | 24 | 1 | 7 | 15 catches for 308 yards, 2 td | |
| WR | Eric Parker | 25 | 2 | 13 | 47 catches for 690 yards, 4 td, & 4 rushes for 53 yards and 0 td | |
| WR | Reche Caldwell | 25 | 2 | 6 | 18 catches for 310 yards, 3 td, & 4 rushes for 45 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 48th pick / 2002 |
| WR | Keenan McCardell | 34 | 12 | 6 | 31 catches for 393 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for 3 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 12th / 326th pick / 1991 |
| TE | Antonio Gates*+ | 24 | 1 | 15 | 81 catches for 964 yards, 13 td | |
| LT | Roman Oben | 32 | 8 | 16 | New York Giants / 3rd / 66th pick / 1996 | |
| LG | Toniu Fonoti | 23 | 2 | 16 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 39th pick / 2002 | |
| C | Nick Hardwick | 23 | Rook | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 66th pick / 2004 |
| RG | Mike Goff | 28 | 6 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 78th pick / 1998 |
| RT | Shane Olivea | 23 | Rook | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 209th pick / 2004 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jacques Cesaire | 24 | 1 | 12 | 0.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| NT | Jamal Williams | 28 | 6 | 15 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 2nd pick / 1998 Supp |
| RDE | Igor Olshansky | 22 | Rook | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 35th pick / 2004 |
| LOLB | Ben Leber | 26 | 2 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 71st pick / 2002 |
| LILB | Donnie Edwards | 31 | 8 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 98th pick / 1996 |
| RILB | Randall Godfrey | 31 | 8 | 15 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 49th pick / 1996 |
| ROLB | Steve Foley | 29 | 6 | 16 | 10.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 75th pick / 1998 |
| LCB | Sammy Davis | 24 | 1 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 30th pick / 2003 |
| RCB | Quentin Jammer | 25 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 5th pick / 2002 |
| RCB | Drayton Florence | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 46th pick / 2003 |
| SS | Terrence Kiel | 24 | 1 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 62nd pick / 2003 |
| FS | Jerry Wilson | 31 | 8 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 105th pick / 1995 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Nate Kaeding | 22 | Rook | 0 | 20 of 25 field goals & 54 of 55 extra points | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 65th pick / 2004 |
| P | Mike Scifres | 24 | 1 | 0 | 69 punts for a 43.1 average, 0 blocked | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 149th pick / 2003 |
| PR | Eric Parker | 25 | 2 | 13 | 27 punt returns for a 8.8 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Tim Dwight | 29 | 6 | 0 | 50 kick returns for a 24.4 average and 1 td | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 114th pick / 1998 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | Dave Ball | 23 | DE | 6 | 0 | 275 | 6-6 | UCLA | 1/4/1981 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 133rd pick / 2004 |
| 60 | Jason Ball | 25 | C | 3 | 2 | 301 | 6-2 | New Hampshire | 3/21/1979 | 2 | |
| 50 | David Binn | 32 | C | 16 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | California | 2/6/1972 | 10 | |
| 65 | David Brandt | 27 | C-G | 3 | 0 | 309 | 6-4 | Michigan | 9/25/1977 | 3 | |
| 9 | Drew Brees* | 25 | QB | 15 | 15 | 209 | 6-0 | Purdue | 1/15/1979 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 32nd pick / 2001 |
| 45 | Robb Butler | 23 | DB | 5 | 0 | 217 | 6-0 | Robert Morris | 9/14/1981 | Rook | |
| 82 | Reche Caldwell | 25 | WR | 6 | 6 | 215 | 6-0 | Florida | 3/28/1979 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 48th pick / 2002 |
| 74 | Jacques Cesaire | 24 | DE-DT | 16 | 12 | 295 | 6-2 | Southern Connecticut St. | 8/30/1980 | 1 | |
| 24 | Jesse Chatman | 25 | RB | 15 | 0 | 215 | 5-8 | East. Washington | 9/22/1979 | 2 | |
| 54 | Stephen Cooper | 25 | LB | 16 | 2 | 235 | 6-1 | Maine | 6/19/1979 | 1 | |
| 22 | Sammy Davis | 24 | DB | 12 | 10 | 190 | 6-0 | Texas A&M | 4/8/1980 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 30th pick / 2003 |
| 68 | Kris Dielman | 23 | G | 15 | 0 | 310 | 6-4 | Indiana | 2/3/1981 | 1 | |
| 90 | Adrian Dingle | 27 | DE | 10 | 2 | 272 | 6-3 | Clemson | 6/25/1977 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 139th pick / 1999 |
| 93 | Eric Downing | 26 | DT | 3 | 0 | 315 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 9/16/1978 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 75th pick / 2001 |
| 87 | Tim Dwight | 29 | WR | 12 | 0 | 180 | 5-8 | Iowa | 7/13/1975 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 114th pick / 1998 |
| 59 | Donnie Edwards | 31 | LB | 16 | 16 | 227 | 6-2 | UCLA | 4/6/1973 | 8 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 98th pick / 1996 |
| 92 | Jason Fisk | 32 | DT-NT | 15 | 1 | 295 | 6-3 | Stanford | 9/4/1972 | 9 | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 243rd pick / 1995 |
| 25 | Jamar Fletcher | 25 | DB | 16 | 0 | 186 | 5-10 | Wisconsin | 8/28/1979 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 26th pick / 2001 |
| 29 | Drayton Florence | 24 | DB | 13 | 5 | 195 | 6-0 | Tenn-Chattanooga,Tuskegee | 12/19/1980 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 46th pick / 2003 |
| 13 | Malcom Floyd | 23 | WR | 4 | 2 | 201 | 6-5 | Wyoming | 9/8/1981 | Rook | |
| 7 | Doug Flutie | 42 | QB | 2 | 1 | 180 | 5-10 | Boston Col. | 10/23/1962 | 18 | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 285th pick / 1985 |
| 53 | Steve Foley | 29 | LB | 16 | 16 | 265 | 6-4 | La-Monroe | 9/11/1975 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 75th pick / 1998 |
| 77 | Toniu Fonoti | 23 | G | 16 | 16 | 349 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 11/26/1981 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 39th pick / 2002 |
| 85 | Antonio Gates*+ | 24 | TE | 15 | 15 | 260 | 6-4 | Kent St. | 6/18/1980 | 1 | |
| 58 | Randall Godfrey | 31 | LB | 15 | 15 | 245 | 6-2 | Georgia | 4/6/1973 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 49th pick / 1996 |
| 79 | Mike Goff | 28 | G | 16 | 16 | 306 | 6-5 | Iowa | 1/6/1976 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 78th pick / 1998 |
| 62 | Bob Hallen | 29 | G-C | 2 | 0 | 305 | 6-3 | Kent St. | 3/9/1975 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1998 |
| 61 | Nick Hardwick | 23 | C | 14 | 14 | 295 | 6-4 | Purdue | 9/12/1981 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 66th pick / 2004 |
| 42 | Clinton Hart | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Central Florida CC | 7/20/1977 | 1 | |
| 23 | Quentin Jammer | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 204 | 6-0 | Texas | 6/19/1979 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 5th pick / 2002 |
| 75 | Leander Jordan | 27 | T-G | 5 | 0 | 322 | 6-4 | Indiana (PA) | 9/15/1977 | 3 | Carolina Panthers / 3rd / 82nd pick / 2000 |
| 10 | Nate Kaeding | 22 | K | 16 | 0 | 187 | 6-0 | Iowa | 3/26/1982 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 65th pick / 2004 |
| 48 | Terrence Kiel | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 207 | 5-11 | Texas A&M | 11/24/1980 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 62nd pick / 2003 |
| 89 | Ryan Krause | 23 | TE | 1 | 1 | 256 | 6-3 | Nebraska-Omaha | 6/16/1981 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 169th pick / 2004 |
| 38 | George Layne | 26 | RB | 2 | 0 | 250 | 5-11 | TCU | 10/9/1978 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 108th pick / 2001 |
| 51 | Ben Leber | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 244 | 6-3 | Kansas St. | 12/7/1978 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 71st pick / 2002 |
| 86 | Keenan McCardell | 34 | WR | 7 | 6 | 191 | 6-1 | UNLV | 1/6/1970 | 12 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 326th pick / 1991 |
| 31 | Hanik Milligan | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Houston | 11/3/1979 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 188th pick / 2003 |
| 57 | Zeke Moreno | 26 | LB | 9 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | USC | 10/10/1978 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 139th pick / 2001 |
| 41 | Lorenzo Neal | 34 | FB | 16 | 10 | 255 | 5-11 | Fresno St. | 12/27/1970 | 11 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 89th pick / 1993 |
| 72 | Roman Oben | 32 | T | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-4 | Louisville | 10/9/1972 | 8 | New York Giants / 3rd / 66th pick / 1996 |
| 70 | Shane Olivea | 23 | T | 16 | 16 | 312 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 10/7/1981 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 209th pick / 2004 |
| 99 | Igor Olshansky | 22 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 309 | 6-6 | Oregon | 5/3/1982 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 35th pick / 2004 |
| 81 | Kassim Osgood | 24 | WR | 16 | 7 | 209 | 6-5 | San Diego St. | 5/20/1980 | 1 | |
| 88 | Eric Parker | 25 | WR | 15 | 13 | 180 | 6-0 | Tennessee | 4/14/1979 | 2 | |
| 84 | Justin Peelle | 25 | TE | 16 | 4 | 255 | 6-4 | Oregon | 3/15/1979 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 103rd pick / 2002 |
| 95 | Shaun Phillips | 23 | DE | 16 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Purdue | 5/13/1981 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 98th pick / 2004 |
| 34 | Andrew Pinnock | 24 | FB | 1 | 0 | 260 | 5-10 | South Carolina | 3/12/1980 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 229th pick / 2003 |
| 27 | Jerrell Pippens | 24 | DB | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 6/30/1980 | Rook | |
| 52 | Carlos Polk | 27 | LB | 1 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 2/22/1977 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 112th pick / 2001 |
| 94 | Robert Pollard | 23 | DE | 1 | 0 | 278 | 6-2 | TCU | 6/28/1981 | Rook | |
| 17 | Philip Rivers | 23 | QB | 2 | 0 | 228 | 6-5 | North Carolina St. | 12/8/1981 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 4th pick / 2004 |
| 80 | Micah Ross | 28 | WR | 7 | 0 | 221 | 6-2 | Jacksonville St. | 1/13/1976 | 3 | |
| 5 | Mike Scifres | 24 | P | 16 | 0 | 236 | 6-2 | West. Illinois | 10/8/1980 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 149th pick / 2003 |
| 78 | DeQuincy Scott | 26 | DT | 14 | 2 | 260 | 6-1 | Southern Miss | 3/5/1978 | 2 | |
| 83 | Bobby Shaw | 29 | WR | 7 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | California | 4/23/1975 | 5 | Seattle Seahawks / 6th / 169th pick / 1998 |
| 21 | LaDainian Tomlinson*+ | 25 | RB | 15 | 15 | 221 | 5-10 | TCU | 6/23/1979 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 5th pick / 2001 |
| 33 | Michael Turner | 22 | RB | 14 | 1 | 237 | 5-10 | Northern Illinois | 2/13/1982 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 154th pick / 2004 |
| 71 | Courtney Van Buren | 24 | T | 1 | 0 | 350 | 6-6 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 2/22/1980 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 80th pick / 2003 |
| 83 | Wes Welker | 23 | WR | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-9 | Texas Tech | 5/1/1981 | Rook | |
| 56 | Matt Wilhelm | 23 | LB | 7 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Ohio St. | 2/2/1981 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 112th pick / 2003 |
| 76 | Jamal Williams | 28 | DT-NT | 15 | 15 | 348 | 6-3 | Oklahoma St. | 4/28/1976 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 2nd pick / 1998 Supp |
| 20 | Jerry Wilson | 31 | DB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 5-11 | Southern | 7/17/1973 | 8 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 105th pick / 1995 |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 16 | 247.2 | 6-1.7 | 3.0 |