2004 Houston Texans season

2004 Houston Texans season
Owner	Bob McNair
General manager	Charley Casserly
Head coach	Dom Capers
Home field	Reliant Stadium
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	3rd AFC South
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	1 WR Andre Johnson

The 2004 Houston Texans season was the third season in franchise history and saw the expansion club make a two-game improvement on its previous season record. This was the first season in franchise history where the Texans did not finish in last place in the AFC South. The Texans also earned their first victory over the Tennessee Titans, who preceded the Texans in Houston, this season.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 2004 NFL draft

2004 Houston Texans draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	10	Dunta Robinson	Cornerback	South Carolina
1	27	Jason Babin *	Defensive end	Western Michigan
4	122	Glenn Earl	Safety	Notre Dame
6	170	Vontez Duff	Defensive back	Notre Dame
6	200	Charlie Anderson	Linebacker	Mississippi
6	175	Jammal Lord	Running back	Nebraska
7	210	Raheem Orr	Linebacker	Rutgers
7	211	Sloan Thomas	Wide receiver	Texas
7	248	B. J. Symons	Quarterback	Texas Tech
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff

2004 Houston Texans staff

Front office Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer – Bob McNair Senior Vice President and General Manager – Charley Casserly Associate Director of Pro Scouting – Bobby Grier Associate Director of Pro Scouting – Miller McCalmon Coordinator of College Scouting – Mike Maccagnan Head coaches Head Coach – Dom Capers Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Chris Palmer Quarterbacks – Greg Roman Running Backs – Chick Harris Wide Receivers – Kippy Brown Tight Ends – Tony Marciano Offensive Line – Joe Pendry Assistant Offensive Line – Steve Marshall

Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Vic Fangio Defensive Line – Todd Grantham Linebackers – Tom Olivadotti Defensive Backs/Secondary – Jon Hoke Assistant Defensive Backs/Secondary – Tony Oden Special teams coaches Special Teams Coordinator – Joe Marciano Assistant Special Teams – Eric Sutulovich Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Dan Riley Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Ray Wright

Roster

2004 Houston Texans roster

Quarterbacks (QB)  8 David Carr Running backs (RB) 44 Moran Norris FB 32 Jonathan Wells 37 Domanick Williams Wide receivers (WR) 85 Corey Bradford 86 Jabar Gaffney 80 Andre Johnson Tight ends (TE) 87 Mark Bruener 82 Billy Miller 81 Matt Murphy

Offensive linemen (OL) 76 Steve McKinney C 69 Chester Pitts G/T 71 Todd Wade T 70 Fred Weary G 72 Zach Wiegert G Defensive linemen (DL) 94 Jason Babin DE 95 Jerry DeLoach DT 91 Seth Payne DT 92 Corey Sears DE 98 Robaire Smith DT 96 Gary Walker DE

Linebackers (LB) 54 Troy Evans 56 Jay Foreman 53 Shantee Orr 55 Jamie Sharper 52 Kailee Wong Defensive backs (DB) 33 Jason Bell CB 42 Marcus Coleman CB 26 Glenn Earl SS 38 Demarcus Faggins CB 23 Dunta Robinson CB 30 Jason Simmons CB 43 Kenny Wright CB Special teams  3 Kris Brown K 48 Bryan Pittman LS  7 Chad Stanley P

Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 12, 2004	San Diego Chargers	L 20–27	70,255
2	September 19, 2004	at Detroit Lions	L 16–28	61,465
3	September 26, 2004	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 24–21	77,433
4	October 3, 2004	Oakland Raiders	W 30–17	70,741
5	October 10, 2004	Minnesota Vikings	L 28–34 (OT)	70,718
6	October 17, 2004	at Tennessee Titans	W 20–10	68,932
7	Bye
8	October 31, 2004	Jacksonville Jaguars	W 20–6	70,502
9	November 7, 2004	at Denver Broncos	L 13–31	74,292
10	November 14, 2004	at Indianapolis Colts	L 14–49	56,511
11	November 21, 2004	Green Bay Packers	L 13–16	70,769
12	November 28, 2004	Tennessee Titans	W 31–21	70,721
13	December 5, 2004	at New York Jets	L 7–29	77,875
14	December 12, 2004	Indianapolis Colts	L 14–23	70,762
15	December 19, 2004	at Chicago Bears	W 24–5	62,122
16	December 26, 2004	at Jacksonville Jaguars	W 21–0	66,227
17	January 2, 2005	Cleveland Browns	L 14–22	70,724

Standings

AFC South
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
(3) Indianapolis Colts	12	4	0	.750	5–1	8–4	522	351	L1
Jacksonville Jaguars	9	7	0	.563	2–4	6–6	261	280	W1
Houston Texans	7	9	0	.438	4–2	6–6	309	339	L1
Tennessee Titans	5	11	0	.313	1–5	3–9	344	439	W1