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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2004 Detroit LionsW2004 Detroit Lions↗

NFL · NFC North · 6–10 (.375) · 3rd in division · PF 296 · PA 350 · Coach Steve Mariucci

◀ 2003 2005 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 3047Joey Harrington
2. 77Mike McMahon

Rushing (yds)

1. 1133Kevin Jones
2. 264Shawn Bryson
3. 175Joey Harrington

Receiving (yds)

1. 817Roy Williams
2. 533Az-Zahir Hakim
3. 377Stephen Alexander

Sacks

1. 11.5James Hall
2. 4.5Shaun Rogers
3. 4Kalimba Edwards

Interceptions

1. 4Dre' Bly
2. 3Brock Marion
3. 1Bracy Walker

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	936	1062
EPA per play	-0.08	+0.00
Pass EPA per play	-0.13	+0.07
Rush EPA per play	-0.00	-0.07
Success rate	39.4%	42.7%
Pass rate	57.6%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.02, success rate 42.1%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2004-09-12	1	@ Chicago Bears	W 20–16	1–0	Soldier Field
2004-09-19	2	vs Houston Texans	W 28–16	2–0	Ford Field
2004-09-26	3	vs Philadelphia Eagles	L 13–30	2–1	Ford Field
2004-10-10	5	@ Atlanta Falcons	W 17–10	3–1	Georgia Dome
2004-10-17	6	vs Green Bay Packers	L 10–38	3–2	Ford Field
2004-10-24	7	@ New York Giants	W 28–13	4–2	Giants Stadium
2004-10-31	8	@ Dallas Cowboys	L 21–31	4–3	Texas Stadium
2004-11-07	9	vs Washington Redskins	L 10–17	4–4	Ford Field
2004-11-14	10	@ Jacksonville Jaguars	L 17–23 OT	4–5	Alltel Stadium
2004-11-21	11	@ Minnesota Vikings	L 19–22	4–6	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2004-11-25	12	vs Indianapolis Colts	L 9–41	4–7	Ford Field
2004-12-05	13	vs Arizona Cardinals	W 26–12	5–7	Ford Field
2004-12-12	14	@ Green Bay Packers	L 13–16	5–8	Lambeau Field
2004-12-19	15	vs Minnesota Vikings	L 27–28	5–9	Ford Field
2004-12-26	16	vs Chicago Bears	W 19–13	6–9	Ford Field
2005-01-02	17	@ Tennessee Titans	L 19–24	6–10	The Coliseum

Roster (63)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
3	Joey Harrington	QB	6-4	210	Oregon	2	ACT
5	Rick Mirer	QB	6-3	210	Notre Dame	11	ACT
8	Mike McMahon	QB	6-2	215	Rutgers	3	ACT
27	Paul Smith	FB	5-11	242	Texas-El Paso	4	RES
30	Cory Schlesinger	FB	6-0	247	Nebraska	9	ACT
33	Stephen Trejo	FB	6-2	250	Arizona State	3	ACT
21	Artose Pinner	RB	5-10	232	Kentucky	1	ACT
24	Shawn Bryson	RB	6-1	230	Tennessee	5	ACT
34	Kevin Jones	RB	6-0	225	Virginia Tech	0	ACT
40	Thump Belton	RB	6-0	232	Syracuse	0	ACT
10	Scott Vines	WR	6-1	204	Wyoming; College of Eastern Utah	1	ACT
11	Roy Williams	WR	6-3	215	Texas	0	ACT
18	Eddie Drummond	WR	5-9	188	Penn State	2	RES
80	Charles Rogers	WR	6-3	220	Michigan State	1	RES
81	Az-Zahir Hakim	WR	5-10	185	San Diego State	6	ACT
84	Tai Streets	WR	6-3	207	Michigan	5	ACT
87	David Kircus	WR	6-2	192	Grand Valley	1	ACT
88	Reggie Swinton	WR	6-0	194	Murray State	6	ACT
82	Casey Fitzsimmons	TE	6-4	260	Carroll College	1	ACT
83	John Owens	TE	6-3	255	Notre Dame	2	ACT
86	Stephen Alexander	TE	6-4	250	Oklahoma	6	ACT
51	Dominic Raiola	C	6-1	310	Nebraska	3	ACT
67	Don Muhlbach	C	6-4	258	Texas A&M	0	ACT
25	Fernando Bryant	CB	5-11	184	Alabama	5	ACT
29	Chris Cash	CB	5-10	185	USC; Palomar College	2	ACT
32	Dre' Bly	CB	5-10	188	North Carolina	5	ACT
35	Andre' Goodman	CB	5-10	191	South Carolina	2	ACT
38	Keith Smith	CB	5-11	191	McNeese State	0	ACT
39	Mike Echols	CB	5-10	185	Wisconsin	2	ACT
39	Chris Kern	CB	5-10	196	Mount Union College	1	CUT
26	Rod Babers	DB	5-9	185	Texas	1	RES
91	Robert Porcher	DE	6-3	275	South Carolina State; Tennessee State	12	CUT
95	Jared DeVries	DE	6-4	275	Iowa	5	ACT
96	James Hall	DE	6-2	265	Michigan	4	ACT
98	Kalimba Edwards	DE	6-6	265	South Carolina	2	ACT
72	Dan Wilkinson	DT	6-4	340	Ohio State	10	ACT
78	Cory Redding	DT	6-4	318	Texas	1	ACT
92	Shaun Rogers	DT	6-4	350	Texas	3	ACT
93	Kelvin Pritchett	DT	6-3	330	Mississippi	13	ACT
94	Marcus Bell	DT	6-2	325	Memphis	3	ACT
31	Brock Marion	FS	6-0	200	Nevada	11	ACT
42	Terrence Holt	FS	6-2	204	N.C. State	1	ACT
62	David Loverne	G	6-3	299	San Jose State; Idaho	5	ACT
65	Damien Woody	G	6-3	327	Boston College	5	ACT
68	Tyrone Hopson	G	6-2	300	Eastern Kentucky	5	ACT
4	Jason Hanson	K	6-0	190	Washington State	12	ACT
50	Earl Holmes	MLB	6-2	242	Florida A&M	8	ACT
57	Jody Littleton	MLB	6-1	240	Baylor	6	RES
58	Wali Rainer	MLB	6-2	240	Virginia	5	ACT
52	James Davis	OLB	6-2	240	West Virginia	1	ACT
54	Teddy Lehman	OLB	6-1	238	Oklahoma	0	ACT
55	Donte Curry	OLB	6-1	240	Morris Brown College; Middle Georgia College	3	ACT
59	Alex Lewis	OLB	6-0	230	Wisconsin; State University of NY Coll-Morrisville	0	ACT
97	Boss Bailey	OLB	6-3	232	Georgia	1	RES
2	Nick Harris	P	6-2	218	California	3	ACT
28	Bracy Walker	SS	6-0	202	North Carolina	10	ACT
36	Vernon Fox	SS	5-10	203	Fresno State	2	ACT
70	Sean Bubin	T	6-6	306	Illinois	0	ACT
71	Victor Rogers	T	6-6	330	Colorado	2	ACT
73	Stockar McDougle	T	6-6	340	Oklahoma; Navarro	4	ACT
75	Matt Joyce	T	6-7	300	Richmond	10	ACT
76	Jeff Backus	T	6-5	305	Michigan	3	ACT
79	Kelly Butler	T	6-7	320	Purdue	0	ACT

Depth chart, week 17

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Dominic Raiola
FB	Cory Schlesinger	Stephen Trejo
LG	Matt Joyce	Kerlin Blaise
LT	Jeff Backus
QB	Joey Harrington	Mike McMahon
RB	Shawn Bryson	Olandis Gary
RG	Ray Brown	Josh Lovelady
RT	Stockar McDougle
TE	Casey Fitzsimmons	Mikhael Ricks
WR	Bill Schroeder	Az-Zahir Hakim	David Kircus

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Brian Walker	Terrence Holt
LCB	Otis Smith	Julius Curry
LDE	Robert Porcher	Jared DeVries
LT	Dan Wilkinson	Kelvin Pritchett
MLB	Earl Holmes	Wali Rainer
RCB	Dre' Bly	Doug Evans
RDE	James Hall	Kalimba Edwards
RT	Shaun Rogers	Cory Redding
SLB	Boss Bailey
SS	Bracy Walker
WLB	Barrett Green	Jeff Gooch

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Nick Harris
K	Jason Hanson
KR	Reggie Swinton	Eddie Drummond
LS	Brad Banta
P	Nick Harris
PR	Reggie Swinton	Eddie Drummond

Biggest contracts on the books in 2004

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Cory Redding	ED	2003	3	$1.5M	$484,500	$543,500	0.6%
George Wilson	S	2004	3	$927,500	$309,167	$7,500	0.4%
George Wilson	S	2004	1	$73,950	$73,950	$0	0.1%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.

Trades in 2004 (2)

Date	Trade
2004-04-24	CLV → DET: 2004 round 1 pick 7, 2004 round 2 pick 37 DET → CLV: 2004 round 1 pick 6
2004-04-24	DET → KC: 2004 round 2 pick 36, 2004 round 4 pick 105 KC → DET: 2004 round 1 pick 30