2004 Indianapolis Colts season

The **2004 Indianapolis Colts season** was the 52nd season for the team in the National Football League and 21st in Indianapolis.

## Roster

|colspan="9" style="background-color: #003b7b; color: white; text-align: center;"|Indianapolis Colts 2004 final roster|||||||||||||
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|style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"|**Quarterbacks** *  Travis Brown *  Peyton Manning *  _Jim Sorgi_ **Running backs** *  Edgerrin James *  James Mungro KR *  Dominic Rhodes **Wide receivers** *  Marvin Harrison *  Aaron Moorehead *  Brad Pyatt KR/PR *  Brandon Stokley *  Troy Walters PR *  Reggie Wayne **Tight ends** *  Dallas Clark *  _Ben Hartsock_ *  Marcus Pollard|style="width: 25px;"||style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"|**Offensive linemen** *  Rick DeMulling C/G *  Ryan Diem T *  Makoa Freitas T *  Tarik Glenn T *  _Trevor Hutton_ G *  _Ryan Lilja_ G *  Tupe Peko G *  Jeff Saturday C *  _Jake Scott_ G **Defensive linemen** *  Raheem Brock DE *  Dwight Freeney DE *  Robert Mathis DE *  Montae Reagor DT *  Brad Scioli DE *  Larry Tripplett DT *  Josh Williams DT|style="width: 25px;"||style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"|**Linebackers** *  Gary Brackett MLB *  _Gilbert Gardner_ OLB *  Cato June OLB *  Rob Morris MLB *  _Kendyll Pope_ OLB *  Nick Rogers OLB *  David Thornton OLB **Defensive backs** *  Waine Bacon CB/S *  Idrees Bashir FS *  Cory Bird SS *  _Jason David_ CB/PR *  Mike Doss SS *  Anthony Floyd FS *  Nick Harper CB *  _Von Hutchins_ CB *  Joseph Jefferson CB *  _Bob Sanders_ FS/SS *  Gerome Sapp SS **Special teams** *  Martín Gramática K *  Hunter Smith P *  Justin Snow LS *  Mike Vanderjagt K|style="width: 25px;"||style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top"|**Reserve lists** *  _Thomas Houchin_ DE <small>(IR)</small> *  Jim Nelson LB <small>(IR)</small> *  Donald Strickland CB <small>(IR)</small> *  _Josh Thomas_ DE <small>(IR)</small> *  _Ben Utecht_ TE <small>(PUP)</small> *  Patrick Venzke T <small>(IR)</small> *  Keyon Whiteside LB <small>(IR)</small> **Practice squad** *  Tom Arth QB *  _Ran Carthon_ RB *  Bryan Fletcher TE *  _Eric Hill_ CB <small>(IR)</small> *  Tom Lopienski FB *  _Andre Sommersell_ LB *  _John Standeford_ WR *  Jason Stewart DT *  _Jarrell Weaver_ LB <small>_Rookies in italics_ </small> <small>53 active, 8 inactive, 8 practice squad</small>|

## Preseason

|Date||Opponent||Result||Game Site||NFL Recap|
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|August 14, 2004|at San Diego Chargers|**W** 21–17|Qualcomm Stadium|Recap|||||
|August 21, 2004|New York Jets|**L** 7–31|RCA Dome|Recap|||||
|August 28, 2004|Buffalo Bills|**W** 30–17|RCA Dome|Recap|||||
|September 3, 2004|at Cincinnati Bengals|**L** 13–16|Paul Brown Stadium|Recap|||||

## Schedule

|Week||Date||Opponent||Result||Record||Game Site||NFL Recap|
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|1||at New England Patriots|**L** 24–27|0–1|Gillette Stadium|Recap|||||||
|2|September 19|at **Tennessee Titans**|**W** 31–17|1–1|The Coliseum|Recap|||||||
|3|September 26|Green Bay Packers|**W** 45–31|2–1|RCA Dome|Recap|||||||
|4|October 3|at **Jacksonville Jaguars**|**W** 24–17|3–1|Alltel Stadium|Recap|||||||
|5|October 10|Oakland Raiders|**W** 35–14|4–1|RCA Dome|Recap|||||||
|6|_Bye_||||||||||||
|7|October 24|**Jacksonville Jaguars**|**L** 24–27|4–2|RCA Dome|Recap|||||||
|8|October 31|at Kansas City Chiefs|**L** 35–45|4–3|Arrowhead Stadium|Recap|||||||
|9||Minnesota Vikings|**W** 31–28|5–3|RCA Dome|Recap|||||||
|10|November 14|**Houston Texans**|**W** 49–14|6–3|RCA Dome|Recap|||||||
|11|November 21|at Chicago Bears|**W** 41–10|7–3|Soldier Field|Recap|||||||
|12|November 25|at Detroit Lions|**W** 41–9|8–3|Ford Field|Recap|||||||
|13|December 5|**Tennessee Titans**|**W** 51–24|9–3|RCA Dome|Recap|||||||
|14|December 12|at **Houston Texans**|**W** 23–14|10–3|Reliant Stadium|Recap|||||||
|15|December 19|Baltimore Ravens|**W** 20–10|11–3|RCA Dome|Recap|||||||
|16|December 26|San Diego Chargers|**W** 34–31 (OT)|12–3|RCA Dome|Recap|||||||
|17|January 2|at Denver Broncos|**L** 14–33|12–4|Invesco Field|Recap|||||||

## Postseason schedule

|Playoff round||Date||Opponent (seed)||Result||Record||Host stadium||NFL recap|
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|Wild Card|January 9|Denver Broncos (6)|**W** 49–24|1–0|RCA Dome|Recap|||||||
|Divisional|January 16|at New England Patriots (2)|**L** 3–20|1–1|Gillette Stadium|Recap|||||||

## Infobox (nfl team season)

- **team**: Indianapolis Colts
- **logo**: File:Indianapolis_Colts_wordmark.png
- **year**: 2004
- **record**: 12–4
- **division place**: 1st American Football Conference South Division, AFC South
- **coach**: Tony Dungy
- **general manager**: Bill Polian
- **owner**: Jim Irsay
- **stadium**: RCA Dome
- **playoffs**: **Won 2004–05 NFL playoffs, Wild Card Playoffs** (vs. 2004 Denver Broncos season, Broncos) 49–24
Lost 2004–05 NFL playoffs, Divisional Playoffs (at 2004 New England Patriots season, Patriots) 3–20
- **pro bowlers**: QB Peyton Manning
RB Edgerrin James
WR Marvin Harrison
OT Tarik Glenn
DE Dwight Freeney
- **uniform**: AFCS-2002-2011-Uniform-IND.png
- **shortnavlink**: Colts seasons