The season was the Chicago Bears's 85th season in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their 7–9 record as they fell to a 5–11 record, under first-year head coach Lovie Smith. The team was once again in a quarterbacking carousel after the injury of starter Rex Grossman early on in the season. This was the team's eighth losing season in the past nine seasons. According to statistics site Football Outsiders, the 2004 Bears had the third-worst offense, play-for-play, in their ranking history. Chicago's 231 points and 3,816 offensive yards were dead-last in the league in 2004. Their team quarterback passer rating was 61.7 for the year, also last. The Bears started four different quarterbacks in 2004 – Chad Hutchinson, Craig Krenzel, Jonathan Quinn, and Rex Grossman. Grossman (the only Bears quarterback who would average more than 200 yards passing per game in 2004) would eventually establish himself as the starter, and two seasons later, would lead the Bears to their second NFC Championship and an appearance in the Super Bowl. Offseason 2004 Draft Roster Preseason Schedule Regular season Schedule Week 1: vs Detroit Lions Scoring Summary Q1 – CHI – 7:38 – Thomas Jones 2 yd TD run (Paul Edinger kick) (CHI 7–0) Q2 – DET – 0:16 – Jason Hanson 27 yd FG (CHI 7–3) Q3 – DET – 12:17 – Bracy Walker 92 yd blocked FG return TD (Hanson kick) (DET 10–7) Q3 – DET – 7:37 – Jason Hanson 21 yd FG (DET 13–7) Q4 – CHI – 12:40 – Thomas Jones 2 yd TD run (Edinger kick) (CHI 14–13) Q4 – DET – 9:54 – 4 yd TD pass from Joey Harrington to Az-Zahir Hakim (Hanson kick) (DET 20–14) Q4 – CHI – 1:53 – Safety, Nick Harris ran out of bounds in own end zone (DET 20–16) Week 2 at Packers Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota Scoring summary Q1 – CHI – 8:08 – Paul Edinger 34 yd FG (CHI 3–0) Q2 – CHI – 13:41 – Paul Edinger 23 yd FG (CHI 6–0) Q2 – MIN – 8:57 – 3 yd TD pass from Daunte Culpepper to Randy Moss (Morten Andersen kick) (MIN 7–6) Q2 – MIN – 5:09 – Morten Andersen 42 yd FG (MIN 10–6) Q3 – MIN – 10:58 – Daunte Culpepper 1 yd TD run (Andersen kick)