 The day before the contest against the Oakland Raiders, his father, Irvin, died suddenly of a heart attack.Favre elected to play, passing for four touchdowns in the first half, and 399 yards for the game in a 41–7 destruction of the Raiders (receiving applause from the highly partisan "Raider Nation").Afterwards, Brett said, 

On November 15, 2004, controversy shrouded Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens when he appeared with actress Nicollette Sheridan (one of the stars of the new hit ABC comedy-drama "Desperate Housewives") in an introductory skit which opened that evening's "MNF" telecast, in which Owens and the Eagles played the Cowboys at Texas Stadium.