2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Format
The eighteen first-class counties, joined by 20 Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Devon, Dorset, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Wales Minor Counties and Wiltshire. They were also joined the national teams of Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The 18 first class counties plus Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Staffordshire and Wiltshire joined in the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed third round. The winners in the third round progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 28 August 2004.


2004 Cheltenham Borough Council election
The 2004 Cheltenham Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. Half of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.


2004 Cheltenham Gold Cup
The 2004 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Thursday, 18 March 2004. It was the 76th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by the pre-race favourite Best Mate. The winner was ridden by Jim Culloty and trained by Henrietta Knight.


2004 Cheltenham Gold Cup
With his third successive Gold Cup victory Best Mate became the fourth horse to win the race three times or more, and he was the first triple-winner since Arkle in the mid-1960s.


2004 Cheltenham Gold Cup, Full result
* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. PU = pulled-up.† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.


2004 Chennai Open
The 2004 Chennai Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai in India and was part of the International Series of the 2004 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 5 January through 11 January 2004. Carlos Moyá won the singles title.


2004 Chennai Open, Finals, Doubles
Rafael Nadal /  Tommy Robredo defeated  Jonathan Erlich /  Andy Ram 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3


2004 Chennai Open – Doubles
Julian Knowle and Michael Kohlmann were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.


2004 Chennai Open – Doubles
Rafael Nadal and Tommy Robredo won in the final 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3 against Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.


2004 Chennai Open – Singles
Paradorn Srichaphan was the defending champion but lost in the final 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–5) against Carlos Moyá.


2004 Cherwell District Council election
The 2004 Cherwell District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2004 Chicago Bears season
The 2004 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.


2004 Chicago Bears season
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.


2004 Chicago Bears season
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.


2004 Chicago Bears season, Preseason
NOTE: The first and last pre-season games were broadcast on WMAQ-TV channel 5, but due to NBC's coverage of the 2004 Summer Olympics, The second and third games were broadcast on WCIU-TV as WMAQ broadcast the Olympics.


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 1: vs Detroit Lions, Scoring Summary
Q1 – CHI – 7:38 – Thomas Jones 2 yd TD run (Paul Edinger kick) (CHI 7–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 1: vs Detroit Lions, Scoring Summary
Q2 – DET – 0:16 – Jason Hanson 27 yd FG (CHI 7–3)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 1: vs Detroit Lions, Scoring Summary
Q3 – DET – 12:17 – Bracy Walker 92 yd blocked FG return TD (Hanson kick) (DET 10–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 1: vs Detroit Lions, Scoring Summary
Q3 – DET – 7:37 – Jason Hanson 21 yd FG (DET 13–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 1: vs Detroit Lions, Scoring Summary
Q4 – CHI – 12:40 – Thomas Jones 2 yd TD run (Edinger kick) (CHI 14–13)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 1: vs Detroit Lions, Scoring Summary
Q4 – DET – 9:54 – 4 yd TD pass from Joey Harrington to Az-Zahir Hakim (Hanson kick) (DET 20–14)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 1: vs Detroit Lions, Scoring Summary
Q4 – CHI – 1:53 – Safety, Nick Harris ran out of bounds in own end zone (DET 20–16)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q1 – CHI – 8:08 – Paul Edinger 34 yd FG (CHI 3–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q2 – CHI – 13:41 – Paul Edinger 23 yd FG (CHI 6–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q2 – MIN – 8:57 – 3 yd TD pass from Daunte Culpepper to Randy Moss (Morten Andersen kick) (MIN 7–6)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q2 – MIN – 5:09 – Morten Andersen 42 yd FG (MIN 10–6)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q3 – MIN – 10:58 – Daunte Culpepper 1 yd TD run (Andersen kick) (MIN 17–6)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 14:46 – Paul Edinger 32 yd FG (MIN 17–9)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q4 – MIN – 11:20 – Morten Andersen 24 yd FG (MIN 20–9)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 6:20 – Thomas Jones 1 yd TD run (2 pt conversion failed) (MIN 20–15)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q4 – MIN – 5:39 – 2 yd TD pass from Daunte Culpepper to Randy Moss (Andersen kick) (MIN 27–15)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 3: at Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 2:00 – Rex Grossman 6 yd TD run (Edinger kick) (MIN 27–22)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary
Q1 – PHI – 5:00 – David Akers 51 yd FG (PHI 3–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary
Q2 – PHI – 10:59 – David Akers 42 yd FG (PHI 6–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary
Q2 – PHI – 6:03 – 11 yd TD pass from Donovan McNabb to Terrell Owens (Akers kick) (PHI 13–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary
Q2 – PHI – 1:57 – David Akers 42 yd FG (PHI 16–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary
Q2 – CHI – 0:06 – Paul Edinger 25 yd FG (PHI 16–3)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary
Q3 – PHI – 4:41 – David Akers 40 yd FG (PHI 19–3)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 4: vs Philadelphia Eagles, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 3:57 – 2 yd TD pass from Jonathan Quinn to Bryan Johnson (2 pt conversion failed) (PHI 19–9)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 6: vs Washington Redskins, Scoring summary
Q1 – WAS – 5:41 – Ola Kimrin 41 yd FG (WAS 3–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 6: vs Washington Redskins, Scoring summary
Q2 – WAS – 14:53 – 18 yd TD pass from Mark Brunell to Rod Gardner (Kimrin kick) (WAS 10–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 6: vs Washington Redskins, Scoring summary
Q2 – CHI – 5:36 – Jerry Azumah 70 yd interception return TD (Paul Edinger kick) (WAS 10–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 6: vs Washington Redskins, Scoring summary
Q4 – WAS – 11:13 – Ola Kimrin 26 yd FG (WAS 13–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 6: vs Washington Redskins, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 5:10 – Paul Edinger 46 yd FG (WAS 13–10)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scoring summary
Q2 – TB – 13:25 – Martín Gramática 22 yd FG (TB 3–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scoring summary
Q2 – TB – 0:48 – 6 yd TD pass from Brian Griese to Michael Clayton (Gramática kick) (TB 10–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scoring summary
Q3 – TB – 12:23 – Martín Gramática 22 yd FG (TB 13–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scoring summary
Q3 – CHI – 3:45 – Thomas Jones 1 yd TD run (Paul Edinger kick) (TB 13–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 7: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Scoring summary
Q4 – TB – 8:52 – Michael Pittman 3 yd TD run (2 pt conversion failed) (TB 19–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 8: vs San Francisco 49ers, Scoring summary
Q1 – CHI – 13:01 – 49 yd TD pass from Craig Krenzel to Bernard Berrian (Paul Edinger kick) (CHI 7–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 8: vs San Francisco 49ers, Scoring summary
Q1 – SF – 5:26 – Dwaine Carpenter 80 yd fumble return TD (Todd Peterson kick) (7–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 8: vs San Francisco 49ers, Scoring summary
Q1 – SF – 0:40 – Todd Peterson 48 yd FG (SF 10–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 8: vs San Francisco 49ers, Scoring summary
Q2 – CHI – 13:27 – Paul Edinger 52 yd FG (10–10)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 8: vs San Francisco 49ers, Scoring summary
Q2 – SF – 6:20 – Todd Peterson 51 yd FG (SF 13–10)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 8: vs San Francisco 49ers, Scoring summary
Q2 – CHI – 4:35 – Paul Edinger 45 yd FG (13–13)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 8: vs San Francisco 49ers, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 13:59 – Paul Edinger 27 yd FG (CHI 16–13)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 8: vs San Francisco 49ers, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 3:52 – Nathan Vasher 71 yd interception return TD (Edinger kick) (CHI 23–13)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: at New York Giants, Scoring summary
Q1 – NYG – 8:03 – Tiki Barber 3 yd TD run (Steve Christie kick) (NYG 7–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: at New York Giants, Scoring summary
Q1 – NYG – 3:54 – Tiki Barber 1 yd TD run (Christie kick) (NYG 14–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: at New York Giants, Scoring summary
Q2 – CHI – 5:13 – 35 yd TD pass from Craig Krenzel to Bernard Berrian (Paul Edinger kick) (NYG 14–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: at New York Giants, Scoring summary
Q2 – CHI – 2:35 – Anthony Thomas 4 yd TD run (Edinger kick) (14–14)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: at New York Giants, Scoring summary
Q2 – CHI – 1:09 – Paul Edinger 22 yd FG (CHI 17–14)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: at New York Giants, Scoring summary
Q2 – CHI – 0:00 – Paul Edinger 21 yd FG (CHI 20–14)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: at New York Giants, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 7:44 – Anthony Thomas 41 yd TD run (Craig Krenzel run for 2 pt conversion) (CHI 28–14)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 9: at New York Giants, Scoring summary
Q4 – NYG – 1:56 – 1 yd TD pass from Kurt Warner to Jeremy Shockey (Christie kick) (CHI 28–21)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 10: at Tennessee Titans, Scoring summary
Q1 – TEN – 2:17 – 29 yd TD pass from Billy Volek to Derrick Mason (Gary Anderson kick) (TEN 7–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 10: at Tennessee Titans, Scoring summary
Q2 – CHI – 0:18 – Michael Haynes 45 yd interception return TD (Paul Edinger kick) (7–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 10: at Tennessee Titans, Scoring summary
Q3 – CHI – 11:04 – R. W. McQuarters 75 yd punt return TD (Edinger kick) (CHI 14–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 10: at Tennessee Titans, Scoring summary
Q4 – TEN – 12:55 – Gary Anderson 33 yd FG (CHI 14–10)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 10: at Tennessee Titans, Scoring summary
Q4 – TEN – 6:00 – 47 yd TD pass from Billy Volek to Drew Bennett (Anderson kick) (TEN 17–14)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 10: at Tennessee Titans, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 0:52 – Paul Edinger 29 yd FG (17–17)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 10: at Tennessee Titans, Scoring summary
OT – CHI – 11:43 – Safety, Fred Miller tackled in own end zone by Adewale Ogunleye (CHI 19–17)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 11: vs Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary
Q1 – IND – 9:05 – 14 yd TD pass from Peyton Manning to Marcus Pollard (Mike Vanderjagt kick) (IND 7–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 11: vs Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary
Q1 – CHI – 2:12 – Paul Edinger 51 yd FG (IND 7–3)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 11: vs Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary
Q2 – IND – 14:04 – 35 yd TD pass from Peyton Manning to Reggie Wayne (Vanderjagt kick) (IND 14–3)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 11: vs Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary
Q2 – IND – 10:56 – Mike Vanderjagt 34 yd FG (IND 17–3)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 11: vs Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary
Q2 – IND – 5:41 – 10 yd TD pass from Peyton Manning to Marvin Harrison (Vanderjagt kick) (IND 24–3)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 11: vs Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary
Q2 – IND – 0:59 – Mike Vanderjagt 20 yd FG (IND 27–3)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 11: vs Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary
Q3 – IND – 8:26 – 27 yd TD pass from Peyton Manning to Reggie Wayne (Vanderjagt kick) (IND 34–3)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 11: vs Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary
Q3 – IND – 0:42 – Edgerrin James 11 yd TD run (Vanderjagt kick) (IND 41–3)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 11: vs Indianapolis Colts, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 1:37 – 2 yd TD pass from Craig Krenzel to Dustin Lyman (Edinger kick) (IND 41–10)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 12: at Dallas Cowboys, Scoring summary
Q1 – DAL – 10:43 – Julius Jones 33 yd TD run (Billy Cundiff kick) (DAL 7–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 12: at Dallas Cowboys, Scoring summary
Q2 – CHI – 5:57 – R. W. McQuarters 45 yd interception return TD (Paul Edinger kick) (7–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 12: at Dallas Cowboys, Scoring summary
Q4 – DAL – 11:07 – 5 yd TD pass from Vinny Testaverde to Darian Barnes (Cundiff kick) (DAL 14–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 12: at Dallas Cowboys, Scoring summary
Q4 – DAL – 7:00 – Julius Jones 4 yd TD run (Cundiff kick) (DAL 21–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 13: vs Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q1 – CHI – 4:47 – 6 yd TD pass from Chad Hutchinson to Desmond Clark (Paul Edinger kick) (CHI 7–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 13: vs Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q1 – MIN – 1:19 – 4 yd TD pass from Daunte Culpepper to Nate Burleson (Morten Andersen kick) (7–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 13: vs Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q2 – CHI – 11:22 – Paul Edinger 53 yd FG (CHI 10–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 13: vs Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q2 – MIN – 2:23 – 40 yd TD pass from Daunte Culpepper to Marcus Robinson (Andersen kick) (MIN 14–10)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 13: vs Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q2 – CHI – 0:22 – 15 yd TD pass from Chad Hutchinson to David Terrell (Edinger kick) (CHI 17–14)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 13: vs Minnesota Vikings, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 10:23 – 5 yd TD pass from Chad Hutchinson to Jason McKie (Edinger kick) (CHI 24–14)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 14: at Jacksonville Jaguars, Scoring summary
Q1 – JAX – 3:18 – 6 yd TD pass from Byron Leftwich to Reggie Williams (Josh Scobee kick) (JAX 7–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 14: at Jacksonville Jaguars, Scoring summary
Q2 – CHI – 1:44 – Paul Edinger 42 yd FG (JAX 7–3)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 14: at Jacksonville Jaguars, Scoring summary
Q2 – JAX – 0:31 – Josh Scobee 30 yd FG (JAX 10–3)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 14: at Jacksonville Jaguars, Scoring summary
Q3 – JAX – 5:36 – Josh Scobee 25 yd FG (JAX 13–3)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 14: at Jacksonville Jaguars, Scoring summary
Q4 – JAX – 13:48 – Safety, Chad Hutchinson sacked in own end zone by Daryl Smith (JAX 15–3)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 14: at Jacksonville Jaguars, Scoring summary
Q4 – JAX – 9:26 – 31 yd TD pass from Byron Leftwich to Jimmy Smith (Scobee kick) (JAX 22–3)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 15: vs Houston Texans, Scoring summary
Q2 – HOU – 0:27 – 37 yd TD pass from David Carr to Corey Bradford (Kris Brown kick) (HOU 7–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 15: vs Houston Texans, Scoring summary
Q3 – CHI – 4:06 – Safety, intentional grounding by David Carr in own end zone (HOU 7–2)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 15: vs Houston Texans, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 14:09 – Paul Edinger 43 yd FG (HOU 7–5)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 15: vs Houston Texans, Scoring summary
Q4 – HOU – 11:37 – Kris Brown 20 yd FG (HOU 10–5)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 15: vs Houston Texans, Scoring summary
Q4 – HOU – 4:23 – Domanick Davis 11 yd TD run (Brown kick) (HOU 17–5)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 15: vs Houston Texans, Scoring summary
Q4 – HOU – 2:37 – Charlie Anderson 60 yd fumble return TD (Brown kick) (HOU 24–5)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 16: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary
Q1 – DET – 3:06 – Jason Hanson 31 yd FG (DET 3–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 16: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary
Q2 – DET – 11:30 – Kevin Jones 1 yd TD run (Hanson kick) (DET 10–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 16: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary
Q2 – DET – 5:50 – Jason Hanson 39 yd FG (DET 13–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 16: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary
Q2 – DET – 0:00 – Jason Hanson 34 yd FG (DET 16–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 16: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary
Q3 – CHI – 3:40 – Lance Briggs 38 yd interception return TD (2 pt conversion failed) (DET 16–6)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 16: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary
Q4 – DET – 11:29 – Jason Hanson 40 yd FG (DET 19–6)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 16: at Detroit Lions, Scoring summary
Q4 – CHI – 7:04 – 15 yd TD pass from Chad Hutchinson to Jason McKie (Paul Edinger kick) (DET 19–13)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 17: vs Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary
Q1 – CHI – 12:54 – Thomas Jones 2 yd TD run (Paul Edinger kick) (CHI 7–0)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 17: vs Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary
Q1 – GB – 3:22 – 17 yd TD pass from Brett Favre to Bubba Franks (Ryan Longwell kick) (7–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 17: vs Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary
Q2 – GB – 13:16 – 38 yd TD pass from Brett Favre to William Henderson (Longwell kick) (GB 14–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 17: vs Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary
Q2 – GB – 11:52 – Darren Sharper 43 yd interception return TD (Longwell kick) (GB 21–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 17: vs Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary
Q2 – GB – 6:14 – 25 yd TD pass from Craig Nall to Javon Walker (Longwell kick) (GB 28–7)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 17: vs Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary
Q3 – CHI – 5:48 – Thomas Jones 1 yd TD run (Edinger kick) (GB 28–14)


2004 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Week 17: vs Green Bay Packers, Scoring summary
Q3 – GB – 0:41 – Ryan Longwell 20 yd FG (GB 31–14)


2004 Chicago Cubs season
The 2004 Chicago Cubs season was the 133rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 129th in the National League and the 89th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished 89-73, good for 3rd in the NL Central. Despite the strong record, the Cubs faltered down the stretch and did not make the playoffs. The season is largely viewed as a disappointment as a result.


2004 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season
In 2004, despite the return of Greg Maddux and a midseason deal for Nomar Garciaparra, misfortune struck the Cubs again. They led the Wild Card by 1.5 games over San Francisco and Houston on September 25, and both of those teams lost that day, giving the Northsiders a chance at increasing the lead to a commanding 2.5 games with only eight games remaining in the season, but reliever LaTroy Hawkins blew a save to the Mets, allowing a three-run game-tying home run with two outs in the ninth.


2004 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season
The Cubs lost the game in extra innings, a defeat that seemingly deflated the team, as they proceeded to drop 6 of their last 8 games, including back-to-back 12 inning games to the lowly Cincinnati Reds at home, as the Astros won the Wild Card. Despite the fact that the Cubs had won 89 games, this fallout was decidedly unlovable, as the Cubs traded superstar Sammy Sosa after he had left the season's final game early.


2004 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2004 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2004 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2004 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2004 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2004 Chicago Marathon
The 2004 Chicago Marathon was the 27th running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 10. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Evans Rutto in a time of 2:06:44 hours and the women's race was won by Romania's Constantina Diță in 2:23:44.


2004 Chicago White Sox season
The 2004 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 105th season, and their 104th season in Major League Baseball. They finished with a record 83-79, good enough for 2nd place in the American League Central, 9 games behind the champion Minnesota Twins.


2004 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2004 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2004 Chihuahua state election
The Mexican state of Chihuahua held an election on Sunday, 4 July 2004. At stake was the office of the Chihuahua State Governor, all 33 members of the unicameral Chihuahua State Congress, and 67 mayors and municipal councils.


2004 Chihuahua state election
Turnout was around 46% of the 2,254,234 chihuahuenses eligible to vote.


2004 Chihuahua state election, Governor
At the time of the election, the sitting governor was Patricio Martínez García of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).


2004 Chihuahua state election, Governor
At the close of voting, exit polls were indicating a victory for José Reyes Baeza of a PRI-led alliance with a lead of ten percentage points. As the count progressed, Javier Corral Jurado of the PAN – representing an unusual alliance of his party and the left-leaning PRD – conceded the election at around 23h00 local time.


2004 Chihuahua state election, Municipalities
Preliminary results indicated the state's 67 municipalities would be divided as follows:


2004 Chihuahua state election, Municipalities
The PAN/PRD alliance won a closely fought mayoral race in state capital Chihuahua, previously governed by the PRI. In a give-and-take action between the state's two largest cities, borderland industrial and commercial powerhouse Ciudad Juárez fell to the PRI after 12 years of PAN rule.


2004 Chilean telethon
The 2004 Chilean telethon was the 19th Teletón solidarity campaign held in Chile, on 3–4 December 2004.


2004 Chilean telethon, News, A strong group
One of the many successes of the telethon was the large participation of a group of 15 well-known figures in Chile (led by former captain of the Chile national football team Iván Zamorano), who spent most of a day receiving donation phone calls from branches of Banco de Chile and from around the world, and during that period were very lively, singing, jumping, and encouraging all Chileans to join in.


2004 China Open (tennis)
The 2004 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the 6th edition of the China Open, and is part of the International Series of the 2004 ATP Tour, and of the Tier II of the 2004 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events are held at the Beijing Tennis Center in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The men's event took place from 13 to 19 September 2004, while the women's took place the following week from 20 to 26 September 2004.


2004 China Open (tennis)
Additionally, a mixed doubles tournament was held from 22 to 25 September 2004, although it counted only as an exhibition tournament and, therefore, no points were given for the ATP and WTA rankings.


2004 China Open (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Justin Gimelstob /  Graydon Oliver defeated  Alex Bogomolov, Jr. /  Taylor Dent, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)


2004 China Open (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Emmanuelle Gagliardi /  Dinara Safina defeated  Gisela Dulko /  María Vento-Kabchi, 6–4, 6–4


2004 China Open (tennis), Finals, Mixed Doubles
Tripp Phillips /  Emmanuelle Gagliardi  defeated  Justin Gimelstob /  Jill Craybas, 6–1, 6–2


2004 China Open – Men's Doubles
The event was being held for the first time since 1997. Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were the defending champions.


2004 China Open – Men's Doubles
Justin Gimelstob and Graydon Oliver won the title, defeating Alex Bogomolov, Jr. and Taylor Dent 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6) in the final.


2004 China Open – Men's Singles
The event was being held for the first time since 1997. Jim Courier was the last champion.


2004 China Open – Men's Singles
Marat Safin won the title, beating Mikhail Youzhny 7–6(7–4), 7–5 in the final.


2004 China Open – Mixed Doubles
In order to commemorate the first joint edition since 1996, a mixed doubles tournament was held by combining female players of the WTA China Open and the male players of the ATP Beijing Challenger. The tournament had a prize money of USD $6,000, but as this was an exhibition tournament, no points were given for the ATP and WTA rankings.


2004 China Open – Mixed Doubles
Matches were played at best of three sets with a Match tie-break replacing the final set, in which a pair must win a 10-point tiebreaker (or by a two-point margin) to win the match. Match tie-breaks were not fully implemented until the 2006 season in official tournaments.


2004 China Open – Mixed Doubles
Tripp Phillips and Emmanuelle Gagliardi won the title by defeating Justin Gimelstob and Jill Craybas 6–1, 6–2 in the final.


2004 China Open – Women's Doubles
The tournament was moved from Shanghai to Beijing in 2004. Last champions in Shanghai were Émilie Loit and Nicole Pratt. Pratt teamed up with Tamarine Tanasugarn but they were eliminated in semifinals.


2004 China Open – Women's Doubles
Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Dinara Safina won the title by defeating Gisela Dulko and María Vento-Kabchi 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2004 China Open – Women's Singles
Elena Dementieva was the defending champion, but didn't participate in this competition.


2004 China Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams won in the final  4–6, 7–5, 6–4, against Svetlana Kuznetsova.


2004 China Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2004 Chinese FA Cup
The Pabst Blue Ribbon 2004 Chinese FA Cup (Chinese: 2004蓝带中国足球协会杯) was the 10th edition of Chinese FA Cup. The matches of first round were kicked off on 10 April 2004, and the final took place at Helong Stadium on 18 December 2004.


2004 Chinese Grand Prix
The 2004 Chinese Grand Prix (officially the 2004 Formula 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 26 September 2004 at the Shanghai International Circuit. It was Race 16 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship and was the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix. The 56-lap race was won by Rubens Barrichello for the Ferrari team, from a pole position start. Jenson Button finished second for the BAR team, with Kimi Räikkönen third in a McLaren. This was the first race back for Ralf Schumacher after injuries in the 2004 United States Grand Prix three months prior.


2004 Chinese Grand Prix
Following a clean start, Rubens Barrichello won the race with Jenson Button in second and Kimi Räikkönen in third place. Michael Schumacher finished in 12th place after a race with several incidents, including a collision, a spin and a puncture.


2004 Chinese Grand Prix
Jarno Trulli missed this inaugural Grand Prix after he left the Renault team after the 2004 Italian Grand Prix due to his strained relationship with team boss, Flavio Briatore. This was the only Grand Prix race in 2004 that he missed.


2004 Chinese Grand Prix, Friday drivers
The bottom 6 teams in the 2003 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.


2004 Chinese Super League
The 2004 Chinese Super League is the debut season of the establishment of the Chinese Football Association Super League (中国足球协会超级联赛 or 中超), also known as the Chinese Super League. Sponsored by Siemens Mobile it is the eleventh season of professional association football league and the 43rd top-tier league season in China. The premier football league in China under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association the season started on May 15 and ended December 4 where it was planned that no teams would be relegated at the end of the season.


2004 Chinese Super League, Overview
The first Chinese Super League (CSL) season was greeted with great enthusiasm by the media and the FA,  with the decision to create a new top tier league in China made in order to freshen up Chinese football. The previous ten seasons of the old Chinese first division had been successful and had improved the quality of play in China, however, the Chinese Football Association felt that a change was needed to give Chinese Football a further boost.


2004 Chinese Super League, Overview
The decision to create the Chinese Super League was made before the 2003 Chinese season and of the 15 First Division teams competing in the 2003 season, it was decided that 3 would be relegated with no promotion at all from the second tier league. The remaining 12 teams would compete in the inaugural Super League season, which saw Chongqing Lifan remain within the league despite being relegated after they merged with seventh place team Yunnan Hongta.


2004 Chinese Super League, Overview
It was planned that one team would be relegated with two teams to be promoted into the CSL at the end of the season but the relegation was cancelled halfway through and so for the second season the Super League had 14 teams.


2004 Chinese Super League, Controversy
There were many controversial events during the season including the discovery that some players were betting against their own teams and losing games deliberately. Some referees were also suspected of fixing matches by awarding dubious penalty kicks and handing out cards freely. The most notorious incidents happened during two matches, one game involving Beijing Hyundai and the other Dalian Shide. In their respective matches, the players were unhappy about the referee's decisions and they protested by abandoning the match halfway. The CFA took both incidents seriously and handed out punishments by docking points off the two guilty teams.


2004 Chinese Super League, Upsets
The season produced one of the biggest upset in Chinese football history. Shenzhen Jianlibao, coached by Zhu Guanghu, was facing financial problems and owed its players several months of salary. However, motivated by their coach, they still managed to finish Champions and even more remarkably, their defence only conceded 13 goals in 22 matches, the least in the league.


2004 Chinese Super League, Upsets
Another team causing an upset at the wrong end of the table was Shanghai Shenhua who had been Champions in the previous season and during the 2004 season had played in the prestigious AFC Champions League. However, they played poorly in the 2004 season and finished 3rd from bottom, only 1 point above bottom placed team, Chongqing Lifan. If there had been relegation in the season, Shanghai would have found themselves battling against the drop.


2004 Chinese Super League Cup
The 2004 Chinese Super League Cup (Chinese: 2004中国足球协会超级联赛杯) was the first edition of Chinese Super League Cup. Shandong Luneng Taishan won the title after beating Shenzhen Jianlibao 2–0 in the final.


2004 Chinese Taipei National Football League
Statistics of Chinese Taipei National Football League in the 2004 season.


2004 Chinese lottery scandal
In 2004, a scandal occurred when one of four lottery tickets didn't go to a prearranged winner, resulting in the arrest of five people and several government officials being removed.


2004 Chinese lottery scandal
The Shaanxi Provincial Sports Lottery Centre refused to give the unexpected winner, Liu Liang, the prize of a new BMW, claiming that he held a fake lottery ticket. The court found that Yang Yongming, a contractor to the lottery company, had cheated on the four top prizes. The lottery center authorities declared that Liu's ticket was valid and apologized. The car was sold for 300,000 yuan, and Liu Liang retreated to a remote village on Qinling Mountain.


2004 Chorley Borough Council election
Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2004 Christchurch mayoral election
The 2004 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the 2004 New Zealand local elections. On 9 October of that year, elections were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government roles. Incumbent Garry Moore successfully contested a third term in office with a decisive majority. The second-placed candidate, Aaron Keown, received almost 50,000 fewer votes than Moore. Keown ran as an Independent, but contested the 2008 general election for ACT New Zealand, standing in the Waimakariri electorate. The third-placed candidate, Jamie Gough, was only 18 years old at the time.


2004 Christchurch mayoral election
Both Keown and Gough were elected Christchurch City Councillors at the 2010 local elections.


2004 Christchurch mayoral election, Voting statistics
Participation in local elections has been falling for years. In the 2004 local election, only 38.6% of registered voters cast their vote. The following table shows the voting statistics since the 1989 local elections:


2004 Christchurch mayoral election, Voting statistics
Table notes:1 Note that the number of voters reported in the summary report differs by 75 compared to the declaration of results of election.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm
The 2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm was a rare weather event that took place in Louisiana and Texas in the United States on December 24, 2004, before the storm moved northeast to affect the coastal sections of the Mid-Atlantic states and New England in the succeeding few days. This was a different storm from the historic event that struck the Midwest and southern Canada around December 23 from another cyclone which preceded this storm. The event involved a thin band of snowfall with unusually cold temperatures for the middle Texas coast, and caused dozens of varied weather records to be shattered. It was the most significant snow for the Texas Gulf Coast, and deep South Texas, since February 1895.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm, Anticipation of the event
There had been indications for up to a week before the event that a frontal wave in the Gulf of Mexico was expected to track far enough to the south (along roughly the 26th parallel) to lead to snow along the Gulf of Mexico coastline of the United States.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm, Synoptic history
A surface cyclone formed in the western Gulf of Mexico on December 24 and December 28 due to a shortwave aloft, and moved eastward through the western Gulf of Mexico, bringing banded snowfall to the middle Texas coast. The extratropical cyclone moved east, then northeast, tracking across the northern peninsula of Florida early on December 26 before moving about 100 miles (200 km) offshore the Southeast, paralleling the coast. Continuing to deepen, the developing storm moved about 200 miles (300 km) offshore the Mid-Atlantic states, New England, and Atlantic Canada on December 27 before moving out to sea.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm, Effects, Texas and Louisiana
The most noticeable, and unusual, event associated with the storm was the snowfall it produced. Much of the snow fell in southern Texas, along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, but some snow, albeit less deep, fell across southwestern and southeastern Louisiana. Any snowfall in these areas is extremely unusual, perhaps occurring once every twenty years, and these events are usually airborne flurries which melt on contact with the ground. In many places the snow stuck to the ground and accumulated to an appreciable depth. In Brownsville, Texas, snow fell to a depth of 1.5 inches (3.8 cm), the first measurable snowfall at the city in years, since the Great Blizzard of 1899.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm, Effects, Texas and Louisiana
The fact that the snow accumulated overnight on Christmas Eve led to a White Christmas the next morning, something completely foreign to the region. Across all of southern Texas and in southwestern Louisiana, snow fell in places where it had not for anywhere from 15 to 120 years. Near the coast, in Corpus Christi, Texas, 5.2 inches (13 cm) of snow fell, more snow than in all previous recorded years combined. This was also the case in Victoria, Texas, where a significant 13.0 inches (33 cm) fell. New Orleans, Louisiana had its first white Christmas in 50 years.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm, Effects, Texas and Louisiana
In addition to the unusual occurrence of snow inland, moderate to heavy snow was also reported over the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico. This is the first significant snow fall in Houston since February 12, 1960, when a snowstorm hit central and south Texas with eight to 10 inches of snow.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm, Effects, Georgia and South Carolina
As the cyclone tracked through Florida offshore the Southeast, up to an inch of freezing rain and sleet fell at Augusta and Aiken.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm, Effects, North Carolina
Several inches of snow fell across portions of the state, with the highest amount noted of 9.5 inches (24 cm) at Ahoskie.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm, Effects, Virginia
Several locations across the Tidewater reported over a foot of snow, with the highest amount of 14 inches (36 cm) reported at Quinby and Tabb. Frontogenesis (strengthening temperature gradient) within the comma head of the extratropical cyclone between the 500 hPa and 700 hPa layers (or 10-20 kft) contributed to the banded snow seen across this region. It led to the snowiest December across the Norfolk area since 1958.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm, Effects, Maryland
Light to moderate snow fell on the Eastern Shore, with the highest amount of 4.5 inches (11 cm) measured at Shelltown.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm, Effects, New Jersey
On December 25, 2004, there was light to moderate snows fall across portions of the state, with the highest amount of 2 inches (5.1 cm) falling at Mount Holly.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm, Effects, New York
Southeastern sections of the state saw the snowfall. The highest amount reported was 8.7 inches (22 cm) at East Hampton.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm, Effects, Connecticut
Moderate to heavy snow fell across much of the state. The highest total reported was 7 inches (18 cm) at East Killingly.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm, Effects, Rhode Island
Heavy snow fell statewide. The highest total was 8.2 inches (21 cm) at Tiverton.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm, Effects, Massachusetts
The heaviest snowfall from the storm fell across Massachusetts. Brewster measured 18 inches (46 cm) during the event.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm, Effects, New Hampshire
Central and southern sections of the state saw moderate to heavy snow. The highest amount was 9 inches (23 cm) at Salem.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm, Effects, Vermont
Snow fell across portions of the state during this storm, with 6 inches (15 cm) falling at a dairy farm in Franklin.


2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm, Effects, Maine
Heavy snow fell across portions of Maine. The highest amount reported was from Whiting where 13 inches (33 cm) was measured.


2004 Chrono des Herbiers
The 2004 Chrono des Herbiers was the 23rd edition of the Chrono des Nations cycle race and was held on 17 October 2004. The race started and finished in Les Herbiers. The race was won by Bert Roesems.


2004 Churchill Cup
The 2004 Churchill Cup was held between 14 June and 21 June 2004 in Calgary and Edmonton, Canada. It was the second edition of the Churchill Cup competition. The three original rugby union teams taking part in the men's competition: Canada, England A and the USA, were joined by the New Zealand Maori.


2004 Churchill Cup
A women's competition, involving the same teams, took place alongside the men's event.


2004 Churchill Cup, Format
The competition took on a straight 'knock-out' format. Four teams played in two semi-final matches, with the North American sides kept apart. The winners of each semi final competed in the final match, while the losers took part in a 3rd/4th place playoff. Four matches were played over a period of two weeks.


2004 Chūetsu earthquake
The Chūetsu earthquakes (中越地震, Chūetsu jishin) occurred in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, at 17:56 local time (08:56 UTC) on Saturday, October 23, 2004. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) named it the "Heisei 16 Niigata Prefecture Chuetsu Earthquake" (平成16年新潟県中越地震, Heisei ju-roku-nen Niigata-ken Chuetsu Jishin). Niigata Prefecture is located in the Hokuriku region of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The initial earthquake had a magnitude of 6.6 and caused noticeable shaking across almost half of Honshu, including parts of the Tōhoku, Hokuriku, Chūbu, and Kantō regions.


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, Details
The first quake struck the Chuetsu area of Niigata Prefecture, Japan with a reading of 7 on the Japanese shindo intensity scale at Kawaguchi, Niigata. The moment magnitude of the earthquake is estimated at 6.6. For comparison, the Great Hanshin earthquake, which devastated much of Kobe, measured 7 on the shindo scale, with a magnitude of 7.3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.8 km. The JMA gave the coordinates of the earthquake as Coordinates: .


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, Details
A second earthquake occurred at 18:11, 16 minutes after the first. This one, at a much shallower depth, had a shindo intensity of 6+ and a magnitude of 5.9. A third, at 6:34, had a shindo intensity of 6−. At 19:45, another intensity 6− earthquake occurred. Intervening and subsequent earthquakes of lesser intensity also shook the region. During the first 116 hours, 15 earthquakes with intensities of shindo 5− or higher rocked the Chuetsu region.


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, Details
In a press release, the Geographical Survey Institute (GSI) of the Government of Japan published preliminary estimates that a fault having a length of 22 km and a width of 17 km moved approximately 1.4 m.


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, Details
This was the deadliest earthquake to strike Japan since the January 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake.


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, Details
This was also first time a snake robot was used at a natural disaster site. A Souryu serpentine robot was used in a house in Nagaoka City that was damaged during this earthquake.


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, List of major aftershocks
The following is a list of major earthquakes that have occurred in Niigata Prefecture since October 23, 2004.


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, Damage
As late as November 3, the 39th fatality attributable to the earthquakes occurred as perceptible aftershocks continued. 68 dead and 4,795 injuries were reported in Niigata Prefecture. Over one hundred thousand people fled their homes. The earthquakes caused houses to collapse in Ojiya and damaged thousands in the area.


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, Damage
For the first time in its 40-year history, a Shinkansen train derailed while in service, the train being too close to the epicentre to be halted by the automatic UrEDAS earthquake detection system. Eight out of ten cars of the Toki 325 service (a 200 Series Shinkansen train) derailed on the Joetsu Shinkansen line between Nagaoka Station in Nagaoka and Urasa Station in Yamato; no injuries were reported among the 155 passengers. The railbed, bridges and tunnels were all affected. East Japan Railway Company (JR East) stopped all trains in Niigata Prefecture, including the extensively damaged Joetsu Line, Shinetsu Main Line, Iiyama Line, Tadami Line and Echigo Line. Part of Nagaoka Station appeared ready to collapse as a result of an aftershock, but after a brief closure, the station reopened.


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, Damage
The section of the Joetsu Shinkansen between Echigo-Yuzawa Station and Tsubame-Sanjo Station closed. Buses transferred passengers between the two operating sections of the line: Tokyo Station to Echigo-Yuzawa Station and Tsubame-Sanjo Station to Niigata Station.


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, Damage
On December 27, 2004, service resumed on all remaining parts of the Joetsu and Iiyama Lines reopened. On December 28, 2004, the Joetsu Shinkansen also reopened, the last to do so.


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, Damage
Japan Highways closed all expressways in Niigata Prefecture. Closures affected the Kanetsu Expressway and the Hokuriku Expressway. As of November 4, the Kanetsu Expressway remained closed between Nagaoka Interchange and Koide Interchange. This segment reopened on November 5.


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, Damage
Landslides and other problems forced closure of two national highways, National Route 8 and National Route 17, as well as several prefectural roads. This isolated several localities, including nearly the entire village of Yamakoshi, which was then a village in the district of Koshi but since merged with and became part of the city of Nagaoka. On July 22, 2005, the government lifted the nine-month-old evacuation order for 528 of the 690 affected households.


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, Damage
The earthquakes also caused a landslide that partially buried three vehicles. A young boy was rescued from one of these vehicles, but his mother and sister perished. (Recent typhoons had waterlogged the soil, making landslides more likely.)


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, Damage
The quake broke water mains. Extensive electric power, telephone (including cellular telephone) and Internet outages were reported. The cellular telephone system suffered from direct damage to relay stations, as well as depletion of battery back-up power supplies in as little as a day.


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, Aftermath
On April 1, 2007, the directive to evacuate five settlements in the former village of Yamakoshi (later part of the city of Nagaoka) was lifted. Residents were permitted to return to their homes after a span of nearly two and a half years.


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, Aftermath
The movie A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies was based on events that took place during this earthquake.


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, History
Niigata Prefecture has been hit by numerous earthquakes in recorded history. Notable recent ones include a large quake on June 16, 1964 that had a magnitude of 7.5, killing 28, where major liquefaction had occurred and tsunami destroyed the port of Niigata city.


2004 Chūetsu earthquake, History
There was also the 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake, both striking shortly after major typhoons passed by, causing complications.


2004 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 2004 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team, coached by Mark Dantonio, played its home games in Nippert Stadium, as it has since 1924. This was the Bearcats last season in Conference USA as they became members of the Big East Conference after the academic year.


2004 Cincinnati Bengals season
The 2004 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 37th year in professional football and its 35th with the National Football League. The Bengals began to focus on the future, trading All-Pro running back Corey Dillon to the New England Patriots. That cleared the way for Rudi Johnson to start at running back. Carson Palmer was given the starting quarterback job. Palmer and the young Bengals would struggle early, losing five of their first seven games. As the season wore on, the Bengals began to hit their stride, as they climbed back to .500, at 6–6, before a sprained knee sent Palmer to the sidelines during a 35–28 road loss to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Patriots.


2004 Cincinnati Bengals season
With wins in their final two games, the Bengals would finish 8–8 for the second year in a row. Rudi Johnson finished sixth in the NFL in rushing with 1,454 yards, giving Bengals fans hope for the future.


2004 Cincinnati Bengals season
This season would see the Bengals make their first appearance on Monday Night Football since 1992, a win at home against the Denver Broncos on October 25.


2004 Cincinnati Bengals season, Regular season
The 2004 season constituted the first time since 1991 that the Bengals played the Washington Redskins, and the match produced their first ever away win over that franchise. The reason for this is that before the admission of the Texans in 2002, NFL scheduling formulas for games outside a team’s division were much more influenced by table position during the previous season.


2004 Cincinnati Reds season
The Cincinnati Reds' 2004 season included the Reds' fourth-place in the National League Central division.


2004 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season, Season summary
The Reds finished with a final record of 76–86. That earned them fourth place in their division. They finished 29 games behind the division winner and eventual National League champion, the St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds also finished 16 games behind the second place team and National League wild card winner, the Houston Astros. The Reds finished 13 games behind the third place team, the Chicago Cubs. They finished 3½ games ahead of the fifth place team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and 8½ games ahead of the sixth place team, the Milwaukee Brewers.


2004 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2004 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2004 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2004 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2004 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2004 City and County of Swansea Council election
The second election to the City and County of Swansea Council were held in May 2004. It was preceded by the 1999 election and followed by the 2008 election.


2004 City and County of Swansea Council election, Overview
All council seats were up for election. These were the third elections held following local government reorganisation and the abolition of West Glamorgan County Council. The Labour Party lost their majority on the authority.


2004 City and County of Swansea Council election, Candidates
The contests were fought by most of the main parties but Labour was the only one to contest the majority of seats.


2004 City and County of Swansea Council election, Results, Clydach (two seats)
Sylvia Lewis had been elected as an Independent in 1999.


2004 City and County of Swansea Council election, Results, Fairwood (one seat)
Elected as an Independent in 1995, John Bushell successfully defended the seat as a Conservative in 1999 but now again stood, unsuccessfully, as an Independent.


2004 City and County of Swansea Council election, Results, Llansamlet (four seats)
Elected as an Independent in 1999, June Evans subsequently joined the Independent group.


2004 City and County of Swansea Council election, Results, Upper Loughor (two seats)
Possible boundary change. the number of seats was reduced from two to one


2004 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election following boundary changes. The council stayed under no overall control.


2004 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


2004 City of Lincoln Council election
Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the Council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2004 City of Lincoln Council election, Election result
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2000 election.


2004 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
A leadership election was held in the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) in the Czech Republic on 4 December 2004. The incumbent  leader Mirek Topolánek ran unopposed and his victory was expected. Topolánek received votes from 354 of the 391 party delegates.


2004 Clare County Council election
An election to Clare County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


2004 Clemson Tigers football team
The 2004 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Clemson's 600th win came November 20 against South Carolina, a game notable for a brawl between the two teams. Due to the brawl, the Tigers declined a bowl bid in part because of the unsportsmanlike nature of the fight.


2004 Cleveland Browns season
The 2004 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 56th season and 52nd with the National Football League. The Browns were looking to improve on their 5–11 record from 2003 and return to their 2002 playoff position; however, hindered by a tough schedule they regressed further and only won four games. On November 30, Butch Davis resigned as head coach and general manager of the team. He was succeeded by offensive coordinator Terry Robiskie. Robiskie promoted tight end coach Rob Chudzinski to offensive coordinator.


2004 Cleveland Browns season
On September 12, the Browns defeated the Baltimore Ravens, 20–3, marking the team's only Week 1 win since returning to the NFL in 1999. In the two decades since the Browns returned to the league, the Browns went 1–18–1.


2004 Cleveland Browns season, Schedule
Football statistics site Football Outsiders calculated that the 2004 Browns played the toughest schedule of any NFL team between 1989 and 2013, based on strength of opponent, although Pro Football Reference argues that their schedule was only the fifth-toughest in this span and twelfth-toughest non-strike since 1971. The Browns played just one game – their Week 16 contest against the Miami Dolphins – against a team with fewer than six wins, and played five against opponents with 12 or more wins, including a total of three against Steelers and Patriots who were a combined 28–2 against their remaining opponents.


2004 Cleveland Browns season, Schedule
Apart from their AFC North division games, the Browns played against the AFC East and NFC East according to the conference rotation, and played the Chargers and Texans based on 2003 divisional positions.


2004 Cleveland Indians season
The 2004 Cleveland Indians season was the 104th season for the franchise.


2004 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2004 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2004 Clipsal 500
The 2004 Clipsal 500 was the sixth running of the Adelaide 500 race. Racing was held from Friday 18 March until Sunday 21 March 2004. The race was held for V8 Supercars and was the opening round of the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series.


2004 Clipsal 500, Format
The format, unique to V8 Supercars and loosely similar to the Pukekohe 500 format, split the total distance of 500 kilometres into two separate 250 kilometre races each held on a different day. Points were assigned separately to the races, with more points allocated for Race 2 over Race 1, and they combined to award a round result.


2004 Clásica de Almería
The 2004 Clásica de Almería was the 19th edition of the Clásica de Almería cycle race and was held on 29 February 2004. The race was won by Jérôme Pineau.


2004 Clásica de San Sebastián
The 2004 Clásica de San Sebastián was the 24th edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián cycle race and was held on 7 August 2004. The race started and finished in San Sebastián. The race was won by Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero of the Saunier Duval team.


2004 Clásico RCN
The 44th edition of the annual Clásico RCN was held from October 17 to October 24, 2004 in Colombia. The stage race started in Bucaramanga and finished with an individual time trial at the Alto del Escobero.


2004 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team
The 2004 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Chanticleers were led by second-year head coach David Bennett and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. Coastal Carolina competed as a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 10–1 with a 4–0 record in conference play, winning their first Big South championship.


2004 Coca-Cola 600
The 2004 Coca-Cola 600, the 45th running of the race, was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held on May 30, 2004 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Contested at 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the twelfth race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his second win of the season and also at Charlotte. Michael Waltrip finished second and Matt Kenseth finished third.


2004 Coca-Cola 600
Failed to qualify: Steve Park (No. 7), Todd Bodine (No. 37), Carl Long (No. 46), Stanton Barrett (No. 94), Geoffrey Bodine (No. 98), Morgan Shepherd (No. 89), Jeff Fultz (No. 78), Kirk Shelmerdine (No. 72), Andy Hillenburg (No. 80)


2004 Coca-Cola 600, Background
Lowe's Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the Nextel All-Star Challenge, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Humpy Wheeler as track president.


2004 Colchester Borough Council election
The 2004 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. This was the same day as the other 2004 United Kingdom local elections and as the 2004 European Parliament Elections. One third of the seats were up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2004 Colchester Borough Council election, Election result
The Conservatives gained 4 seats to become the largest party on the council with 28 seats, 3 short of a majority. They overtook the Liberal Democrats who held 23 seats, Labour with 6 seats and 3 independents. Overall turnout at the election was 34.4%.


2004 Colchester Borough Council election, Election result
As a result, the Conservatives took all the seats on the council cabinet for the first time since that style of government was introduced in Colchester, with the Conservative group leader John Jowers becoming the new leader of the council.


2004 Colchester Borough Council election, By-elections between 2004 and 2006
A by-election took place on 21 October 2004 in Berechurch after the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Susan Brooks. Labour's David Harris took the seat from the Liberal Democrats by a majority of 345.


2004 Colgate Raiders football team
The 2004 Colgate Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. A year after advancing to the national championship, Colgate tied for third in the Patriot League.


2004 Colgate Raiders football team
In its ninth season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 7–4 record. Chris Brown, Luke Graham and Antrell Tyson were the team captains.


2004 Colgate Raiders football team
The Raiders outscored opponents 261 to 225. Their 4–2 conference record tied for third in the seven-team Patriot League standings.


2004 Colgate Raiders football team
Following their deep playoff run in 2003, the Raiders were ranked No. 5 in the preseason national Division I-AA poll. Losses quickly dropped Colgate to the bottom half of the top 25, and a league loss to unranked Bucknell in the second-to-last weekend of the season booted the Raiders from the rankings altogether. Colgate finished the year unranked.


2004 Colgate Raiders football team
The team played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.


2004 College Baseball All-America Team
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.


2004 College Baseball All-America Team
The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2004 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), Collegiate Baseball (since 1991), and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (since 2001).


2004 College Football All-America Team
The 2004 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American Teams: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Football Foundation, The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Weekly, ESPN, CBS Sports, College Football News, and Rivals.com.


2004 College Football All-America Team
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to such a list selected by football pioneer Walter Camp in the 1890s. The NCAA officially recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, SN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus All-Americans.


2004 College Football All-America Team
Thirteen players were recognized as consensus All-Americans for 2004, 8 of them unanimously. Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk (*)


2004 Cologne Centurions season
The 2004 Cologne Centurions season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Peter Vaas and played its home games at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany. They finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of four wins and six losses.


2004 Cologne Centurions season
The Centurions replaced the Barcelona Dragons for this season, keeping only two members from Barcelona's 2003 roster: linebacker Cedric Cotar and receiver Marco Martos.


2004 Cologne bombing
On 9 June 2004, a nail bomb detonated in Cologne, Germany, in a business area popular with immigrants from Turkey. Twenty-two people were wounded, with four sustaining serious injuries. A barber shop was completely destroyed; many shops and numerous parked cars were seriously damaged by the explosion and by the nails added to the bomb for extra damage. Authorities initially excluded the possibility of a terrorist attack. The bomb, which contained more than 800 nails, was hidden in a travel compartment on a bicycle left in front of the barber shop.


2004 Cologne bombing
In November 2011, after having been accused by authorities of being responsible for a robbery in Eisenach, the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground (Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund) released a video claiming responsibility for the Cologne bombing.


2004 Cologne bombing
The group’s main members, Uwe Böhnhardt, Uwe Mundlos, and Beate Zschäpe, were also indicted with the killing of nine businessmen of Turkish and Greek origin between 2000 and 2006 (the National Socialist Underground murders) and the murder of Michèle Kiesewetter in 2007. Böhnhardt and Mundlos died in a murder-suicide, leaving only Zschäpe to be charged (among other charges) for the attempted murder of 23 people in the Cologne bombing, in the NSU trial.


2004 Cologne bombing
The events of the 2017 film In the Fade, starring Diane Kruger as a German woman whose Kurdish husband and their child were killed in a nail bomb attack by Neo-Nazis, was inspired by the 2004 bombing.


2004 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
The 2004 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at Brooks Field in Wilmington, North Carolina from May 26 through May 29. The event determined the champion of the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2004 season. Second-seeded UNC Wilmington won the tournament for the first time and earned the CAA's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2004 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
Entering the event, former member East Carolina had won the most championships, with seven. Among active members, Old Dominion led with three titles while George Mason and VCU had each won twice and William & Mary had won once.


2004 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The top six teams from the CAA's round-robin regular season qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. They played a double-elimination tournament.


2004 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Matt Poulk was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Poulk was a third baseman for UNC Wilmington.


2004 Colorado Amendment 36
In the November 2004 United States election, one of the issues up for a vote in the state of Colorado was known as Amendment 36. It was a ballot initiative for an amendment to the state constitution. It would have changed the way in which the state apportioned its electoral votes.


2004 Colorado Amendment 36
Rather than assigning all 9 of the state's electors to the candidate with a plurality of popular votes, under the amendment, Colorado would have assigned presidential electors proportionally to the statewide vote count, which would be a unique system (Nebraska and Maine assign electoral votes based on vote totals within each congressional district). The amendment did not pass.


2004 Colorado Amendment 36, Result
The amendment ultimately failed, garnering only 34% of the vote:


2004 Colorado Amendment 36, Analysis
The amendment is deeply intertwined with the 2004 presidential election, in which Republican George W. Bush ran against Democrat John Kerry.


2004 Colorado Amendment 36, Analysis
As Colorado was expected to lean towards Bush, the passage of this amendment (generally favored by Democrats and opposed by Republicans), could have taken some electoral votes from Bush and assigned them to Kerry. Had such an apportionment been in place in 2000, Al Gore would have won the electoral college vote and become president.


2004 Colorado Amendment 36, Analysis
However, as November 2004 neared, Colorado began to look increasingly like a swing state in which it was possible that Kerry would win. Many Democrats who had pushed for Amendment 36 therefore began to have second thoughts and withdrew their advocacy for and support of the amendment. This withdrawal of Democratic support has been blamed for the defeat of the ballot initiative on Election Day. In the end, Bush won the state, but this amendment would not have been sufficient for Kerry to win the election.


2004 Colorado Amendment 36, Analysis
The applicability of this amendment to a presidential vote being conducted simultaneously was questioned and might have been the subject of a legal dispute had the amendment passed.


2004 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 2004 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games in Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. They participated in the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Gary Barnett.


2004 Colorado Rockies season
The Colorado Rockies' 2004 season was the 12th for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Clint Hurdle was the manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 68-94, 4th in the NL West.


2004 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Summary
Having missed the first 68 games of the season due to a groin injury, right fielder Larry Walker's first three home runs of the season () came on June 25, 2004, versus the Cleveland Indians. The last was off José Jiménez, which won the game for the Rockies in the 10th inning for a 10−8 margin. Walker totaled four hits and five runs batted in (RBI) on the day, and it was his third career three-home run game.


2004 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Summary
Walker reached 2,000 career hits on June 30, 2004, becoming the 234th player in major league history to do so (). Having already achieved 400 doubles, 300 home runs, 1,000 runs scored, and 1,000 RBI, he became the 40th player to reach all five totals. The milestone hit was a double off Ben Sheets in the fourth inning versus the Milwaukee Brewers. Through that point, Walker was the Rockies' career leader in 12 categories.


2004 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2004 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2004 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2004 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2004 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2004 Colorado State Rams football team
The 2004 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, CO and were led by head coach Sonny Lubick.


2004 Columbia Lions football team
The 2004 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia tied for last in the Ivy League.


2004 Columbia Lions football team
In their second season under head coach Bob Shoop, the Lions compiled a 1–9 record and were outscored 265 to 140. Rashad Biggers, Chuck Britton, Jeff Otis and Michael Quarshie were the team captains.


2004 Columbia Lions football team
The Lions' 1–6 conference record tied for seventh place in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 171 to 99 by Ivy opponents. Columbia's only win was against fellow cellar-dweller Dartmouth.


2004 Columbia Lions football team
Columbia played its homes games at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.


2004 Commonwealth Bank International – Draw
Andre Agassi was the defending champion, but David Nalbandian defeated him 6–2, 6–3, in the final.


2004 Commonwealth Youth Games
The 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Bendigo, Australia. They were the second Commonwealth Youth Games, which are held every four years.


2004 Commonwealth Youth Games, Medal Count
This is the full table of the medal count of the Commonwealth Youth Games 2004.


2004 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
The 2004 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the twelfth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Dinamo Tbilisi for the first time.


2004 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia leadership election
The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) held a leadership election on 15 May 2004. The incumbent leader Miroslav Grebeníček narrowly defeated Vojtěch Filip.


2004 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia leadership election, Result
Grebeníček was considered front-runner of the election. His victory was considered certain due to good electoral performances of the party, but his victory in the first round was surprisingly narrow and it was speculated that he might lose in the second round, but won and remained the leader of KSČM.


2004 Comorian legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Comoros on 18 April 2004, with a second round on 25 April. The result was a victory for the Camp of the Autonomous Islands, which won 12 of the 18 elected seats.


2004 Comorian legislative election, Background
Following the previous elections in 1996, a political crisis had led to Anjouan and Mohéli seeking to secede from the Union. A 1999 coup led to Azali Assoumani taking power. A new constitution was introduced in 2001, decentralising power by granting autonomy to the three islands. Azali subsequently won presidential elections in 2002, which were boycotted by the opposition.


2004 Comorian legislative election, Electoral system
At the time of the elections, only 18 of the 33 members of the Assembly of the Union were directly elected in single-member constituencies. The remaining 15 were chosen by the legislatures of the three islands, Anjouan, Mohéli and Grande Comore, with each island electing five members.


2004 Comorian legislative election, Electoral system
The direct elections were held in 18 single-member constituencies using the two-round system.


2004 Comorian legislative election, Campaign
In 2004 there was only one national political party, the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros led by Assoumani, which favoured more centralised government. Prior to the elections a loose coalition, the Camp of the Autonomous Islands, was formed by opposition groups organised by the presidents of the three islands.


2004 Comorian legislative election, Results
All fifteen of the indirectly-elected seats were won by the Camp of the Autonomous Islands.


2004 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The 2004 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 2004 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Cougar Field in Houston, Texas from May 26 through May 30, 2004. The TCU Horned Frogs won the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams, with two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.


2004 Conference USA Baseball Tournament, Finish order
† - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. # - Received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.


2004 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2004 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 10–13 at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio.


2004 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
Hosts Cincinnati defeated top-seeded DePaul in the championship game, 55–50, to clinch their fourth Conference USA men's tournament championship.


2004 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
The Bearcats, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow C-USA members UAB, Charlotte, DePaul, and Memphis, all of whom earned at-large bids.


2004 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
There were no changes to the tournament format from the previous year.


2004 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The top four teams were given byes into the quarterfinal round while the next eight teams were placed into the first round. The two teams with the worst conference records were not invited to the tournament. All remaining tournament seeds were determined by regular season conference records.


2004 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2004 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament was the tenth edition of the Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Conference USA champion and guaranteed representative into the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was hosted by the University of Louisville and the games were played at Cardinal Park Stadium.


2004 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary
The 2004 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary was held on March 2 in the U.S. state of Connecticut as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.


2004 Connecticut Huskies football team
The 2004 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Big East Conference. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Randy Edsall and played its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut.


2004 Connecticut State Senate election
The 2004 Connecticut State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2004 United States Elections. All 36 seats of the Connecticut State Senate were up for re-election. Senators serve two-year terms and are up for re-election every election cycle. The August 10th primary elections decided candidates that appeared on the ballot for the General election. The General Election took place on November 2, 2004.


2004 Connecticut Sun season
The 2004 WNBA season was their sixth season and their second in Connecticut. The Sun attempted to return to the postseason for the second consecutive season and were successful.


2004 Connecticut Sun season, Offseason, Dispersal Draft
Based on the Sun's 2003 record, they would pick 8th in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft. However, the Sun traded the pick to the Houston Comets.


2004 Connecticut Sun season, Schedule, Playoffs
In the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Sun had to face the Washington Mystics. Since the Sun had the better record, the series would be played with game 1 at Washington, game 2 at Connecticut, and game 3 (if needed) at Connecticut. The Sun lost the first game, but won the next two to advance to the next round. In the second round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Sun had to face the New York Liberty.


2004 Connecticut Sun season, Schedule, Playoffs
The Sun and the Liberty had identical records and each team had won two of the four meetings against each other in the regular season. The Sun attained home-court advantage however, because they beat the Liberty by more than the Liberty beat them. The series would be played with game 1 at New York and games 2 and 3 (if needed) at Connecticut. The Sun swept the Liberty and game 3 was not needed. The Sun advanced to the WNBA Finals. The team would be facing off against the Seattle Storm.


2004 Connecticut Sun season, Schedule, Playoffs
The Storm had the better record so the series would be played with game 1 at Connecticut, and games 2 and 3 (if needed) at Seattle. This was the last year the league played the finals in a best-of-three setup. The Storm beat the Sun 2 games to 1 to win the WNBA Finals.


2004 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
The 2004 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election took place on March 20, 2004, in Toronto, Ontario, and resulted in the election of Stephen Harper as the first leader of the new Conservative Party of Canada. The Conservative Party was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, in December 2003.


2004 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
Stephen Harper, the former leader of the Canadian Alliance, was elected on the first (and only) ballot. Tony Clement, a former Ontario Progressive Conservative health minister, and Belinda Stronach, the former Chief Executive Officer of Magna International, were the other candidates on the ballot.


2004 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
The leader was selected by a system in which each of the party's riding associations was allocated 100 points, which were allocated among candidates in proportion to the votes that he or she received. This system was selected as a condition of the merger, to prevent the far larger Canadian Alliance membership base from overwhelming that of the Progressive Conservatives.


2004 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
Members voted using ranked ballots. If no candidate won a majority of votes in the first round, the ballots supporting the candidate with the smallest number of votes would be re-distributed according to the voters' second preferences. Subsequent rounds were not needed, however, because Stephen Harper won in the first round.


2004 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Candidates, Tony Clement
42, Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament for Brampton South (1995-2003), provincial Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (2001-2003), provincial Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing (1999-2001), provincial Minister of the Environment (1999-2000), provincial Minister of Transportation (1997-1999), third place candidate in Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election (2002)


2004 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Candidates, Stephen Harper
44, Reform Party of Canada MP for Calgary West (1993-1997), Canadian Alliance MP for Calgary Southwest (2002-), Leader of the Canadian Alliance (2002-2003), President of the National Citizens Coalition (1998-2002)


2004 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Results
Each of 308 ridings had 100 points which were distributed by proportional representation according to votes cast by party members in the riding.


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan
The 2004 Constitution of Afghanistan is the supreme law of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which served as the legal framework between the Afghan government and the Afghan citizens. Although Afghanistan (Afghan Empire) was made a state in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani, the earliest Afghan constitution was written during the reign of Emir Abdur Rahman Khan in the 1890s followed by the 1923 version. The 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan transformed Afghanistan into a modern democracy.


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan
The constitution was approved by the consensus in January 2004 after the 2003 loya jirga. The Constitution consists of 162 articles and was officially signed by Hamid Karzai on January 26, 2004. It evolved out of the Afghan Constitution Commission mandated by the Bonn Agreement. The constitution provides for an elected President and National Assembly. The transitional government of interim president Hamid Karzai was put in place after the June 2002 loya jirga. The first presidential elections after the new constitution was in effect, took place in October 2004, and Karzai was elected to a five-year term. The first elections for the National Assembly were delayed until September 2005.


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan, Eligibility of President
Article 62 of the Constitution of Afghanistan of 2004 states that a candidate for the office of President:


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan, Legislative branch
The National Assembly of Afghanistan consists of two houses: the Wolesi Jirga (House of the People) and the Meshrano Jirga (House of Elders).


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan, Legislative branch
The Wolesi Jirga, the more powerful house, consists of a maximum of 250 delegates directly elected through a system of single non transferable vote (SNTV). Members are elected on a provincial basis and serve for five years. At least 64 delegates must be women; and ten Kuchi nomads were also elected among their peers. The Wolesi Jirga has the primary responsibility for making and ratifying laws and approving the actions of the president and has considerable veto power over senior appointments and policies


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan, Legislative branch
The Meshrano Jirga will consist of an unspecified number of local dignitaries and experts appointed by provincial councils, district councils, and the president. The president also appoints two representatives of the physically disabled. The lower house passes laws, approve budgets and ratify treaties – all of which will require subsequent approval by the Meshrano Jirga.


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan, Judicial branch and court system
The nation's top court is the Stera Mahkama (Supreme Court). Its members are appointed by the president for 10-year terms. There are also High Courts, Appeals Courts, and local and district courts. Eligible judges can have training in either Islamic jurisprudence or secular law.


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan, Judicial branch and court system
Courts are allowed to use Hanafi jurisprudence in situations where the Constitution lacks provisions.


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan, Cabinet
The current cabinet consists of the president, his two vice-presidents and 25 ministers. The ministers are appointed by the president but need approval from the Wolesi Jirga (lower house).


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan, Provinces and Districts
The constitution divides Afghanistan into 34 provinces. Each province is governed by a provincial council with members elected for four-year terms. Provincial Governors are appointed by the president. Provinces are divided into districts, which contain villages and towns. Every village and town will also have councils, with members serving for three years.


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan, Religion
The Constitution describes Islam as its sacred law and the most commonly practiced faith throughout Afghanistan.


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan, Religion
Followers of other religions are "free to exercise their faith and perform their religious rites" within the limits of the law. There is no mention of freedom of thought, and apostasy from Islam.


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan, Civil and human rights
Citizens are guaranteed the right to life and liberty, to privacy, of peaceful assembly, from torture and of expression and speech. If accused of a crime, citizens hold the right to be informed of the charges, to representation by an advocate, and to presumption of innocence. Article 34 states, "Freedom of expression shall be inviolable. Every Afghan shall have the right to express thoughts through speech, writing, illustrations as well as other means in accordance with provisions of this constitution. Every Afghan shall have the right, according to provisions of law, to print and publish on subjects without prior submission to state authorities. Directives related to the press, radio and television as well as publications and other mass media shall be regulated by law."


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan, Civil and human rights
Provisions are made to ensure free education and healthcare for all citizens.


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan, Language
Article 16 of the constitution states that "from amongst Pashto, Dari, Uzbek, Turkmen, Balochi, Pashai, Nuristani and other current languages in the country, Pashto and Dari shall be the official languages of the state." In addition, other languages are considered "the third official language" in areas where they are spoken by a majority.


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan, Language
Article 20 states that the Afghan National Anthem (Wolesi Tarana) "shall be in Pashto with the mention of "God is Great" as well as the names of the tribes of Afghanistan."


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan, Language
The constitution aims "to foster and develop all languages of Afghanistan." (Article 16)


2004 Constitution of Afghanistan, Land ownership
Foreigners are not allowed to own land in Afghanistan. Foreign individuals shall not have the right to own immovable property in Afghanistan.


2004 Continental Cup of Curling
The 2004 Continental Cup of Curling was held in Medicine Hat, Alberta from November 25 to 28. North America won its second title, defeating Team Europe 228-172.


2004 Continental Cup of Curling, Singles
(Each game worth four points, eight bonus points awarded to top aggregate score)


2004 Continental Tire Bowl
The 2004 Continental Tire Bowl featured the Boston College Eagles, and the North Carolina Tar Heels. The game was played on Thursday, December 30, 2004, at 1:00 PM EST. The game was the third edition to this bowl game, but the last one under the name Continental Tire Bowl. It would later be renamed the Meineke Car Care Bowl. This edition was particularly notable because Boston College would join the Atlantic Coast Conference, which North Carolina also plays in, the following year.


2004 Continental Tire Bowl
L. V. Whitworth started the scoring with a 5-yard touchdown run to give Boston College an early 7–0 lead. North Carolina came right back, and quarterback Darian Durant threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to running back Ronnie McGill, to tie the game at 7. Boston College quarterback, Paul Peterson threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Grant Adams to give BC a 14–7 lead at the end of the 1st quarter.


2004 Continental Tire Bowl
In the second quarter, Darian Durant threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Wallace Wright to tie the game at 14. He later threw a 51-yard bomb to Derrele Mitchell to give North Carolina a 21–14 lead. Before halftime, Paul Peterson hooked up with David Kashetta on a 1-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 21.


2004 Continental Tire Bowl
With four minutes left in the third quarter, North Carolina's Connor Barth hit a 27-yard field goal to give UNC a 24–21 lead. In the fourth quarter, Andre Callender ran 1-yard for a touchdown. The failed extra point gave Boston College a 27–24 lead. Later on, BC kicker Ryan Ohliger ran a fake field goal 21 yards for a touchdown to increase the lead to 34–24. An 18-yard field goal by Ohliger capped the scoring, and BC held on to win 37–24.


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections
The Cook County, Illinois general election was held on November 2, 2004.


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections
Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney, Board of Review district 3, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information
2004 was a presidential election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races (President, House, and Senate) and those for state elections.


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information, Voter turnout, Primary election
Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 35.02%. The city of Chicago saw 38.58% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 31.34% turnout.


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information, Voter turnout, General election
The general election saw 74.75% turnout, with 2,088,727 ballots cast. Chicago saw 75.13% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 74.36% turnout.


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections, Clerk of the Circuit Court
In the 2004 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election,  incumbent first-term Clerk Dorothy A. Brown, a Democrat, was reelected.


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections, Recorder of Deeds
In the 2004 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election, incumbent Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore, a Democrat, was reelected. Moore had first been appointed in 1999 (after Jesse White resigned to become Illinois Secretary of State), and had been elected to a full-term in 2000.


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections, Recorder of Deeds, General election
Republican nominee Cox had declared that his intent in seeking the office was to push for its elimination, as he argued that the office was an unnecessary duplication of services and had become a "model of waste and corruption".


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections, State's Attorney
In the 2004 Cook County State's Attorney election,  incumbent second-term State's Attorney Richard A. Devine, a Democrat, was reelected.


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections, State's Attorney, Primaries, Democratic
In the Democratic primary, incumbent Dick Devine defeated challenger Tommy H. Brewer (who had previously, in 1994, run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination Cook County Sheriff).


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review
In the 2004 Cook County Board of Review election, one seat, Democratic-held, was up for election. The incumbent won reelection.


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review
The Cook County Board of Review has its three seats rotate the length of terms. In a staggered fashion (in which no two seats have coinciding two-year terms), the seats rotate between two consecutive four-year terms and a two-year term.


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 3rd district
Incumbent second-term member Robert Shaw, a Democrat last reelected in 2002, lost reelection, being unseated by in the Democratic primary by Larry R. Rogers, Jr., who went on to win the general election unopposed. Rogers' margin-of-victory over Shaw in the Democratic primary was narrow, at 1,087 votes (equal to 0.37 of votes cast). This election was to a four-year term.


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 3rd district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board
In the 2004 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, three of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election in an at-large election.


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections, Judicial elections
Pasrtisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County due to vacancies. Retention elections were also held for the Circuit Court.


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections, Judicial elections
Partisan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies. Retention elections were held for other judgeships.


2004 Cook County, Illinois elections, Other elections
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the wards of Chicago.