2004 NFL draft at a glance

Friday, April 23, 2004 | 10:24 a.m.

WHAT: 69th annual National Football league Player Selection Meeting.

WHERE: The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

WHEN: 9 a.m. Saturday (rounds 1-3); 8 a.m. Sunday (rounds 4-7).

TELEVISION: ESPN and ESPN2 will televise the draft in its entirety, on ESPN until 7 p.m. Saturday and then for the remainder of the third round Saturday on ESPN2. On Sunday, it's ESPN from 8-10 a.m. with ESPN2 doing to the rest of the draft.

FORMAT; Representatives of the 32 NFL clubs will make the selections after telephone communications with team general managers, scouts, coaches and ownership.

TIME LIMITS: Each team has 15 minutes for a first-round selection, 10 minutes for a second-round selection and 5 minutes for each subsequent selection.

WHO GOES FIRST? Unless they trade it away, the San Diego Chargers own the top spot thanks to a 4-12 record in 2003 and a tiebreaking, league-worst strength of schedule of .504. They will be followed, in order, by the other three 4-12 teams -- Oakland, Arizona and the New York Giants.

1. San Diego

2. Oakland

3. Arizona

4. New York Giants

5. Washington

6. Detroit

7. Cleveland

8. Atlanta

9. Jacksonville

10. Houston

11. Pittsburgh

12. New York Jets

13. Buffalo

14. Chicago

15. Tampa Bay

16. San Francisco

17. Denver (from Cincinnati)

18. New Orleans

19. Minnesota

20. Miami

21. New England (from Baltimore)

22. Dallas

23. Seattle

24. Cincinnati (from Denver)

25. Green Bay

26. St. Louis

27. Tennessee

28. Philadelphia

29. Indianapolis

30. Kansas City

31. Carolina

32. New England

2003 -- Cincinnati Bengals, QB Carson Palmer, Southern Cal

2002 -- Houston Texans, QB David Carr, Fresno State

2001 -- Atlanta Falcons, QB Michael Vick, Virginia Tech

2000 -- Cleveland Browns, DE Courtney Brown, Penn State

1999 -- Cleveland Browns, QB Tim Couch, Kentucky

1998 -- Indianapolis Colts, QB Peyton Manning, Tennessee

1997 -- St. Louis Rams, OL Orlando Pace, Ohio State

1996 -- New York Jets, WR Keyshawn Johnson, Southern Cal

1995 -- Cincinnati Bengals, RB Ki-Jana Carter, Penn State

1994 -- Cincinnati Bengals, DT Dan Wilkinson, Ohio State

1993 -- New England Patriots, QB Drew Bledsoe, Washington State

1992 -- Indianapolis Colts, DT Steve Emtman, Washington

1991 -- Dallas Cowboys, DT Russell Maryland, Miami

1990 -- Indianapolis Colts, QB Jeff George, Illinois

1989 -- Dallas Cowboys, QB Troy Aikman, UCLA

1988 -- Atlanta Falcons, LB Aundray Bruce, Auburn

1987 -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers, QB Vinny Testaverde, Miami

1986 -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers, RB Bo Jackson, Auburn

1985 -- Buffalo Bills, DE Bruce Smith, Virginia Tech

1984 -- New England Patriots, WR Irving Fryar, Nebraska

1983 -- Baltimore Colts, QB John Elway, Stanford

1982 -- New England Patriots, DT Kenneth Sims, Texas

1981 -- New Orleans Saints, RB George Rogers, South Carolina

1980 -- Detroit Lions, RB Billy Sims, Oklahoma

1979 -- Buffalo Bills, LB Tom Cousineau, Ohio State

1978 -- Houston Oilers, RB Earl Campbell, Texas

1977 -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers, RB Ricky Bell, Southern Cal

1976 -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers, DE Lee Roy Selmon, Oklahoma

1975 -- Atlanta Falcons, QB Steve Bratkowski, California

1974 -- Dallas Cowboys, DE Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Tennessee State

1973 -- Houston Oilers, DE John Matuszak, Tampa

1972 -- Buffalo Bills, DE Walt Patulski, Notre Dame

1971 -- New England Patriots, QB Jim Plunkett, Stanford

1970 -- Pittsburgh Steelers, QB Terry Bradshaw, Louisiana Tech

1969 -- Buffalo Bills, RB O.J. Simpson, Southern Cal

1968 -- Minnesota Vikings, OT Ron Yary, Southern Cal

1967 -- Baltimore Colts, DT Bubba Smith, Michigan State

1966 -- Atlanta Falcons, LB Tommy Nobis, Texas

1966 -- Miami Dolphins, RB Jim Grabowski, Illinois

1965 -- New York Giants (NFL), RB Tucker Frederickson, Auburn

1965 -- Houston Oilers (AFL), WR Lawrence Elkins, Baylor

1964 -- San Francisco 49ers (NFL), WR Dave Parks, Texas Tech

1964 -- Boston Patriots (AFL), QB Jack Concannon, Boston College

1963 -- Los Angeles Rams (NFL), QB Terry Baker, Oregon State

1963 -- Kansas City Chiefs (AFL), DT Buck Buchanan, Grambling

1962 -- Washington Redskins (NFL), RB Ernie Davis, Syracuse

1962 -- Oakland Raiders (AFL), QB Roman Gabriel, North Carolina State

1961 -- Minnesota Vikings (NFL), RB Tommy Mason, Tulane

1961 -- Buffalo Bills (AFL), G Ken Rice, Auburn

1960 -- Los Angeles Rams, RB Billy Cannon, LSU

1959 -- Green Bay Packers, QB Randy Duncan, Iowa

1958 -- Chicago Cardinas, QB King Hill, Rice

1957 -- Green Bay Packers, HB Paul Hornung, Notre Dame

1956 -- Pittsburgh Steelers, DB Gary Glick, Colorado A&M.

1955 -- Baltimore Colts, QB George Shaw, Oregon

1954 -- Cleveland Browns, QB Bobby Garrett, Stanford

1953 -- San Francisco 49ers, WR Harry Babcock, Georgia

1952 -- Los Angeles Rams, QB Bill Wade, Vanderbilt

1951 -- New York Giants, HB Kyle Rote, SMU

1950 -- Detroit Lions, WR Leon Hart, Notre Dame

1949 -- Philadelphia Eagles, C Chuck Bednarik, Pennsylvania

1948 -- Washington Redskins, QB Harry Gilmer, Alabama

1947 -- Chicago Bears, HB Bob Fenimore, Oklahoma A&M

1946 -- Boston Redskins, QB Frank Dancewicz, Notre Dame

1945 -- Chicago Cardinals, HB Charley Trippi, Georgia

1944 -- Boston Redskins, QB Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame

1943 -- Detroit Lions, HB Frank Sinkwich, Georgia

1942 -- Pittsburgh Steelers, HB Bill Dudley, Virginia

1941 -- Chicago Bears, HB Tom Harmon, Michigan

1940 -- Chicago Cardinals, HB George Cafego, Tennessee

1939 -- Chicago Cardinals, C Ki Aldrich, TCU

1938 -- Cleveland Rams, FB Corbett Davis, Indiana

1937 -- Philadelphia Eagles, FB Sam Francis, Nebraska

1936 -- Philadelphia Eagles, HB Jay Berwanger, Chicago

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