The 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 117th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match Summary Mayo were hoping to bridge a gap that stretched back to their All-Ireland football title winning team of 1951. They failed, though less miserably than in 2006. Mayo lost their fourth final in a row; in the end Kerry only won by eight points. Dara Ó Cinnéide was the winning captain, while manager Jack O'Connor won the title in his first season in charge. The match was shown live in Ireland on RTÉ2 as part of The Sunday Game with match commentary from Ger Canning and Martin Carney.

Largely regarded as one of the most disappointing All-Ireland football finals for many years, Mayo's capitulation drove spectators from the stadium in their thousands, with Kerry leading by 1–12 to 1–4 at half-time. Kerry racked up a total of 1–20, the highest team score in an All-Ireland SFC final since the time of 'Bomber' Liston and the 5–11 that decimated Dublin in 1978. Mayo returned to the All-Ireland SFC final two years later, to be torn apart by Kerry all over again in a final when Kerry surpassed the score they achieved in 2004.

In 2022, Martin Breheny listed it among "five of the worst" All-Ireland SFC finals since 1972.

Details

Kerry:1 Diarmuid Murphy 2 Tom O'Sullivan 3 Michael McCarthy 4 Aidan O'Mahony 5 Tomás Ó Sé 6 Éamonn Fitzmaurice 7 Marc Ó Sé 8 Eoin Brosnan 9 William Kirby 10 Liam Hassett 11 Declan O'Sullivan 12 Paul Galvin 13 Colm Cooper 14 Dara Ó Cinnéide (c) 15 Johnny Crowley Substitutes:19 Seamus Moynihan for L. Hassett 17 Mike Frank Russell for J. Crowley 21 Ronan O'Connor for D. Ó Cinnéide 18 Paddy Kelly for P. Galvin 25 Brendan Guiney for T. Ó Sé Manager: Jack O'ConnorMayo:1 Peter Burke 2 Dermot Geraghty 3 David Heaney 4 Gary Ruane (c) 5 Peadar Gardiner 6 James Nallen 7 Pat Kelly 8 Ronan McGarrity 9 Fergal Kelly 10 James Gill 11 Ciarán McDonald 12 Alan Dillon 13 Conor Mortimer 14 Trevor Mortimer 15 Brian Maloney Substitutes:25 David Brady for Kelly 18 Conor Moran for Geraghty 30 Michael Conroy for Gill 27 Andy Moran for C. Mortimer 22 Pat Navin for Heaney Manager: John Maughan

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Kerry subs not used 16 K. Cremin 20 M. Quirke 22 J. Sheehan 23 D. Quill 24 T. Griffin 26 S. O'Sullivan 27 N. Kennelly 28 J. Cronin 29 B. Sheehan 30 R. Ó Flatharta

Mayo subs not used 16 F. Ruddy 17 F. Costello (c) 19 D. Munnelly 20 D. Sweeney 21 A. Costello 23 G. Mullins 24 M. McNicholas 26 B. J. Padden 28 A. O'Malley 29 B. Ruane

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External links Match Highlights