2004 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2004 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
2004 record 6–6 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Randy Walker (6th season)
Offensive coordinator Mike Dunbar (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Greg Colby (3rd season)
Home stadium Ryan Field (Capacity: 47,130)
2004 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Iowa +  7 –1     10 –2  
No. 14 Michigan $+  7 –1     9 –3  
No. 17 Wisconsin  6 –2     9 –3  
Northwestern  5 –3     6 –6  
No. 20 Ohio State  4 –4     8 –4  
Purdue  4 –4     7 –5  
Michigan State  4 –4     5 –7  
Minnesota  3 –5     7 –5  
Penn State  2 –6     4 –7  
Illinois  1 –7     3 –8  
Indiana  1 –7     3 –8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 8:30 PM at TCU* Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ESPN2 L 45–48 OT  26,843
September 11 11:00 AM Arizona State* Ryan Field • Evanston, IL ESPN2 L 21–30   21,939
September 18 1:00 PM Kansas* Ryan Field • Evanston, IL W 20–17   24,817
September 25 11:00 AM at No. 19 Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN ESPN2 L 43–17   44,657
October 2 8:00 PM No. 7 Ohio State Ryan Field • Evanston, IL ESPN2 W 33–27 OT  47,130
October 9 11:00 AM Indiana Ryan Field • Evanston, IL ESPN+ W 31–24 2OT  22,688
October 23 11:00 AM at No. 6 Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI ESPN L 24–12   82,468
October 30 11:00 AM No. 21 Purduedagger Ryan Field • Evanston, IL ESPN W 13–10   30,312
November 6 11:00 AM at Penn State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ESPN+ W 14–7   100,353
November 13 11:00 AM at No. 7 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI ABC L 42–20   111,347
November 20 11:00 AM Illinois Ryan Field • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) ESPN+ W 28–21 OT  23,563
November 27 11:00 PM at Hawaii* Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI FSN L 49–41   33,846
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from BCS Poll or AP Poll if BCS not available. All times are in Central Time.

Game summaries

Ohio State

1 234OTTotal
Ohio State 3 77100 27
• Northwestern 3 10776 33

Purdue

1 234Total
Purdue 10 000 10
• Northwestern 7 006 13

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References

  1. ↑ "Herron Saves Northwestern with Last-Minute TD". ESPN. October 30, 2004. Retrieved October 20, 2014.


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