2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Music City Bowl champion
Music City Bowl, W 20–16 vs. Alabama
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–5 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorMitch Browning (5th as OC, 8th overall season)
Co-offensive coordinatorTony Petersen (5th as OC, 6th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorGreg Hudson (2nd as DC, 4th overall season)
CaptainGreg Eslinger, Justin Fraley, Rian Melander, Darrell Reid
Home stadiumHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
(Capacity: 64,172)
Seasons
← 2003
2005 →
2004 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 14 Michigan $+   7 – 1     9 – 3  
No. 8 Iowa +   7 – 1     10 – 2  
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 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was Glen Mason. It played its home games at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis Minnesota.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 48:00 pmToledo*No. 25
ESPN2W 63–2145,144
September 112:30 pm
ESPN+
W 37–2134,006[1]
September 189:00 pmat Colorado State*No. 22
ESPN2W 34–1633,501
September 258:00 pmNorthwesternNo. 19
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis, MN
ESPN2W 43–1744,657
October 27:00 pm[2]Penn StateNo. 18
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis, MN
ESPN+W 16–750,386
October 911:00 amat No. 14 MichiganNo. 13
ESPNL 24–27111,518
October 1511:00 amat
Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
    		• ESPNL 17–5172,383
    October 231:00 pmIllinois
    • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
    • Minneapolis, MN
    		W 45–046,526
    October 3012:00 pmat
    Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
    		• L 21–3022,282
    November 62:30 pmat No. 5
    Paul Bunyan's Axe)
    		ABCL 14–3883,069
    November 1311:00 amNo. 19 Iowa
    		ESPNL 27–2964,719
    December 3111:00 amvs.
    The Coliseum
  • Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl
    • )    		ESPNW 20–1666,089
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Central time

    Roster

    2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    RB 21 Marion Barber III Jr
    QB 3 Bryan Cupito So
    C 61 Greg Eslinger Jr
    WR 2 Paris Hamilton Sr
    RB 22 Laurence Maroney So
    WR 84 Logan Payne So
    RB 29 Amir Pinnix  Fr
    WR 88 Micah Rucker  Fr
    RB 24 Gary Russell Fr
    G 68 Mark Setterstrom Jr
    TE 89 Matt Spaeth So
    WR 82 Ernie Wheelwright  Fr
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    S 23 Dominique Barber Fr
    DT 95 Anthony Montgomery Jr
    DE 51 Darrell Reid Sr
    DE 91 William VanDeSteeg Fr
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    K 16 Rhys Loyd Sr
    LS 44 Robert McGarry IV Fr
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    References

    1. Newspapers.com
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    2. ^ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search".
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