2004 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

2004 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Alamo Bowl champion
Alamo Bowl, W 33–7 vs. Oklahoma State
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 20
Record	8–4 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jim Tressel (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Bollman (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Mark Snyder (1st; 4th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Mel Tucker (1st; 4th overall season)
Base defense	4–3
MVP	Mike Nugent
Captains	Dustin Fox Simon Fraser Mike Nugent Andrew Schulte
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium
Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	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 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Jim Tressel. The Buckeyes played their home games at Ohio Stadium. The team finished the season with a record of 8–4 and a Big Ten Conference record of 4–4.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	12:00 p.m.	Cincinnati*	No. 9	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN+	W 27–6	104,604
September 11	3:30 p.m.	ABC	W 24–21	104,622
September 18	3:30 p.m.	at NC State*	No. 9	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ABC	W 22–14	56,800
October 2	9:00 p.m.	at Northwestern	No. 7	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN2	L 27–33 OT	47,130
October 9	3:30 p.m.	No. 15 Wisconsin	No. 18	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	L 13–24	105,090
October 16	3:30 p.m.	at Iowa	No. 25	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ABC	L 7–33	70,397
October 23	12:00 p.m.	Indiana		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN+	W 30–7	104,538
October 30	12:00 p.m.	Penn State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	ABC	W 21–10	104,947
November 6	12:00 p.m.	at Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN	W 32–19	72,222
November 13	3:30 p.m.	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN	L 17–24	64,639
November 20	1:00 p.m.	No. 7 Michigan		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	ABC	W 37–21	105,456
December 29	8:00 p.m.	vs. Oklahoma State*	No. 24	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	W 33–7	65,265
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

2004 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OT 74 Kirk Barton  Fr QB 17 Todd Boeckman Fr WR 3 Bam Childress  Sr G 50 Doug Datish  So WR 11 Anthony Gonzalez  Fr WR 8 Roy Hall  So WR 4 Santonio Holmes  Jr FB 49 Dionte Johnson Fr C 55 Nick Mangold Jr RB 25 Antonio Pittman Fr OT 77 Rob Sims Jr QB 10 Troy Smith  So RB 30 Lydell Ross Sr QB 12 Justin Zwick  So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 42 Bobby Carpenter Jr SS 6 Tyler Everett Jr CB 37 Dustin Fox Sr DE 75 Simon Fraser Sr LB 17 Marcus Freeman Fr DE 50 Vernon Gholston Fr CB/WR 7 Ted Ginn Jr. Fr DT 94 Marcus Green  Jr LB 47 A. J. Hawk Jr FS 32 Brandon Mitchell  So DT 97 David Patterson So DT 90 Quinn Pitcock  So DE 99 Jay Richardson  So FS 21 Nate Salley Jr LB 51 Anthony Schlegel  Jr FS 14 Antonio Smith  So CB 19 Brandon Underwood Fr CB 2 E.J. Underwood Jr SS 9 Donte Whitner So CB 26 Ashton Youboty So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 23 Josh Huston  Sr K 85 Mike Nugent Sr K 32 Ryan Pretorius Fr P 15 A.J. Trapasso Fr	Head coach Jim Tressel Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Coaching staff

• Jim Tressel – Head Coach (4th year)
• Jim Bollman – Offensive Line/OC (4th year)
• Joe Daniels – Quarterbacks / Passing Game Coordinator (4th year)
• Ryan Smith- Co-Quarterbacks (1st year)
• Luke Fickell – Defensive Linebackers (4th year)
• Darrell Hazell – Wide Receivers (1st year)
• Jim Heacock – Defensive Line (9th year)
• Mark Snyder – Defensive Coordinator (4th year)
• Dick Tressel – Running Backs (4th year)
• Mel Tucker – Co-Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Backs (4th year)
• Bob Tucker – Director of Football Operations (10th year)
• Todd Goebbel - Defensive Quality Control Coach (1st Year)

Depth chart

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2005 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL club
Mike Nugent	2	47	Kicker	New York Jets
Dustin Fox	3	80	Defensive Back	Minnesota Vikings
Maurice Clarett	3	101	Running Back	Denver Broncos

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Game summaries

Cincinnati

1 2 3 4 Total Cincinnati 0 3 3 0 6 • Ohio State 0 10 7 10 27 Date: September 4 Location: EST TV announcers (ESPN+): Mike Gleason (Play-by-play) & John Cooper (Color)

Scoring summary 2 14:54 CIN Kevin Lovell 27-yard field goal Cincinnati 3–0 2 10:15 OHST Mike Nugent 27-yard field goal Tie 3–3 2 1:11 OHST Ryan Hamby 17-yard pass from Justin Zwick (Mike Nugent kick) Ohio State 10–3 3 6:16 CIN Kevin Lovell 25-yard field goal Ohio State 10–6 3 2:27 OHST Lydell Ross 1-yard run (Mike Nugent kick) Ohio State 17–6 4 5:54 OHST Santonio Holmes 23-yard pass from Troy Smith (Mike Nugent kick) Ohio State 24–6 4 1:51 OHST Mike Nugent 23-yard field goal Ohio State 27–6

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Marshall

1 2 3 4 Total Marshall 7 7 0 7 21 • Ohio State 14 7 0 3 24 Date: September 11 Location: EST TV announcers (ABC): Mike Tirico (Play-by-play), Tim Brant (Color), Terry Bowden (Color) & Sam Ryan (Sideline)

Scoring summary 1 9:52 OHST Santonio Holmes 80-yard pass from Justin Zwick (Mike Nugent kick) Ohio State 7–0 1 5:31 MRSH Earl Charles 2-yard run (Ian O'Connor kick) Tie 7–7 1 :18 OHST Santonio Holmes 47-yard pass from Justin Zwick (Mike Nugent kick) Ohio State 14–7 2 5:36 MRSH Jonathan Goddard 27-yard fumble return (Ian O'Connor kick) Tie 14–14 2 3:13 OHST Roy Hall 20-yard pass from Justin Zwick (Mike Nugent kick) Ohio State 21–14 4 8:40 MRSH Brad Bates 23-yard pass from Stan Hill (Ian O'Connor kick) Tie 21–21 4 :00 OHST Mike Nugent 55-yard field goal Ohio State 24–21

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Michigan

Michigan at Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan 14 0 0 7 21 • Ohio State 7 13 14 3 37 Date: November 20 Location: EST Game attendance: 105,456 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline) Source: [1]

Scoring summary 1 13:47 OSU Anthony Gonzalez 68-yard pass from Troy Smith (Mike Nugent kick) OSU 7–0 1 10:25 MICH Jason Avant 4-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick) Tied 7–7 1 6:03 MICH Mike Hart 1-yard run (Garrett Rivas kick) MICH 14–7 2 13:16 OSU Troy Smith 2-yard run (Mike Nugent kick) Tied 14–14 2 2:16 OSU Mike Nugent 21-yard field goal OSU 17–14 2 0:00 OSU Mike Nugent 42-yard field goal OSU 20–14 3 9:56 OSU Ted Ginn Jr. 82-yard punt return (Mike Nugent kick) OSU 27–14 3 1:53 OSU Santonio Holmes 12-yard pass from Troy Smith (Mike Nugent kick) OSU 34–14 4 10:56 MICH Braylon Edwards 38-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick) OSU 34–21 4 7:15 OSU Mike Nugent 48-yard field goal OSU 37–21

Alamo Bowl

Ohio State vs. Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma State 0 0 0 7 7 • Ohio State 13 10 7 3 33 Date: December 29 Location: EST Game attendance: 65,265 TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Tirico (Play-by-play), Lee Corso (Color), Kirk Herbstreit (Color) & Jill Arrington (Sideline) Source: [2]

Scoring summary 1 12:02 OHST Anthony Gonzalez 23-yard pass from Justin Zwick (Mike Nugent kick) OHST 7–0 1 9:53 OHST Mike Nugent 37-yard field goal OHST 10–0 1 5:55 OHST Mike Nugent 35-yard field goal OHST 13–0 2 10:26 OHST Lydell Ross 1-yard run (Mike Nugent kick) OHST 20–0 2 4:19 OHST Mike Nugent 41-yard field goal OHST 23–0 3 8:13 OHST Ted Ginn Jr. 5-yard run (Mike Nugent kick) OHST 30–0 4 10:44 OHST Mike Nugent 36-yard field goal OHST 33–0 4 7:29 OKST Shawn Willis 4-yard run (Jason Ricks kick) OHST 33–7

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	9	9	9	7	7	18	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	24	20
Coaches Poll	9	9	7	6	6	15	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	22	22	19
BCS	Not released							—	—	—	—	—	—	25	25	Not released

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