2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

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2004
Heinz Field
Seasons
2004 Big East Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 25 Pittsburgh $+   4 2     8 4  
No. 21 Boston College +   4 2     9 3  
West Virginia +   4 2     8 4  
Syracuse +   4 2     6 6  
Connecticut   3 3     8 4  
Rutgers   1 5     4 7  
Temple   1 5     2 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Pittsburgh won a share of The Big East Conference championship and were awarded with a BCS berth to the 2005 Fiesta Bowl.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 117:00 p.m.
Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • W 24–346,401
    September 1812:00 p.m.
    ABC
    L 17–2440,133
    September 251:00 p.m.No. 2 (I-AA) Furman*
    • Heinz Field
    • Pittsburgh, PA
    W 41–38 OT35,121
    September 307:00 p.m.at ConnecticutESPN2L 17–2940,000
    October 912:00 p.m.at TempleESPN+W 27–2219,517
    October 1612:00 p.m.Boston College
    • Heinz Field
    • Pittsburgh, PA
    ESPN2W 20–17 OT34,071
    October 2312:00 p.m.Rutgersdagger
    • Heinz Field
    • Pittsburgh, PA
    ESPN+W 41–1741,232
    November 612:00 p.m.at
    Carrier Dome
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry
  • )
    ESPN+L 31–38 2OT37,211
    November 132:30 p.m.at No. 24 Notre Dame*NBCW 41–3880,795
    November 258:00 p.m.No. 21 West Virginia
    ESPNW 16–1352,641
    December 411:00 a.m.at South Florida*No. 19ESPN2W 43–1423,417
    January 18:30 p.m.vs. No. 5
    Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl
  • )
    ABCL 7–3573,519
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Eastern time

    Personnel

    2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    RB 49 Justin Acierno Jr
    TE 84 Steve Buches So
    RB 38 Kellen Campbell Fr
    WR Kelvin Chandler Fr
    WR Steven Brana Fr
    WR 4 Joe DelSardo Fr
    QB Joe Flacco Fr
    RB 2 Marcus Furman Jr
    TE 45 Erik Gill Jr
    WR 81 Derek Kinder Fr
    RB 43 Raymond Kirkley Jr
    WR 86 Greg Lee So
    OL Matt Maiers
    RB Brandon Mason Fr
    RB 26 Darren McCray Jr
    OL 75 Mike McGlynn Fr
    RB 40 Tom Mikula So
    RB 23 Tim Murphy Jr
    QB 3 Tyler Palko So
    OL 78 Rob Petitti Sr
    RB 41 John Pettiford Fr
    WR 7 Allen Richardson Fr
    OL 60 John Simonitis So
    OL 56 Charles Spencer Jr
    QB 14 Darrell Strong Fr
    C 68 Joe Villani Fr
    OL Dale Williams
    Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    DL 41 Azzie Beagnyam So
    LB 44 Brian Bennett So
    LB 51 H.B. Blades So
    DL 98 Vernon Botts Fr
    LB 24 Jameel Brady Fr
    DB 46 Sam Bryant So
    DB 21 Reggie Carter So
    DL 58 Joe Clermond Fr
    DB 5 Kennard Cox Fr
    DL 96 Vince Crochunis Sr
    DB 31 Tyler Gilliard Sr
    DL 95 Keith Hill Jr
    DL 93 Jake Holthaus Sr
    LB 9 J.J. Horne Jr
    DL 52 Ron Idoko Fr
    DB 12 Bernard Lay Jr
    LB 19 Keith Malley Fr
    DL 41 Chris McKillop Fr
    DB 20 Tez Morris Jr
    DB 10 Mike Phillips Fr
    LB 6 Malcolm Postell Sr
    DB Allen Richardson
    DB 25 Darrelle Revis Fr
    LB 30 Doug Roseberry Fr
    DL 54 Charles Sallett So
    LB 17 Clint Session So
    DL 88 Kyle Smith Fr
    DL 55 Thomas Smith Jr
    DL 94 Dan Stephens Sr
    DL 91 Phil Tillman Fr
    Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    PK 22 Josh Cummings Jr
    P
    18 Adam Graessle So
    P
    8 Nick Krut Fr
    LB 43 Michael Toomalatai Fr
    Head coach
    • Walt Harris
    Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster
    Last update: 2015-12-20

    Team players drafted into the NFL

    January 1, 2005 Fiesta Bowl
    Player Position Round Pick NFL club
    Rob Pettiti
    Tackle 6 209 Dallas Cowboys

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    References

    1. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original
      on January 25, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2009.