American college football season
2004 Nebraska Cornhuskers football |
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
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Division | North Division |
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Record | 5–6 (3–5 Big 12) |
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Head coach | - Bill Callahan (1st season)
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Offensive coordinator | Jay Norvell (1st season) |
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Offensive scheme | West Coast |
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Defensive coordinator | Kevin Cosgrove (1st season) |
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Base defense | 4–3 |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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Seasons |
2004 Big 12 Conference football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | | W | | L | | | | | W | | L | |
North Division |
Colorado xy | | 4 | – | 4 | | | | | 8 | – | 5 | |
Iowa State x | | 4 | – | 4 | | | | | 7 | – | 5 | |
Nebraska | | 3 | – | 5 | | | | | 5 | – | 6 | |
Missouri | | 3 | – | 5 | | | | | 5 | – | 6 | |
Kansas | | 2 | – | 6 | | | | | 4 | – | 7 | |
Kansas State | | 2 | – | 6 | | | | | 4 | – | 7 | |
South Division |
No. 3 Oklahoma xy$ | | 8 | – | 0 | | | | | 12 | – | 1 | |
No. 5 Texas % | | 7 | – | 1 | | | | | 11 | – | 1 | |
Texas A&M | | 5 | – | 3 | | | | | 7 | – | 5 | |
No. 18 Texas Tech | | 5 | – | 3 | | | | | 8 | – | 4 | |
Oklahoma State | | 4 | – | 4 | | | | | 7 | – | 5 | |
Baylor | | 1 | – | 7 | | | | | 3 | – | 8 | |
Championship: Oklahoma 42, Colorado 3 |
- $ – BCS representative as conference champion
- % – BCS at-large representative
- x – Division champion/co-champions
- y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2004 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bill Callahan and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. This was Nebraska's first losing season since 1961.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 4 | 6:00 pm | No. 12 (I-AA) Western Illinois* | | PPV | W 56–17 | 77,471 | [1] |
September 11 | 11:00 am | Southern Miss* | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE
| ABC | L 17–21 | 77,887 | |
September 18 | 11:00 am | at Pittsburgh* | | ABC | W 24–17 | 40,133 | |
October 2 | 6:10 pm | Kansas | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
| PPV | W 14–8 | 77,637 | |
October 9 | 6:10 pm | at Texas Tech | | TBS | L 10–70 | 52,954 | |
October 16 | 1:05 pm | Baylor | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE
| | W 59–27 | 77,881 | |
October 23 | 1:10 pm | at Kansas State | | | L 21–45 | 52,234 | |
October 30 | 11:00 am | Missouri | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
| FSN | W 24–3 | 77,616 | |
November 6 | 1:00 pm | at Iowa State | | | L 27–34 | 45,022 | |
November 13 | 6:00 pm | at No. 2 Oklahoma | | FSN | L 3–30 | 84,916 | |
November 26 | 11:00 am | Colorado | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
| ABC | L 20–26 | 77,661 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Roster and coaching staff
2004 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | QB | 7 | Jordan Adams | So | WR | 27 | Willie Amos | Sr | G | 71 | Jake Andersen | Sr | OL | 65 | Greg Austin | So | WR | 38 | Brandon Biodrowski | Sr | WR | 19 | Andy Birkel | So | OL | 59 | Brett Byford | RFr | OL | 62 | Andy Christensen | Fr | QB | 12 | Joe Dailey (C) | So | QB | 15 | Beau Davis | Fr | OT | 67 | Darren DeLone | Sr | WR | 26 | Dan Erickson | RFr | OL | 78 | Mike Erickson | Sr | OT | 77 | Seppo Evwaraye | Jr | WR | 28 | Isaiah Fluellen | So | OL | 79 | Cornealius Fuamatu-Thomas | Jr | QB | 13 | Joe Ganz | Fr | QB | 17 | Garth Glissman | Jr | QB | 6 | Ryan Goodman | Fr | IB | 30 | Tierre Green | RFr | OL | 73 | Jared Helming | Jr | TE | 11 | Matt Herian | Jr | TE | 42 | Sean Hill | RFr | IB | 9 | David Horne | Jr | OL | 61 | Mike Huff | Fr | RB | 32 | Brandon Jackson | Fr | WR | 31 | Joel Jackson | Sr | TE | 47 | Dusty Keiser | Sr | WR | 89 | Tyler Kenney | So | G | 75 | Brandon Koch | Jr | FB | 45 | Steve Kriewald | Sr | IB | 36 | Thomas Lawson | Fr | WR | 10 | Mark LeFlore | Jr | OL | 74 | Newton Lingenfelter | So | OL | | Chris Loos | | OL | 64 | Kurt Mann | So | WR | 5 | Shamus McKoy | Jr | WR | 18 | Mike McLaughlin | Jr | FB | 33 | Grant Miller | So | QB | 8 | Zach Miller | RFr | TE | 81 | Josh Mueller | RFr | WR | 84 | Grant Mulkey | So | OL | 76 | Lydon Murtha | Fr | WR | 83 | Terrence Nunn | Fr | WR | 24 | Jack O'Holleran | Sr | WR | 80 | Santino Panico | Fr | OL | 54 | Chris Patrick | RFr | WR | 21 | Todd Peterson | Fr | TE | 85 | J.B. Phillips | RFr | OL | 56 | Gary Pike | Jr | WR | 2 | Ross Pilkington (C) | Jr | IB | 25 | Kade Pittman | RFr | OL | 69 | Nick Povendo | Sr | IB | 4 | Cory Ross | Jr | IB | 37 | Mike Sampogna | Fr | TE | 48 | Andy Sand | RFr | WR | 14 | Matt Schroeder | Jr | TE | 83 | Chris Septak | Sr | TE | 88 | Clayton Sievers | Fr | QB | 16 | Mike Stuntz | Jr | WR | 87 | Nate Swift | Fr | OL | 57 | Cory Timm | So | FB | 41 | Dane Todd | So | WR | 20 | Kiffin Wigert | Sr | WR | 3 | Ben Zajicek | Sr | | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | DT | 96 | Titus Adams | Jr | CB | 16 | Cole Biodrowski | Jr | DE | 48 | Adam Blankenship | Fr | SLB | 34 | Stewart Bradley | So | LB | 40 | Lance Brandenburgh | Fr | CB | 21 | Titus Brothers | RFr | DT | 65 | Chris Bryant | So | SS | 14 | Daniel Bullocks | Jr | FS | 20 | Josh Bullocks (C) | Jr | FS | 36 | Dan Burrow | Sr | DE | 90 | Adam Carriker | So | LB | 11 | Ira Cooper | Sr | CB | 6 | Donald DeFrand | Jr | SS | 46 | Ben Eisenhart | RFr | FS | 15 | Tyler Fisher | Jr | SS | 18 | Travis Gingery | RFr | DT | 99 | Brandon Greeson | So | DB | 26 | Cortney Grixby | Fr | CB | 29 | Kellen Huston | Sr | LB | 49 | Adam Ickes | Jr | DT | 95 | Nathan Krug | Jr | CB | 35 | Chris LeFlore | RFr | LB | 52 | Tyler Lueck | Fr | DE | 89 | Kevin Luhrs | RFr | DT | 50 | Jeff McBride | Sr | LB | 13 | Corey McKeon | RFr | CB | 1 | Lornell McPherson | Sr | DE | 44 | Jay Moore | So | DE | 55 | Wali Muhammad | Jr | DT | 58 | Danny Muy | Fr | DE | 56 | Trevor Neemann | RFr | DT | 63 | Matt O'Shea | Jr | DE | 86 | Andy Poulosky | RFr | LB | 53 | Mitch Reeves | So | DE | 85 | Thomas Rice | RFr | SS | 24 | Brandon Rigoni | So | CB | 30 | Joey Robison | Jr | LB | 51 | Bo Ruud | RFr | LB | 38 | Barrett Ruud (C) | Sr | FS | 8 | Andrew Shanle | So | SS | 23 | Shane Siegel | Jr | LB | 54 | Chad Sievers | Sr | DT | 66 | Le Kevin Smith | Jr | DE | 43 | Ty Steinkuhler | Fr | DT | 74 | Brandon Teamer | So | DE | 5 | Benard Thomas | Sr | SS | 25 | Blake Tiedtke | Jr | CB | 3 | Fabian Washington | Jr | LB | 91 | Tyler Wortman | Fr | | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | PK | 22 | Sandro DeAngelis | Sr | PK | 27 | David Dyches | So | P | 90 | Tyler Kester | RFr | P | 37 | Sam Koch | Jr | PK | 91 | Eric Lueshen | RFr | PK | 92 | Jared Nielsen | RFr | LS | 94 | Jake Peetz | RFr | P | 97 | Dan Titchener | Fr | PK | 98 | Jake Wesch | Fr | | - Head coach
- Bill Callahan
1st season 1st year at Nebraska Alma mater: Benedictine - Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
Roster Last update: January 16, 2011 |
Depth chart
Defense | FS | Josh Bullocks | Shane Siegel Andrew Shanle | ⋅ | | WILL | MIKE | SAM | Chad Sievers | Barrett Ruud | Stewart Bradley | Mark Brungardt | Ira Cooper | Bo Ruud | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | | SS | Daniel Bullocks | Blake Tiedtke | ⋅ | | CB | Fabian Washington | Cortney Grixby | ⋅ | | | DE | DT | DT | DE | Benard Thomas | Le Kevin Smith | Titus Adams | Adam Carriker | Jay Moore | Jeff McBride | Brandon Teamer | Wali Muhammad | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | | | CB | Lornell McPherson | Kellen Huston | ⋅ | | Offense | WR | Ross Pilkington | Mark LeFlore Isaiah Fluellen | ⋅ | | | LT | LG | C | RG | RT | Mike Erickson | Brandon Koch | Kurt Mann | Jake Andersen | Seppo Evwarye | Cornealius Thomas | Greg Austin | Gary Pike | Jared Helming | Nick Povendo | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | | TE | Matt Herian Dusty Keiser | J.B Phillips | ⋅ | | WR | Terrence Nunn | Grant Mulkey | ⋅ | | | QB | Joe Dailey | Ryan Goodman | ⋅ | | | | RB | Cory Ross | Brandon Jackson | Tierre Green | | | FB | Steve Kriewald | Dana Todd | ⋅ | | Special teams | PK Sandro Deangelis | P Sam Koch | KR Tierre Green Brandon Jacson | PR Santino Panico | LS \ | | | | | |
Game summaries
Western Illinois
Western Illinois at Nebraska [box score] |
Southern Miss
Southern Miss at Nebraska [box score] |
Pittsburgh
Nebraska at Pittsburgh [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Nebraska | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | |
Kansas
Kansas at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Kansas | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | • Nebraska | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | |
Texas Tech
Nebraska at Texas Tech [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Nebraska | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | • Texas Tech | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 70 | |
Baylor
Baylor at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Baylor | 3 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 27 | • Nebraska | 7 | 24 | 7 | 21 | 59 | |
Kansas State
Nebraska at Kansas State [box score] |
Missouri
Missouri at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Missouri | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | • Nebraska | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | 11:14 | NEB | Sandro DeAngelis 41 yard field goal | NEB 3-0 | | 2 | 14:46 | MIZZ | Joe Tantarelli 39 yard field goal | Tied 3-3 | | 2 | 9:42 | NEB | Adam Ickes 16 yard blocked punt return (Sandro DeAngelis kick) | NEB 10-3 | | 3 | 1:34 | NEB | Cory Ross 15 yard run (Sandro DeAngelis kick) | NEB 17-3 | | 4 | 2:56 | NEB | Cory Ross 86 yard run (Sandro DeAngelis kick) | NEB 24-3 | |
Iowa State
Nebraska at Iowa State [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Nebraska | 0 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 27 | • Iowa State | 10 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 34 | |
Oklahoma
Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | • Oklahoma | 3 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 30 | |
Colorado
Colorado at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Colorado | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 26 | Nebraska | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 20 | |
Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Harris | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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BCS | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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After the season
Nebraska finished tied for 3rd place in the Big 12 North Division and tied for 7th conference-wide, with a final record of 5-6 (3-5), its first losing season since 1961. Head Coach Bill Callahan's overall career record was established at 5-6 (.455) and 3-5 (.375) in conference. Nebraska did not play in a bowl game for the first time since 1968, ending their consecutive bowl streak at 35.
Awards
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NFL and pro players
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 2004 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.[4]
References
- ^ Sipple, Steven M. (September 5, 2004). "A Passing Grade". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 1F. Retrieved January 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Football - 2004 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Athletics. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
- ^ 2004 Husker Honors
- ^ "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
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- Antelope Field (1894–1908)
- Nebraska Field (1909–1922)
- Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
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