2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–8 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDan Roushar (1st as OC, 4th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Mallory (1st season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
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 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Turner, who was in his eighth season with the Illini and was fired at the conclusion of the season. Illinois had a record of 3–8.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 45:00 pmFlorida A&M*
ESPN+W 52–1346,106
September 1111:00 amUCLA*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ABCL 17–3547,457
September 181:00 pmWestern Michigan*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 30–2751,452
September 2511:00 amNo. 15 Purdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
ESPN+L 31–4250,532
October 21:00 pmat No. 20 Wisconsin
L 7–2482,306
October 911:00 amat Michigan State
ESPN+L 25–3872,441
October 1611:00 amNo. 14 Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
ABCL 19–3055,725
October 231:00 pmat Minnesota
L 0–4546,526
October 3011:00 amNo. 23 Iowadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ESPN+L 13–2347,651
November 61:00 pmIndiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 26–2241,458
November 2011:00 amat Northwestern
ESPN+L 21–28 OT23,563
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 7 Jon Beutjer Sr
RB 33 Brock Bolen Fr
FB 34 Jason Davis Jr
WR 84 Kendrick Jones Jr
RB 23 Marcus Mason So
C 60 Ryan McDonald Fr
RB 3 Walter Mendenhall Fr
QB 16 Chris Pazan So
C 75 Duke Preston Sr
RB 30 Pierre Thomas So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 18 Alan Ball So
DL 59 Kam Buckner  Fr
DL 98 Xavier Fulton Fr
CB 6 Kelvin Hayden Sr
LB 47 Jeremy Leman  Fr
S 42 Kevin Mitchell  Fr
DE 66 Brian Schaefering Jr
LB 44 Matt Sinclair Sr
DE 91 Derek Walker Fr
LB 48 Remond Willis Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 13 Jason Reda Fr
P 37 Steve Weatherford Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "2004 Results". University of Illinois–Urbana/Champaign Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on February 10, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2012.


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