2004 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–7 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Baldwin (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorChris Smeland (2nd season)
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium (c. 72,027 natural grass)
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 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Michigan State competed as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans were led by second-year head coach John L. Smith.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 43:30 p.m.at Rutgers*
ABCL 14–1942,612
September 1112:00 p.m.Central Michigan*
ESPN+W 24–772,908
September 187:00 p.m.Notre Dame*
ESPNL 24–3174,962
September 2512:00 p.m.at Indiana
ESPN+W 30–2024,471
October 212:00 p.m.at Iowa
ESPN+L 16–3870,397
October 912:00 p.m.Illinois
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPN+W 38–2572,441
October 1612:00 p.m.No. 19 Minnesotadagger
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPNW 51–1772,383
October 303:30 p.m.at No. 14 Michigan
ABCL 37–45 3OT111,609
November 612:00 p.m.Ohio State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPNL 19–3272,222
November 133:30 p.m.No. 5 Wisconsin
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ABCW 49–1476,697
November 2012:00 p.m.at Penn State
ESPN2L 13–37101,486
December 411:05 p.m.at Hawaii*
ESPN2L 38–4141,654

Roster

2004 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 19 Irving Campbell  Fr
RB 30 Jehuu Caulcrick  Fr
OT 75 Pete Clifford  Fr
RB 21 DeAndra' Cobb Sr
G 74 Kyle Cook So
TE 80 Kellen Davis Fr
QB 17 Brian Hoyer Fr
C 51 Chris Morris Jr
QB 9 Stephen Reaves  Fr
QB 5 Drew Stanton So
WR 6 Matt Trannon Jr
G 76 Will Whitticker Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 59 Clifford Dukes Sr
DT 99 Brandon McKinney  Jr
LB 48 Seth Mitchell Sr
NT 96 Domata Peko Jr
DE 92 Clifton Ryan So
FS 36 Eric Smith Jr
LB 44 Ronald Stanley Sr
DT 91 Kevin Vickerson Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 8 Brandon Fields So
K 16 Dave Rayner Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

Indiana

1 234Total
• Michigan State 0 71013 30
Indiana 3 1700 20
Scoring summary
14:42INDBryan Robertson 23-yard field goalIndiana 3–0
214:17MSUDrew Stanton 2-yard run (Dave Rayner kick)Michigan St 7–3
210:18INDChris Rudanovic 12-yard pass from Matt LoVecchio (Bryan Robertson kick)Indiana 10–7
24:25INDLance Bennett 94-yard punt return (Bryan Robertson kick)Indiana 17–7
22:43INDBryan Robertson 31-yard field goalIndiana 20–7
36:24MSUDrew Stanton 1-yard run (Dave Rayner kick)Indiana 20–14
32:58MSUDave Rayner 44-yard field goalIndiana 20–17
49:45MSUJason Teague 1-yard run (Dave Rayner kick)Michigan St 24–20
45:56MSUDave Rayner 22-yard field goalMichigan St 27–20
42:36MSUDave Rayner 39-yard field goalMichigan St 30-20

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Coaching staff

2005 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 2005 NFL Draft.

Player Round Pick Position NFL Team
DeAndra' Cobb 6 201 Running back Atlanta Falcons
Dave Rayner 6 202 Kicker Indianapolis Colts
Kevin Vickerson 7 216 Defensive tackle Miami Dolphins
Will Whitticker 7 246 Guard Green Bay Packers

References

  1. ^ "Michigan State 30, Indiana 20". ESPN. September 25, 2004. Retrieved December 26, 2014.


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