The 2004 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the college 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Temple competed as a member of the Big East Conference. The team was coached by Bobby Wallace and played their homes game in Lincoln Financial Field.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	12:00 pm	No. 16 Virginia*	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia	ESPN2	L 14–44	20,154
September 11	6:00 pm	at No. 23 Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, Maryland		L 22–45	51,292
September 18	2:00 pm	Florida A&M*	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		W 38–7	17,104
September 25	7:00 pm	at Toledo*	Glass Bowl Toledo, Ohio		L 17–45	24,836
October 2	1:00 pm	Bowling Green*	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		L 16–70	12,316
October 9	12:00 pm	Pittsburgh	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	ESPN+	L 22–27	19,517
October 16	12:00 pm	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN+	L 6–16	31,021
October 23	12:00 pm	at Connecticut	Rentschler Field East Hartford, Connecticut		L 31–45	40,000
November 6	1:00 pm	at No. 15 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia		L 21–42	52,108
November 13	12:00 pm	Syracuse	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	ESPN+	W 34–24	15,564
November 20	12:00 pm	No. 19 Boston College	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	ESPN+	L 17–34	14,081
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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