2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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.

2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2004 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
(Capacity: 69,249)
2004 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Iowa +  7 1     10 2  
No. 14 Michigan $+  7 1     9 3  
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

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
ESPN+L 31–4250,532
October 21:00 pmat No. 20 WisconsinL 7–2482,306
October 911:00 amat Michigan StateESPN+L 25–3872,441
October 1611:00 amNo. 14 Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
ABCL 19–3055,725
October 231:00 pmat MinnesotaL 0–4546,526
October 3011:00 amNo. 23 Iowa
  • 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 NorthwesternESPN+L 21–28 OT23,563
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

  1. "2004 Results". University of Illinois–Urbana/Champaign Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on 2014-02-10. Retrieved September 15, 2012.


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