2004 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 2004 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation.

2004 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
APNo. 24
2004 record10–2
Head coach
Offensive schemeTriple option
Defensive coordinatorBuddy Green (3rd season)
Home stadiumNavy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
2004 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 24 Navy   –     10 –2  
Notre Dame   –     6 –6  
Rankings from AP Poll

The team was led by third-year head coach Paul Johnson. The Midshipmen finished the regular season with a 9–2 record, the first time since the 1963 college football season that Navy had won nine or more games in a season. Wins over Army and the Air Force Falcons secured Navy's second consecutive Commander-in-Chief's Trophy.[1] Navy secured a berth in the 2004 Emerald Bowl when the Pacific-10 Conference did not have enough teams to fill its bowl obligations. The other tie-in was with the Mountain West Conference (MWC), and the Midshipmen ended up playing the New Mexico Lobos. They won the game with a score of 34–19, finishing with a 14-minute, 26-play drive that set the record for the longest drive in a college football game.[2] The win gave the Midshipmen a final record of 10–2, the first time since the 1905 season that the Midshipmen finished with ten or more wins.[3]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 4Duke
HDNetW 27–1229,027
September 11Northeastern
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
CN8W 28–24
September 18at Tulsa
W 29–023,658
September 25Vanderbilt
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
HDNetW 29–2632,809
September 30at Air Force
ESPNW 24–2144,279
October 16vs. Notre Dame
CBSL 9–2776,166
October 23Rice
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
HDNetW 14–1331,117
October 30No. 3 (FCS) Delaware
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
CN8W 34–2034,416
November 6at Tulane
L 10–4221,484
November 20Rutgers
  • Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
CSTVW 54–2133,615
December 4vs. Army
CBSW 42–13
December 30vs. New MexicoNo. 24
ESPN2W 34–1930,563
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References
  1. "Navy 27, Air Force 24". Military.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  2. Flynn, Tom (2009-12-30). "College Football's Longest Drive". The Wall Street Journal. New York. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  3. "Navy, 99 Years Later, Matches 10-Victory Season". The New York Times. 2004-12-30. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  4. "2004 Navy Midshipmen Schedule and Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
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