2004 Michigan State Spartans football team

2004 Michigan State Spartans football
2004 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–7 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	John L. Smith (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Dave Baldwin (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Chris Smeland (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium (c. 72,027 natural grass)
	Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Big Ten Conference football standings
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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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	3:30 p.m.	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ABC	L 14–19	42,612
September 11	12:00 p.m.	Central Michigan*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN+	W 24–7	72,908
September 18	7:00 p.m.	Notre Dame*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)	ESPN	L 24–31	74,962
September 25	12:00 p.m.	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)	ESPN+	W 30–20	24,471
October 2	12:00 p.m.	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN+	L 16–38	70,397
October 9	12:00 p.m.	Illinois	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN+	W 38–25	72,441
October 16	12:00 p.m.	No. 19 Minnesota	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN	W 51–17	72,383
October 30	3:30 p.m.	at No. 14 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	ABC	L 37–45 ^3OT	111,609
November 6	12:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN	L 19–32	72,222
November 13	3:30 p.m.	No. 5 Wisconsin	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ABC	W 49–14	76,697
November 20	12:00 p.m.	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (Land Grant Trophy)	ESPN2	L 13–37	101,486
December 4	11:05 p.m.	at Hawaii*	Aloha Stadium Aiea, HI	ESPN2	L 38–41	41,654
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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
QB	`18`	John Van Dam	Fr
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

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan State	0	7	10	13	30
Indiana	3	17	0	0	20

Date: September 25
Location: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana
Game start: 12:00 p.m. EST
TV announcers (ESPN+): Craig Coshun (Play-by-play) & Charles Arbuckle (Color)

John L. Smith – Head Coach
Jim McElwain – Assistant Head Coach/Wide receivers coach/Special Teams coordinator
Dave Baldwin – Offensive Coordinator/Tight end coach
Doug Nussmeier – Quarterbacks coach
Reggie Mitchell – Running backs coach/Recruiting coordinator
Jeff Stoutland – Offensive line coach
Chris Smeland – Defensive Coordinator
Steve Stripling – Defensive line coach
Mike Cox – Linebackers coach
Paul Haynes – Defensive backs coach

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

^ "Michigan State 30, Indiana 20". ESPN. September 25, 2004. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.

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