2004 Boise State Broncos football team

American college football season

2004 Boise State Broncos football

WAC champion

Liberty Bowl, L 40-44 vs. Louisville

Conference| Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches| No. 13
AP| No. 12
Record| 11–1 (8–0 WAC)
Head coach|

* Dan Hawkins (4th season)

Offensive coordinator| Chris Petersen (4th season)
Defensive coordinator| Ron Collins
Home stadium| Bronco Stadium

Seasons

<- 2003

2005 ->

2004 Western Athletic Conference football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 12 Boise State $  |  | 8  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 1  |
UTEP |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 4  |
No. 22 Fresno State |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
Louisiana Tech |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 6  |
Hawaii |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
Nevada |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
Tulsa |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 8  |
SMU |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 8  |
Rice |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 8  |
San Jose State |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Boise State competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The Broncos were led by fourth-year head coach Dan Hawkins. The Broncos finished the season 11-1 and 8-0 in conference (went undefeated 11-0 in the regular season) to win their third straight WAC title and played in the Liberty Bowl, where they lost to Louisville, 44-40\.

## Schedule

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September 4| 6:05 pm| Idaho*| |

* Bronco Stadium
* Boise, ID (Governor's Trophy)

| | W 65–7| 30,944
September 10| 8:00 pm| Oregon State*| |

* Bronco Stadium
* Boise, ID

| ESPN| W 53–34| 30,950
September 18| 7:05 pm| at UTEP| No. 23|

* Sun Bowl
* El Paso, TX

| SPW| W 47–31| 33,921
September 25| 8:00 pm| BYU*| No. 21|

* Bronco Stadium
* Boise, ID

| ESPN| W 28–27| 30,601
October 1| 6:05 pm| SMU| No. 23|

* Bronco Stadium
* Boise, ID

| SPW| W 38–20| 30,322
October 16| 6:00 pm| at Tulsa| No. 21|

* Skelly Stadium
* Tulsa, OK

| | W 45–42| 20,817
October 23| 8:15 pm| Fresno State| No. 19|

* Bronco Stadium
* Boise, ID (rivalry)

| ESPN2| W 33–16| 30,623
October 29| 6:00 pm| Hawaii| No. 18|

* Bronco Stadium
* Boise, ID

| ESPN2| W 69–3| 29,591
November 13| 10:00 am[1]| at San Jose State| No. 14|

* Spartan Stadium
* San Jose, CA

| ESPN2| W 56–49 2OT| 28,867
November 20| 1:05 pm| Louisiana Tech| No. 13|

* Bronco Stadium
* Boise, ID

| ESPN+| W 55–14| 30,462
November 27| 5:45 pm| at Nevada| No. 10|

* Mackay Stadium
* Reno, NV

| ESPN| W 58–21| 10,151
December 31| 1:30 pm| vs. No. 7 Louisville*| No. 10|

* Liberty Bowl
* Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)

| ESPN| L 40–44| 58,355

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Mountain time

Boise State and Louisville square off in the 2004 Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee.

## References

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1. ^ Spartans' winning FG try blocked with 1:07 remaining

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Boise State Broncos football

Venues|

* Public School Field (1933–1939)
* College Field (1940–1949)
* Bronco Stadium (I) (1950–1969)
* Albertsons Stadium (1970–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Fresno State
* Idaho
* Nevada

Culture & lore|

* Buster Bronco

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

Seasons|

* 1933–1967 (junior college)
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

National championship seasons in bold

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Western Athletic Conference football champions

I-A/FBS|

* New Mexico (1962)
* Arizona State (1963)
* Arizona, New Mexico & Utah (1964)
* BYU (1965)
* Wyoming (1966)
* Wyoming (1967)
* Wyoming (1968)
* Arizona State (1969)
* Arizona State (1970)
* Arizona State (1971)
* Arizona State (1972)
* Arizona & Arizona State (1973)
* BYU (1974)
* Arizona State (1975)
* BYU & Wyoming (1976)
* Arizona State & BYU (1977)
* BYU (1978)
* BYU (1979)
* BYU (1980)
* BYU (1981)
* BYU (1982)
* BYU (1983)
* BYU (1984)
* Air Force & BYU (1985)
* San Diego State (1986)
* Wyoming (1987)
* Wyoming (1988)
* BYU (1989)
* BYU (1990)
* BYU (1991)
* BYU, Fresno State & Hawaii (1992)
* BYU, Fresno State & Wyoming (1993)
* Colorado State (1994)
* Air Force, BYU, Colorado State & Utah (1995)
* BYU (1996)
* Colorado State (1997)
* Air Force (1998)
* Fresno State, Hawaii & TCU (1999)
* TCU & UTEP (2000)
* Louisiana Tech (2001)
* Boise State (2002)
* Boise State (2003)
* Boise State (2004)
* Boise State & Nevada (2005)
* Boise State (2006)
* Hawaii (2007)
* Boise State (2008)
* Boise State (2009)
* Boise State, Hawaii & Nevada (2010)
* Louisiana Tech (2011)
* Utah State (2012)

I-AA/FCS|

* Sam Houston (2021)
* Abilene Christian & Stephen F. Austin (2022)

National championships in bold
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