2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season

2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football

Conference| Big Ten Conference
Record| 3–8 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach|

* Ron Turner (8th season)

Offensive coordinator| Dan Roushar (1st as OC, 4th overall season)
Defensive coordinator| Mike Mallory (1st season)
Home stadium| Memorial Stadium

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 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.

## Schedule

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September 4| 5:00 pm| Florida A&M*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| ESPN+| W 52–13| 46,106
September 11| 11:00 am| UCLA*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| ABC| L 17–35| 47,457
September 18| 1:00 pm| Western Michigan*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| | W 30–27| 51,452
September 25| 11:00 am| No. 15 Purdue|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL (rivalry)

| ESPN+| L 31–42| 50,532
October 2| 1:00 pm| at No. 20 Wisconsin|

* Camp Randall Stadium
* Madison, WI

| | L 7–24| 82,306
October 9| 11:00 am| at Michigan State|

* Spartan Stadium
* East Lansing, MI

| ESPN+| L 25–38| 72,441
October 16| 11:00 am| No. 14 Michigan|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL (rivalry)

| ABC| L 19–30| 55,725
October 23| 1:00 pm| at Minnesota|

* Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
* Minneapolis, MN

| | L 0–45| 46,526
October 30| 11:00 am| No. 23 Iowa|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| ESPN+| L 13–23| 47,651
November 6| 1:00 pm| Indiana|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL (rivalry)

| | W 26–22| 41,458
November 20| 11:00 am| at Northwestern|

* Ryan Field
* Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)

| ESPN+| L 21–28 OT| 23,563

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

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## Roster

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2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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QB | `7` | Jon Beutjer | Sr
RB | `33` | Brock Bolen | Fr
FB | `34` | Jason Davis | Jr
WR | `84` | Kendrick Jones | Jr
RB | `23` | Marcus Mason | So
C | `60` | Ryan McDonald | Fr
RB | `3` | Walter Mendenhall | Fr
QB | `16` | Chris Pazan | So
C | `75` | Duke Preston | Sr
RB | `30` | Pierre Thomas | So
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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CB | `18` | Alan Ball | So
DL | `96` | Chris Norwell |  So
DL | `98` | Xavier Fulton | Fr
CB | `6` | Kelvin Hayden | Sr
LB | `47` | Jeremy Leman |  Fr
S | `42` | Kevin Mitchell |  Fr
DE | `66` | Brian Schaefering | Jr
LB | `44` | Matt Sinclair | Sr
DE | `91` | Derek Walker | Fr
LB | `48` | Remond Willis | Fr
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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K | `13` | Jason Reda | Fr
P | `37` | Steve Weatherford | Jr

Head coach

* Ron Turner

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

## References

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

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Illinois Fighting Illini football

Venues|

* Illinois Field (1890–1922)
* Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
* Soldier Field (1994–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Indiana
* Michigan
* Missouri
* Northwestern
* Ohio State: Battle for Illibuck
* Purdue

Culture & lore|

* Illinois Loyalty
* "Oskee Wow-Wow"
* Marching Illini
* Gene Honda
* Fighting Illini Sports Network
* Chief Illiniwek
* 1960s slush fund scandal
* 2021 Penn State game

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* NFL draftees
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