2004 Michigan State Spartans football team

American college football season

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

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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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

## Roster

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2004 Michigan State Spartans football team roster

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

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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

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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

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P | `8` | Brandon Fields | So
K | `16` | Dave Rayner | Sr

Head coach

* John L. Smith

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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Legend

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

* Injured
* Redshirt

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Roster

## Game summaries

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### Indiana

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• 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)

| Scoring summary

1| 4:42| IND| Bryan Robertson 23-yard field goal| Indiana 3–0
2| 14:17| MSU| Drew Stanton 2-yard run (Dave Rayner kick)| Michigan St 7–3
2| 10:18| IND| Chris Rudanovic 12-yard pass from Matt LoVecchio (Bryan Robertson kick)| Indiana 10–7
2| 4:25| IND| Lance Bennett 94-yard punt return (Bryan Robertson kick)| Indiana 17–7
2| 2:43| IND| Bryan Robertson 31-yard field goal| Indiana 20–7
3| 6:24| MSU| Drew Stanton 1-yard run (Dave Rayner kick)| Indiana 20–14
3| 2:58| MSU| Dave Rayner 44-yard field goal| Indiana 20–17
4| 9:45| MSU| Jason Teague 1-yard run (Dave Rayner kick)| Michigan St 24–20
4| 5:56| MSU| Dave Rayner 22-yard field goal| Michigan St 27–20
4| 2:36| MSU| Dave Rayner 39-yard field goal| Michigan St 30-20

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## Coaching staff

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* 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

## 2005 NFL Draft

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The following players were selected in the 2005 NFL draft.

Player | Round | Pick | Position | NFL Team

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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

## References

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1. ^ "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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