2004 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

American college football season

2004 West Virginia Mountaineers football

Big East co-champion

Gator Bowl, L 18–30 vs. Florida State

Conference| Big East Conference
Record| 8–4 (4–2 Big East)
Head coach|

* Rich Rodriguez (4th season)

Offensive coordinator| Calvin Magee (1st season)
Offensive scheme| Spread
Defensive coordinator| Jeff Casteel (3rd season)
Base defense| 3–3–5
Home stadium| Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium
(Capacity: 60,000)

Seasons

<- 2003

2005 ->

2004 Big East Conference football standings

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No. 25 Pittsburgh $+  |  | 4  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 4  |
No. 21 Boston College \+  |  | 4  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
West Virginia \+  |  | 4  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 4  |
Syracuse \+  |  | 4  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 6  |
Connecticut |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 4  |
Rutgers |  | 1  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 7  |
Temple |  | 1  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |

* $ - BCS representative as conference champion
* \+ - Conference co-champions

Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 West Virginia Mountaineers football team completed the regular season with an 8–4 (4–2 conference record) and traveled to the Gator Bowl, where they lost to the Florida State Seminoles 30–18. The Mountaineers began the season ranked #10, but ended disappointedly by losing the last three games of the season after starting 8–1.

## Schedule

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September 4| 6:00 p.m.| East Carolina*| No. 10|

* Mountaineer Field
* Morgantown, West Virginia

| ESPN+| W 56–23| 59,172
September 11| 6:00 p.m.| at Central Florida*| No. 10|

* Citrus Bowl
* Orlando, Florida

| | W 45–20| 32,224
September 18| Noon| No. 21 Maryland*| No. 7|

* Mountaineer Field
* Morgantown, West Virginia

| ESPN2| W 19–16 OT| 60,358
September 25| Noon| James Madison*| No. 6|

* Mountaineer Field
* Morgantown, West Virginia

| | W 45–10| 56,609
October 2| Noon| at Virginia Tech*| No. 6|

* Lane Stadium
* Blacksburg, Va

| ESPN| L 13–19| 65,115
October 13| 7:30 p.m.| at Connecticut| No. 17|

* Rentschler Field
* East Hartford, Connecticut

| ESPN| W 31–19| 40,000
October 21| 7:30 p.m.| Syracuse| No. 15|

* Mountaineer Field
* Morgantown, West Virginia

| ESPN| W 27–6| 52,909
October 30| Noon| at Rutgers| No. 15|

* Rutgers Stadium
* Piscataway, New Jersey

| ESPN+| W 35–30| 35,079
November 6| 1:00 p.m.| Temple| No. 15|

* Mountaineer Field
* Morgantown, West Virginia

| ESPN+| W 42–21| 52,108
November 13| Noon| No. 21 Boston College| No. 13|

* Mountaineer Field
* Morgantown, West Virginia

| ABC| L 17–36| 58,118
November 25| 8:00 p.m.| at Pittsburgh| No. 21|

* Heinz Field
* Pittsburgh (Backyard Brawl)

| ESPN| L 13–16| 52,641
January 1| 1:00 p.m.| vs. No. 17 Florida State*| |

* Alltel Stadium
* Jacksonville, Florida (Gator Bowl)

| NBC| L 18–30| 70,112

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

## Roster

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The 2004 football team featured stars Rasheed Marshall at quarterback, Kay-Jay Harris at running back, Chris Henry at receiver, and a stout defense featuring Pacman Jones (who also played returner), Mike Lorello, Kevin "Boo" McLee, Jahmile Addae, Eric Wicks, and Alton McCann. Brandon Myles also played receiver behind Henry to help out the passing game.

## References

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West Virginia Mountaineers football

Venues|

* Mountaineer Field (1924–1979)
* Milan Puskar Stadium (1980–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Cincinnati
* Marshall: Friends of Coal Bowl
* Maryland
* Old Ironsides
* Penn State
* Pittsburgh: Backyard Brawl
* Syracuse
* Virginia Tech

Culture & lore|

* The Mountaineer
* Marching band
* "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
* 2007 Backyard Brawl

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

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Big East Conference football champions

* West Virginia (1993)
* Miami (FL) (1994)
* Miami (FL) & Virginia Tech (1995)
* Miami (FL) & Syracuse & Virginia Tech (1996)
* Syracuse (1997)
* Syracuse (1998)
* Virginia Tech (1999)
* Miami (FL) (2000)
* Miami (FL) (2001)
* Miami (FL) (2002)
* Miami (FL) & West Virginia (2003)
* Boston College & Pittsburgh & Syracuse & West Virginia (2004)
* West Virginia (2005)
* Louisville (2006)
* Connecticut & West Virginia (2007)
* Cincinnati (2008)
* Cincinnati (2009)
* Connecticut & Pittsburgh & West Virginia (2010)
* Cincinnati & Louisville & West Virginia (2011)
* Cincinnati & Louisville & Rutgers & Syracuse (2012)

National championships in bold
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