2004_West_Virginia_Mountaineers_football_team

2004 West Virginia Mountaineers football
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 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

American college football season

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.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
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

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2004 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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Team	W		L	W		L
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