2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference Big Ten Conference
2004 record 3–8 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach Ron Turner
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 69,249)
2004 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#8 Iowa §   7 – 1         10 – 2  
#14 Michigan †§   7 – 1         9 – 3  
#17 Wisconsin   6 – 2         9 – 3  
Northwestern   5 – 3         6 – 6  
#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

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
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 Purdue Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL ESPN+ L 31–42   50,532
October 2 1:00 PM at #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 #14 Michigan Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL 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 #23 Iowadagger Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL ESPN+ L 13–23   47,651
November 6 1:00 PM Indiana Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 26–22   41,458
November 20 11:00 AM at Northwestern Ryan Field • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) ESPN+ L 21–28   23,563
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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References

  1. ↑ "2004 Results". University of Illinois–Urbana/Champaign Department of Athletics. Retrieved September 15, 2012.