2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Music City Bowl Champions
Music City Bowl, W 2016 vs. Alabama
Conference Big Ten Conference
2004 record 75 (35 Big Ten)
Head coach Glen Mason
Defensive coordinator Greg Hudson
Home stadium Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
(Capacity: 64,172)
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 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota during the college football season of 20042005. The team's coach was Glen Mason. It played its home games at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis Minnesota.

Previous season

2003 was the seventh season under head coach Glen Mason. He led the team to an 103 record and an appearance in the Sun Bowl. It was the first time since 1905 the Gophers had won 10 games in a season.

Polls

The 2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was not ranked in either the final Coaches' Poll or AP Poll.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 4 8:00 PM Toledo* #25 Hubert H. Humphrey MetrodomeMinneapolis, MN ESPN2 W 6321   45,144[1]
September 11 2:30 PM Illinois State* #22 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN ESPN+ W 3721   34,006[2]
September 18 9:00 PM at Colorado State* #22 Hughes StadiumFort Collins, CO ESPN2 W 3416   33,501[3]
September 25 8:00 PM Northwestern #19 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN ESPN2 W 4317   44,657[4]
October 2 7:00 PM [5] Penn State #18 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN ESPN+ W 167   50,386[6]
October 9 11:00 AM at #14 Michigan #13 Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug) ESPN L 2427   111,518[7]
October 15 11:00 AM at Michigan State #19 Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI ESPN L 1751   72,383[8]
October 23 1:00 PM Illinois Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN W 450   46,526[9]
October 30 12:00 PM at Indiana #24 Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN L 2130   22,282[10]
November 6 2:30 PM at #5 Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe) ABC L 1438   83,069[11]
November 13 11:00 AM #19 Iowa Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN (Floyd of Rosedale) ESPN L 2729   64,719[12]
December 31 11:00 AM vs. Alabama* The ColiseumNashville, TN (Music City Bowl) ESPN W 2016   66,089[13]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

References

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