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2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers football

Music City Bowl champion
Music City Bowl, W 20–16 vs. Alabama
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	7–5 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Glen Mason (8th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Mitch Browning (5th as OC, 8th overall season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Tony Petersen (5th as OC, 6th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Greg Hudson (2nd as DC, 4th overall season)
Captain	Greg Eslinger, Justin Fraley, Rian Melander, Darrell Reid
Home stadium	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Capacity: 64,172)
Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No.14Michigan $+	7	–	1	9	–	3
No.8Iowa +	7	–	1	10	–	2
No.17Wisconsin	6	–	2	9	–	3
Northwestern	5	–	3	6	–	6
No.20Ohio 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 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was Glen Mason. It played its home games at the Hubert H. Humphrey MetrodomeinMinneapolis Minnesota.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	8:00 pm	Toledo*	No. 25	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	ESPN2	W 63–21	45,144
September 11	2:30 pm	Illinois State*	No. 22	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	ESPN+	W 37–21	34,006	^[1]
September 18	9:00 pm	atColorado State*	No. 22	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	ESPN2	W 34–16	33,501
September 25	8:00 pm	Northwestern	No. 19	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	ESPN2	W 43–17	44,657
October 2	7:00 pm^[2]	Penn State	No. 18	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	ESPN+	W 16–7	50,386
October 9	11:00 am	at No. 14Michigan	No. 13	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug)	ESPN	L 24–27	111,518
October 15	11:00 am	atMichigan State	No. 19	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN	L 17–51	72,383
October 23	1:00 pm	Illinois		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		W 45–0	46,526
October 30	12:00 pm	atIndiana	No. 24	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		L 21–30	22,282
November 6	2:30 pm	at No. 5Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	ABC	L 14–38	83,069
November 13	11:00 am	No. 19Iowa		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (Floyd of Rosedale)	ESPN	L 27–29	64,719
December 31	11:00 am	vs. Alabama*		The Coliseum Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl)	ESPN	W 20–16	66,089
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster[edit]

2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`21`	Marion Barber III	Jr
QB	`3`	Bryan Cupito	So
C	`61`	Greg Eslinger	Jr
WR	`2`	Paris Hamilton	Sr
RB	`22`	Laurence Maroney	So
WR	`84`	Logan Payne	So
RB	`29`	Amir Pinnix	Fr
WR	`88`	Micah Rucker	Fr
RB	`24`	Gary Russell	Fr
G	`68`	Mark Setterstrom	Jr
TE	`89`	Matt Spaeth	So
WR	`82`	Ernie Wheelwright	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
S	`23`	Dominique Barber	Fr
DT	`95`	Anthony Montgomery	Jr
DE	`51`	Darrell Reid	Sr
DE	`91`	William VanDeSteeg	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`16`	Rhys Loyd	Sr
LS	`44`	Robert McGarry IV	Fr

Head coach

Glen Mason

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

References[edit]

^ Campbell, Dave (September 12, 2004). "Gophers win, but Mason disappointed". St. Cloud Times. p. 4D. Retrieved November 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search".

v t e Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Venues	Athletic Park (1892–1898) University of Minnesota Armory (1892–1898) Northrop Field (1899–1923) Memorial Stadium (1924–1981) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982–2008) Huntington Bank Stadium (2009–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa Michigan: Little Brown Jug Nebraska Wisconsin
Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher Marching band Spirit squad "Minnesota Rouser" "Minnesota March" "Go Gopher Victory" "Minnesota Fight" "Our Minnesota" "Hail! Minnesota" "Battle Hymn of the Republic" Minnesota shift T formation Smith of Minnesota
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees Annual awards
Seasons	1882 1883 1884–1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

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