2004 BYU Cougars football team

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2004 BYU Cougars football
BYU Cougars logo.svg
Conference Mountain West
Record5–6 (4–3 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTodd Bradford (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Bronco Mendenhall (2nd season)
Base defense 3–3–5
Home stadium LaVell Edwards Stadium
(Capacity: 64,045)
Seasons
←  2003
2005  →
2004 Mountain West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Utah $  7 –0   12 –0  
New Mexico  5 –2   7 –5  
BYU  4 –3   5 –6  
Wyoming  3 –4   7 –5  
Air Force  3 –4   5 –6  
Colorado State  3 –4   4 –7  
San Diego State  2 –5   4 –7  
UNLV  1 –6   2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 47:15 pm Notre Dame *
 ESPN W 20–1765,251
September 118:00 pmat Stanford *
 CSTV L 10–3731,500
September 188:00 pmNo. 1 USC *
  • LaVell Edwards Stadium
  • Provo, UT
ESPNL 10–4263,467
September 248:00 pmat No. 21 Boise State *
ESPNL 27–2830,601
October 28:00 pmat Colorado State
SWP/FSRM W 31–2132,511
October 88:00 pm UNLV
  • LaVell Edwards Stadium
  • Provo, UT
 ESPN2 L 20–2456,341
October 168:00 pm Wyoming
  • LaVell Edwards Stadium
  • Provo, UT
SWPW 24–1358,737
October 231:00 pmat Air Force
ESPN+ W 41–2438,235
November 61:00 pm San Diego State
  • LaVell Edwards Stadium
  • Provo, UT
ESPN+W 49–1653,435
November 1310:00 am New Mexico
  • LaVell Edwards Stadium
  • Provo, UT
SWPL 14–2153,618
November 205:00 pmat No. 5 Utah
ESPN2L 21–5245,326
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

•SportsWest Productions (SWP) games were shown locally on KSL 5.

BYU Cougars Radio Network

The BYU Cougars radio network carried every game on radio using the broadcast trio of Greg Wrubell (pxp), Marc Lyons (analyst), and Bill Riley or Andy Boyce (sidelines). KSL 1160 AM served as the flagship station for BYU Football.

Game summaries

Notre Dame

1234Total
Notre Dame037717
•BYU1037020
Scoring summary
19:47BYU Naufahu Tahi 5-yard run (Matt Payne kick)BYU 7-0
11:31BYUMatt Payne 44-yard field goalBYU 10-0
21:34BYUMatt Payne 53-yard field goalBYU 13-0
20:00UND D.J. Fitzptrick 21-yard field goalBYU 13-3
37:47BYU Austin Collie 42-yard pass from Matt Berry (Matt Payne kick)BYU 20-3
34:24UND Rhema McKnight 54-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick)BYU 20-10
48:19UNDPreston Jackson 38-yard interception return (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick)BYU 20-17

Stanford

1234Total
BYU1000010
•Stanford71071337
Scoring summary
17:52BYU Naufahu Tahi 3-yard run (Matt Payne kick)BYU 7-0
12:20BYUMatt Payne 40-yard field goalBYU 10-0
12:08STANT.J. Rushing 99-yard kickoff return (Michael Sgori kick)BYU 10-7
211:17STANAlex Smith 1-yard pass from Trent Edwards (Michael Sgori kick)STAN 14-10
20:00STANMichael Sgori 19-yard field goalSTAN 17-10
35:42STANJustin McCullum 21-yard pass from Trent Edwards (Michael Sgori kick)STAN 24-10
414:21STANEvan Moore 24-yard pass from Trent Edwards (Michael Sgori kick)STAN 31-10
411:46STANMichael Sgori 29-yard field goalSTAN 34-10
49:51STANMichael Sgori 41-yard field goalBYU 37-10

USC

1234Total
•#1/1 USC02102142
BYU037010
  • Date: September 18
  • Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 8:19 p.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:20
  • Game attendance: 65,251
  • Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 77 °F (25 °C), wind SW 5 mph (8.0 km/h)
  • Referee: Gerald Wright
  • TV announcers (ESPN/Westwood One): Ron Franklin, Mike Gottfried, Erin Andrews (ESPN)
    John Castleberry, Foge Fazio (Westwood One)
Scoring summary
210:30BYUMatt Payne 46-yard field goalBYU 3-0
28:30USC Reggie Bush 21-yard pass from Matt Leinart (Ryan Killeen kick)USC 7-3
22:03USCReggie Bush 66-yard run (Ryan Killeen kick)USC 14-3
21:05USCDwayne Jarrett 15-yard from Matt Leinart (Ryan Killeen kick)USU 21-3
311:16BYUTodd Watkins 69-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick)USC 21-10
414:16USCMatt Leinart 1-yard run (Ryan Killeen kick)USC 28-10
410:22USCLendale White 43-yard run (Ryan Killeen kick)USC 35-10
42:30USCLee Webb 9-yard run (Ryan Killeen kick)USC 42-10

Boise State

1234Total
BYU7614027
•#21/21 Boise State1606628
Scoring summary
110:57BSUAndy Avalos safetyBSU 2-0
19:17BSUT.J. Acree 20-yard pass from Jared Zabransky (Tyler Jones kick)BSU 9-0
14:09BSU Antwaun Carter 5-yard run (Tyler Jones kick)BSU 16-0
10:28BYU Curtis Brown 2-yard run (Matt Payne kick)BSU 16-7
27:29BYUMatt Payne 32-yard field goalBSU 16-10
23:28BYUMatt Payne 42-yard field goalBSU 16-13
310:07BSUTyler Jones 47-yard field goalBSU 19-13
34:36BSUTyler Jones 37-yard field goalSTAN 22-13
33:41BYUTodd Watkins 79-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick)BSU 22-20
30:34BYU Austin Collie 57-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick)BYU 27-22
43:42BSUT.J. Acree 44-yard pass from Jared Zabransky (Zabransky pass failed)BSU 28-27

Colorado State

1234Total
•BYU01071431
Colorado State077721
Scoring summary
29:55BYUMatt Payne 52-yard field goalBYU 3-0
21:45BYU Curtis Brown 14-yard run (Matt Payne kick)BYU 10-0
20:59CSUDavid Anderson 6-yard pass from Justin Holland (Jeff Babcock kick)BYU 10-7
311:37CSUUldis Jaunarajs 3-yard run (Jeff Babcock kick)CSU 14-10
32:15BYUCurtis Brown 5-yard run (Matt Payne kick)BYU 17-14
412:51CSUUldis Jaunarajs 5-yard run (Jeff Babcock kick)CSU 21-17
411:48BYU Austin Collie 40-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick)BYU 24-21
42:25BYU Naufahu Tahi 3-yard run (Matt Payne kick)BYU 31-21

UNLV

1234Total
•UNLV0714324
BYU01010020
Scoring summary
28:12BYUMatt Payne 47-yard field goalBYU 3-0
27:15UNLVEarvin Johnson 27-yard pass from Kurt Nantkes (Sergio Aguayo kick)UNLV 7-3
20:14BYUTodd Watkins 7-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick)BYU 10-7
313:15UNLV Dominique Dorsey 12-yard run (Sergio Aguayo kick)UNLV 14-10
35:59BYUMatt Payne 50-yard field goalUNLV 14-13
35:51BYUCameron Jensen 26-yard interception return (Matt Payne kick)BYU 20-14
31:58UNLVDyante Perkins 12-yard run (Sergio Aguayo kick)UNLV 21-20
43:49UNLVSergio Aguayo 35-yard field goalUNLV 24-21

Wyoming

1234Total
Wyoming067013
•BYU7301424
  • Date: October 16
  • Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 8:07 p.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:16
  • Game attendance: 58,737
  • Game weather: Clear, 68 °F (20 °C), wind SW 7 mph (11 km/h)
  • Referee: Gerald Wright
  • TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler
Scoring summary
110:46BYU Austin Collie 40-yard pass from Curtis Brown (Matt Payne kick)BYU 7-0
212:01WYDeric Yaussi 45-yard field goalBYU 7-3
24:18BYUMatt Payne 46-yard field goalBYU 10-3
21:11WYDeric Yaussi 40-yard field goalBYU 10-6
32:26WYJovon Bouknight 35-yard pass from Corey Bramlet (Deric Yaussi kick)WY 13-10
413:37BYUCurtis Brown 9-yard run (Matt Payne kick)BYU 17-13
42:06BYU Naufahu Tahi 15-yard run (Matt Payne kick)BYU 24-13

Air Force

1234Total
•BYU30211741
Air Force01001424
Scoring summary
19:28BYUMatt Payne 23-yard field goalBYU 3-0
212:13AFADarnell Stephens 29-yard run (Michael Greenway kick)AFA 7-3
210:08AFAMichael Greenway 48-yard field goalAFA 10-3
314:27BYUTodd Watkins 70-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick)TIED 10-10
36:29BYU Dennis Pitta 11-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick)BYU 17-10
34:26BYUGary Lovely 8-yard blocked punt return (Matt Payne kick)BYU 24-10
414:55BYU Austin Collie 14-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick)BYU 31-10
414:21AFAGreg Kirwood 26-yard pass from Shaun Carey (Michael Greenway kick)BYU 31-17
411:09BYUMatt Payne 53-yard field goalBYU 34-17
47:56AFADarnell Stephens 7-yard run (Michael Greenway kick)BYU 34-24
42:59BYUDennis Pitta 1-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick)BYU 41-24

San Diego State

1234Total
San Diego State0301316
•BYU76231349
  • Date: November 6
  • Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 1:05 p.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:30
  • Game attendance: 53,435
  • Game weather: Clear, 60 °F (16 °C), wind NE 2 mph (3.2 km/h)
  • Referee: Craig Battaglia
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Trey Bender, Kelly Stouffer, Anne Marie Anderson
Scoring summary
111:27BYUTodd Watkins 68-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick)BYU 7-0
214:47SDSUGarrett Palmer 47-yard field goalBYU 7-3
23:51BYUMatt Payne 43-yard field goalBYU 10-3
20:00BYUMatt Payne 34-yard field goalBYU 13-3
38:45BYU Curtis Brown 3-yard run (Matt Payne kick)BYU 20-3
37:05BYU Austin Collie 6-yard pass from John Beck (kick blocked)BYU 26-3
36:13BYU Naufahu Tahi 2-yard run (Matt Payne kick)BYU 33-3
32:47BYUMatt Payne 42-yard field goalBYU 36-3
414:42BYUAustin Collie 82-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick)BYU 43-3
49:02SDSUBrandon Bornes 2-yard run (kick failed)BYU 43-9
41:13BYUEric Waterson 2-yard run (Trent Williams kick failed)BYU 49-9
40:17SDSUAlex Thompson 10-yard pass from Kevin O'Connell (Garrett Palmer kick)BYU 49-16

New Mexico

1234Total
•New Mexico1400721
BYU700714
  • Date: November 13
  • Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 10:07 a.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 2:58
  • Game attendance: 53,618
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 44 °F (7 °C), wind SW 6 mph (9.7 km/h)
  • Referee: Terry Leyden
  • TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler
Scoring summary
13:02BYURiley Weber 12-yard pass from Matt Payne (Matt Payne kick)BYU 7-0
12:23UNMMarcus Smith 15-yard run (Wes Zunker kick)TIED 7-7
10:47UNMHank Baskett 29-yard pass from Kole McCamey (Wes Zunker kick)UNM 14-7
48:37UNMDonTrell Moore 1-yard run (Wes Zunker kick)UNM 21-7
46:00BYU Naufahu Tahi 7-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick)UNM 21-14

Utah

1234Total
BYU0147021
•#5/6 Utah714171452
Scoring summary
10:52UTAH Steve Savoy 2-yard run (David Carroll kick)UTAH 7-0
212:13BYUTodd Watkins 12-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick)TIED 7-7
29:28UTAHMarty Johnson 5-yard run (David Carroll kick)UTAH 14-7
25:40BYU Curtis Brown 6-yard run (Matt Payne kick)TIED 14-14
21:19UTAH Alex Smith 2-yard run (David Carroll kick)UTAH 21-14
311:43UTAHDavid Carroll 30-yard field goalUTAH 24-14
310:43UTAHBo Nagahi 12-yard fumble return (David Carroll kick)UTAH 31-14
38:38BYU Austin Collie 16-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick)UTAH 31-21
35:59UTAHSteve Savoy 92-yard run (David Carroll kick)UTAH 38-21
410:34UTAHSteve Savoy 20-yard pass from Alex Smith (David Carroll kick)UTAH 45-21
41:03UTAH Steve Fifita 4-yard run (David Carroll kick)UTAH 52-21

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