2004 Big Ten Conference football season

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2004 Big Ten Conference football season
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League NCAA Division I-A
Sport football
DurationSeptember, 2004
through January, 2005
Teams11
TV partner(s) ABC, ESPN, ESPN2
2005 NFL Draft
Top draft pick Braylon Edwards (Michigan)
Picked by Cleveland Browns, first round (3rd overall)
Regular Season
Co-Champions Michigan
Iowa
  Runners-up Wisconsin
Season MVP Braylon Edwards (Michigan)
Football seasons
←  2003
2005  →
2004 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 14 Michigan $+  7 –1   9 –3  
No. 8 Iowa +  7 –1   10 –2  
No. 17 Wisconsin  6 –2   9 –3  
Northwestern  5 –3   6 –6  
No. 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 Big Ten Conference football season was the 109th season for the Big Ten Conference. Michigan and Iowa were conference co-champions, with 7-1 conference records. [1]

Contents

Rankings

Bowl games

DateBowl GameBig Ten TeamOpp. TeamScore
Dec. 29, 2004 Alamo Bowl Ohio State Oklahoma State 33-7
Dec. 31, 2004 Music City Bowl Minnesota Alabama 20-16
Dec. 31, 2004 Sun Bowl Purdue Arizona State 27-23
Jan. 1, 2005 Outback Bowl Wisconsin Georgia 24-21
Jan. 1, 2005 Capital One Bowl Iowa LSU 30-25
Jan. 1, 2005 Rose Bowl Michigan Texas 38-37
Bowl game information from Sports-Reference.com [1]

Big Ten players in the 2005 NFL draft

After the 2004 season, the conference had four players drafted in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft: Braylon Edwards (#3, Michigan), Erasmus James (#15, Wisconsin), Luis Castillo (#27, Northwestern), Marlin Jackson (#28, Michigan). [2] Ohio State kicker Mike Nugent was selected in the second round with the 47th overall pick, the highest that a Big Ten Conference kicker had ever been drafted. [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "2004 Big Ten Conference Year Summary". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  2. ↑ "2005 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  3. ↑ Carr, Aaron (April 20, 2017). "The Big Ten's All-NFL Draft Team: The highest pick at every position in conference history". PennLive. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
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