2004 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

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2004 Cincinnati Bearcats football
Fort Worth Bowl champion
Fort Worth Bowl, W 32–14 vs. Marshall
Conference Conference USA
Record7–5 (5–3 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Don Treadwell (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi (1st season)
Home stadium Nippert Stadium
Seasons
  2003
2005  
2004 Conference USA football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 6 Louisville $  8 0   11 1  
Memphis  5 3   8 4  
Southern Miss  5 3   7 5  
Cincinnati  5 3   7 5  
UAB  5 3   7 5  
TCU  3 5   5 6  
Tulane  3 5   5 6  
South Florida  3 5   4 7  
Houston  3 5   3 8  
East Carolina  2 6   2 9  
Army  2 6   2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team, coached by Mark Dantonio, played its home games in Nippert Stadium, as it has since 1924. This was the Bearcats last season in Conference USA as they became members of the Big East Conference after the academic year.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 412:00 pmat No. 9 Ohio State * ABC L 6–27104,604
September 117:00 pm Miami (OH) *W 45–2630,368
September 1812:00 pmat Syracuse * ESPN+ L 7–1932,893
September 257:00 pmat East Carolina W 24–1929,332
October 27:00 pm UAB
  • Nippert Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
L 27–3021,053
October 91:00 pmat Army L 29–4831,144
October 237:00 pm Memphis
  • Nippert Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH (rivalry)
ESPNGP W 49–1015,092
October 303:00 pm TCU
  • Nippert Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 21–1020,453
November 63:00 pmNo. 21 Southern Miss W 52–2430,690
November 203:30 pm South Florida
  • Nippert Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
FSN W 45–2319,309
November 272:30 pmat No. 7 Louisville ESPN2 L 7–7037,617
December 236:30 pmvs. Marshall * ESPN W 32–1427,902
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Awards and milestones

Conference USA honors

Offensive player of the week

Defensive player of the week

  • Week 4: Trent Cole [1]
  • Week 8: Andre Frazier [1]

Special teams player of the week

  • Week 8: Chet Ervin [1]

All-Conference USA First Team

[1]

All-Conference USA Second Team

[1]

All-Conference USA Third Team

[1]

All-Conference USA Freshman Team

  • Anthony Hoke, DE
  • Doug Jones, FB

[1]

Players in the 2005 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Trent Cole DE 5146 Philadelphia Eagles
Tyjuan Hagler LB 5173 Indianapolis Colts
Daven Holly CB 7215 San Francisco 49ers

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