2004 Michigan State Spartans football team

2004 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–7 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	John L. Smith (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Baldwin (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Chris Smeland (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium (c. 72,027 natural grass)
Seasons ←  2003 2005  →

2004 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	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 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Michigan State competed as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans were led by second-year head coach John L. Smith.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	3:30 p.m.	at Rutgers *	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ABC	L 14–19	42,612
September 11	12:00 p.m.	Central Michigan *	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN Plus	W 24–7	72,908	[1]
September 18	7:00 p.m.	Notre Dame *	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	ESPN	L 24–31	74,962
September 25	12:00 p.m.	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	ESPN Plus	W 30–20	24,471
October 2	12:00 p.m.	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN Plus	L 16–38	70,397
October 9	12:00 p.m.	Illinois	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN Plus	W 38–25	72,441
October 16	12:00 p.m.	No. 19 Minnesota	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN	W 51–17	72,383
October 30	3:30 p.m.	at No. 14 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ABC	L 37–45 3OT	111,609
November 6	12:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN	L 19–32	72,222
November 13	3:30 p.m.	No. 5 Wisconsin	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ABC	W 49–14	76,697
November 20	12:00 p.m.	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (Land Grant Trophy)	ESPN2	L 13–37	101,486
December 4	11:05 p.m.	at Hawaii *	Aloha Stadium Hālawa, HI	ESPN2	L 38–41	41,654
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2004 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 19 Irving Campbell  Fr RB 30 Jehuu Caulcrick  Fr OT 75 Pete Clifford  Fr RB 21 DeAndra' Cobb Sr G 74 Kyle Cook So TE 80 Kellen Davis Fr QB 17 Brian Hoyer Fr C 51 Chris Morris Jr QB 9 Stephen Reaves  Fr QB 5 Drew Stanton So WR 6 Matt Trannon Jr QB 18 John Van Dam  Fr G 76 Will Whitticker Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 59 Clifford Dukes Sr DT 99 Brandon McKinney  Jr LB 48 Seth Mitchell Sr NT 96 Domata Peko Jr DE 92 Clifton Ryan So FS 36 Eric Smith Jr LB 44 Ronald Stanley Sr DT 91 Kevin Vickerson Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 8 Brandon Fields So K 16 Dave Rayner Sr	Head coach John L. Smith Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Indiana

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
•Michigan State	0	7	10	13	30
Indiana	3	17	0	0	20

• Date: September 25
• Location: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana
• Game start: 12:00 p.m. EST
• TV announcers (ESPN+): Craig Coshun (Play-by-play) & Charles Arbuckle (Color)

Scoring summary

1	4:42	IND	Bryan Robertson 23-yard field goal	Indiana 3–0
2	14:17	MSU	Drew Stanton 2-yard run (Dave Rayner kick)	Michigan St 7–3
2	10:18	IND	Chris Rudanovic 12-yard pass from Matt LoVecchio (Bryan Robertson kick)	Indiana 10–7
2	4:25	IND	Lance Bennett 94-yard punt return (Bryan Robertson kick)	Indiana 17–7
2	2:43	IND	Bryan Robertson 31-yard field goal	Indiana 20–7
3	6:24	MSU	Drew Stanton 1-yard run (Dave Rayner kick)	Indiana 20–14
3	2:58	MSU	Dave Rayner 44-yard field goal	Indiana 20–17
4	9:45	MSU	Jason Teague 1-yard run (Dave Rayner kick)	Michigan St 24–20
4	5:56	MSU	Dave Rayner 22-yard field goal	Michigan St 27–20
4	2:36	MSU	Dave Rayner 39-yard field goal	Michigan St 30-20

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Coaching staff

• John L. Smith –Head Coach
• Jim McElwain –Assistant Head Coach/Wide receivers coach/Special Teams coordinator
• Dave Baldwin –Offensive Coordinator/Tight end coach
• Doug Nussmeier –Quarterbacks coach
• Reggie Mitchell –Running backs coach/Recruiting coordinator
• Jeff Stoutland –Offensive line coach
• Chris Smeland –Defensive Coordinator
• Steve Stripling –Defensive line coach
• Mike Cox –Linebackers coach
• Paul Haynes –Defensive backs coach

2005 NFL draft

The following players were selected in the 2005 NFL draft.

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL team
DeAndra' Cobb	6	201	Running back	Atlanta Falcons
Dave Rayner	6	202	Kicker	Indianapolis Colts
Kevin Vickerson	7	216	Defensive tackle	Miami Dolphins
Will Whitticker	7	246	Guard	Green Bay Packers

References

1. "Win doesn't dispel worries: Defense again shaky, QB quandary remains after defeat of Chippewas". Lansing State Journal. September 12, 2004. pp. 1C, 3C.
2. "Michigan State 30, Indiana 20". ESPN. September 25, 2004. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.