2004 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

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2004 Nevada Wolf Pack football
Boise State University Broncos 58 University of Nevada Wolf Pack 21 on a Frigid, Icy Night at Mackey Stadium, Reno, Nevada (69175861).jpg
Nevada on the field vs. Boise State on November 27 at Mackay Stadium
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Record5–7 (3–5 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorChris Klenakis (4th season)
Offensive scheme Pistol
Co-defensive coordinators
  • Dave Fipp (1st season)
  • Barry Sacks (1st season)
Base defense 3–4
Home stadium Mackay Stadium
Seasons
←  2003
2005  →
2004 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 12 Boise State $ 8–0  11–1 
UTEP  6–2  8–4 
No. 22 Fresno State  5–3  9–3 
Louisiana Tech  5–3  6–6 
Hawaii  4–4  8–5 
Nevada  3–5  5–7 
Tulsa  3–5  4–8 
SMU  3–5  3–8 
Rice  2–6  3–8 
San Jose State  1–7  2–9 
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Nevada competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The Wolf Pack were led by Chris Ault in his 20th overall and 1st straight season since taking over as head coach for the third time. They played their home games at Mackay Stadium.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 610:00 a.m.at Louisiana Tech
ESPN2 L 21–3821,127
September 111:00 p.m. Sacramento State *
W 59–716,611
September 186:00 p.m. Buffalo *
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 38–1317,220
September 256:00 p.m.at San Diego State *
 Charter L 10–2733,429
October 27:00 p.m.at UNLV *
CharterL 13–4827,596
October 99:00 p.m.at Hawaii
CharterL 26–4835,078
October 166:00 p.m. Rice Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 35–1018,800
October 236:00 p.m. Tulsa
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 54–48 3OT13,550
November 66:00 p.m. San Jose State
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
CharterW 42–2415,902
November 133:00 p.m.at SMU
CharterL 20–3810,206
November 206:00 p.m.at Fresno State
CharterL 17–5439,256
November 274:30 p.m.No. 10 Boise State
ESPN L 21–5821,799
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

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Game summaries

At Louisiana Tech

Nevada at Louisiana Tech
Team1234Total
Wolf Pack0071421
•Bulldogs71410738
Scoring summary
109:46LATECH Ryan Moats 12–yard run (Brad Oestriecher kick)LATECH 7–0
206:10LATECHRyan Moats 3–yard run (Brad Oestriecher kick)LATECH 14–0
202:23LATECHDonald Allen 3–yard run (Brad Oestriecher kick)LATECH 21–0
314:11NEVCaleb Spencer 11–yard pass from Jeff Rowe (Damon Fine kick)LATECH 21–7
311:13LATECHBrad Oestriecher 36–yard field goalLATECH 24–7
308:16LATECHRyan Moats 45–yard run (Brad Oestriecher kick)LATECH 31–7
413:32NEVDell McGee 11–yard pass from Jeff Rowe (Damon Fine kick)LATECH 31–14
405:16LATECHDanny Wilson 20–yard run (Brad Oestriecher kick)LATECH 38–14
401:58NEVTalib Wise 22–yard pass from Travis Moore (Damon Fine kick)LATECH 38–21

Sacramento State

Sacramento State at Nevada
Team1234Total
Hornets00077
•Wolf Pack721171459
  • Date: September 11, 2004
  • Location: Mackay Stadium
    Reno, NV
  • Game start: 1:05 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: N/A
  • Game attendance: 16,611
  • Game weather: N/A
  • Referee: Daniel Romeo
  • TV announcers (None): None
Scoring summary
101:05NEVAdam Kiefer 0–yard fumble recovery (Damon Fine kick)NEV 7–0
208:23NEV Tony Moll 4–yard pass from Jeff Rowe (Damon Fine kick)NEV 14–0
201:44NEVJeff Rowe 11–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 21–0
200:09NEVCaleb Spencer 6–yard pass from Jeff Rowe (Damon Fine kick)NEV 28–0
311:25NEVDamon Fine 44–yard field goalNEV 31–0
306:02NEVJeff Rowe 4–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 38–0
300:21NEVDell McGee 12–yard pass from Travis Moore (Damon Fine kick)NEV 45–0
413:15NEVDrew Robinson 25–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 52–0
406:40NEVB.J. Mitchell 7–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 59–0
402:13SACMel Cuckovich 39–yard pass from Brad Tredway (Juan Gamboa kick)NEV 59–7

Buffalo

Buffalo at Nevada
Team1234Total
Bulls706013
•Wolf Pack01471738
  • Date: September 18, 2004
  • Location: Mackay Stadium
    Reno, NV
  • Game start: 6:05 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 3 minutes
  • Game attendance: 17,220
  • Game weather: Temperature: 60 °F (16 °C) • Weather: Cool and Cloudy • Wind: SW 10–15 MPH
  • Referee: Donald Amicon
  • TV announcers (None): None
Scoring summary
103:57UBJared Patterson 8–yard run (Michael Baker kick)UB 7–0
207:07NEV Nichiren Flowers 41–yard pass from Jeff Rowe (Damon Fine kick)TIE 7–7
203:03NEVNichiren Flowers 51–yard pass from Jeff Rowe (Damon Fine kick)NEV 14–7
312:30UBMichael Baker 28–yard field goalNEV 14–10
306:56UBMichael Baker 47–yard field goalNEV 14–13
302:29NEVChance Kretschmer 1–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 21–13
403:25NEVDamon Fine 19–yard field goalNEV 24–13
402:23NEVJeff Rowe 6–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 31–13
401:20NEVDrew Robinson 18–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 38–13

At San Diego State

Nevada at San Diego State
Team1234Total
Wolf Pack030710
•Aztecs14301027
  • Date: September 25, 2004
  • Location: Qualcomm Stadium
    San Diego, CA
  • Game start: 6:08 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 31 minutes
  • Game attendance: 33,429
  • Game weather: Temperature: 73 °F (23 °C) • Weather: Clear and Mild • Wind: WNW 12 MPH
  • Referee: Terry Leyden
  • TV announcers (Charter): N/A
Scoring summary
106:53SDSU Jeff Webb 23–yard pass from Matt Dlugolecki (Garrett Palmer kick)SDSU 7–0
100:00SDSUBrandon Bornes 35–yard run (Garrett Palmer kick)SDSU 14–0
206:06NEVDamon Fine 28–yard field goalSDSU 14–3
203:33SDSUGarrett Palmer 50–yard field goalSDSU 17–3
409:30SDSURamal Porter 19–yard pass from Matt Dlugolecki (Garrett Palmer kick)SDSU 24–3
403:38SDSUGarrett Palmer 43–yard field goalSDSU 27–3
400:53NEVChance Kretschmer 3–yard run (Damon Fine kick)SDSU 27–10

At UNLV

Nevada at UNLV
(Battle for the Fremont Cannon)
Team1234Total
Wolf Pack330713
•Rebels31072848
  • Date: October 2, 2004
  • Location: Sam Boyd Stadium
    Whitney, NV
  • Game start: 7:07 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 26 minutes
  • Game attendance: 27,596
  • Game weather: Temperature: 84 °F (29 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: 0 MPH
  • Referee: Frank White
  • TV announcers (Charter): N/A
Scoring summary
107:41NEVDamon Fine 41–yard field goalNEV 3–0
101:31UNLVSergio Aguayo 20–yard field goalTIE 3–3
210:08UNLVSergio Aguayo 41–yard field goalUNLV 6–3
204:03NEVDamon Fine 37–yard field goalTIE 6–6
201:49UNLVEarvin Johnson 11–yard pass from Kurt Nantkes (Sergio Aguayo kick)UNLV 13–6
308:41UNLVDyante Perkins 1–yard run (Sergio Aguayo kick)UNLV 20–6
412:51UNLVDyante Perkins 1–yard run (Sergio Aguayo kick)UNLV 27–6
407:12UNLVEarvin Johnson 15–yard pass from Kurt Nantkes (Sergio Aguayo kick)UNLV 34–6
406:44UNLVErick Jackson 5–yard run (Sergio Aguayo kick)UNLV 41–6
405:36UNLVErick Jackson 2–yard run (Hubi Zumkley Schulze kick)UNLV 48–6
402:11NEV Nichiren Flowers 3–yard pass from Jeff Rowe (Damon Fine kick)UNLV 48–13

At Hawaii

Nevada at Hawaii
Team1234Total
Wolf Pack10301326
•Warriors141017748
  • Date: October 9, 2004
  • Location: Aloha Stadium
    Halawa, HI
  • Game start: 6:07 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 20 minutes
  • Game attendance: 35,078
  • Game weather: Temperature: 81 °F (27 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: TR 10–15 MPH
  • Referee: Bill Athan
  • TV announcers (Charter): N/A
Scoring summary
113:07UH Chad Owens 12–yard pass from Timmy Chang (Justin Ayat kick)UH 7–0
107:45NEVChance Kretschmer 1–yard run (Damon Fine kick)TIE 7–7
106:33UHChad Owens 13–yard pass from Timmy Chang (Justin Ayat kick)UH 14–7
101:47NEVDamon Fine 26–yard field goalUH 14–10
211:38UHWest Keliikipi 2–yard run (Justin Ayat kick)UH 21–10
209:40UHJustin Ayat 40–yard field goalUH 24–10
205:22NEVDamon Fine 23–yard field goalUH 24–13
310:49UHJustin Ayat 43–yard field goalUH 27–13
302:43UHChad Owens 75–yard punt return (Justin Ayat kick)UH 34–13
301:16UHUriah Moenoa 1–yard pass from Timmy Chang (Justin Ayat kick)UH 41–13
411:30NEVTalib Wise 1–yard run (Damon Fine kick blocked)UH 41–19
404:49NEVTalib Wise 24–yard pass from Travis Moore (Damon Fine kick)UH 41–26
402:17UHBryan Maneafaiga 6–yard run (Justin Ayat kick)UH 48–26

Rice

Rice at Nevada
Team1234Total
Owls300710
•Wolf Pack14701435
  • Date: October 16, 2004
  • Location: Mackay Stadium
    Reno, NV
  • Game start: 6:05 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 2 hours and 59 minutes
  • Game attendance: 18,800
  • Game weather: Temperature: 71 °F (22 °C) • Weather: Smokey Sky • Wind: 20 MPH
  • Referee: Daniel Romeo
  • TV announcers (None): None
Scoring summary
106:16NEVChance Kretschmer 17–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 7–0
105:06NEV Nichiren Flowers 20–yard pass from Jeff Rowe (Damon Fine kick)NEV 14–0
100:00RICEBrennan Landry 34–yard field goalNEV 14–3
210:44NEVB.J. Mitchell 9–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 21–3
408:24NEVB.J. Mitchell 2–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 28–3
404:36RICEJoel Armstrong 13–yard run (Brennan Landry kick)NEV 28–10
400:09NEVB.J. Mitchell 7–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 35–10

Tulsa

Tulsa at Nevada
Team1234OTTotal
Golden Hurricane67721748
•Wolf Pack01314141354
  • Date: October 23, 2004
  • Location: Mackay Stadium
    Reno, NV
  • Game start: 6:05 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 51 minutes
  • Game attendance: 13,550
  • Game weather: Temperature: 54 °F (12 °C) • Weather: Cloudy • Wind: W 7–10 MPH
  • Referee: Paul Labenne
  • TV announcers (None): None
Scoring summary
111:13TULSABrad DeVault 38–yard field goalTULSA 3–0
104:55TULSABrad DeVault 33–yard field goalTULSA 6–0
209:43NEVDamon Fine 35–yard field goalTULSA 6–3
206:17NEVDamon Fine 22–yard field goalTIE 6–6
205:21NEVNick Hawthrone 30–yard interception (Damon Fine kick)NEV 13–6
201:07TULSABrandon Diles 1–yard run (Brad DeVault kick)TIE 13–13
312:03TULSABrandon Diles 5–yard run (Brad DeVault kick)TULSA 20–13
308:56NEV Tony Moll 5–yard pass from Jeff Rowe (Damon Fine kick)TIE 20–20
306:24NEVB.J. Mitchell 4–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 27–20
406:03TULSAUril Parrish 1–yard run (Brad DeVault kick)TIE 27–27
402:17NEVChance Kretschmer 5–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 34–27
402:05TULSA Ashlan Davis 94–yard kickoff return (Brad DeVault kick)TIE 34–34
400:36NEVChance Kretschmer 18–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 41–34
400:00TULSACaleb Blankenship 16–yard pass from James Kilian (Brad DeVault kick)TIE 41–41
OT15:00NEVB.J. Mitchell 1–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 48–41
OT15:00TULSABrandon Diles 22–yard run (Brad DeVault kick)TIE 48–48
OT15:00NEV Nichiren Flowers 25–yard pass from Jeff Rowe (rush failed)NEV 54–48

San Jose State

San Jose State at Nevada
Team1234Total
Spartans00101424
•Wolf Pack77141442
  • Date: November 6, 2004
  • Location: Mackay Stadium
    Reno, NV
  • Game start: 6:07 p.m. PST
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 14 minutes
  • Game attendance: 15,902
  • Game weather: Temperature: 60 °F (16 °C) • Weather: Partly Cloudy • Wind: 1–2 MPH
  • Referee: Robert Cameron
  • TV announcers (Charter): N/A
Scoring summary
101:51NEVCaleb Spencer 4–yard pass from Jeff Rowe (Damon Fine kick)NEV 7–0
206:31NEVB.J. Mitchell 1–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 14–0
313:00SJSUJeff Carr 39–yard field goalNEV 14–3
309:11NEVCaleb Spencer 10–yard pass from Jeff Rowe (Damon Fine kick)NEV 21–3
307:42SJSULance Martin 3–yard run (Jeff Carr kick)NEV 21–10
304:18NEVChance Kretschmer 5–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 28–10
409:45NEVDrew Robinson 1–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 35–10
409:23SJSU John Broussard 95–yard kickoff return (Jeff Carr kick)NEV 35–17
405:36NEVDrew Robinson 12–yard run (Damon Fine kick)NEV 42–17
402:31SJSU Adam Tafralis 2–yard run (Jeff Carr kick)NEV 42–24

At SMU

Nevada at SMU
Team1234Total
Wolf Pack3314020
•Mustangs10028038
  • Date: November 13, 2004
  • Location: Gerald J. Ford Stadium
    University Park, TX
  • Game start: 5:07 p.m. CST
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 18 minutes
  • Game attendance: 10,206
  • Game weather: Temperature: 54 °F (12 °C) • Weather: Light Rain and 75% Humidity • Wind: NNE 3 MPH
  • Referee: Daniel Romeo
  • TV announcers (Charter): N/A
Scoring summary
110:39SMUCedrick Dorsey 38–yard pass from Tony Eckert (Chris McMurtray kick)SMU 7–0
107:54NEVDamon Fine 33–yard field goalSMU 7–3
105:17SMUChris McMurtray 42–yard field goalSMU 10–3
208:58NEVDamon Fine 26–yard field goalSMU 10–6
314:03NEV Nichiren Flowers 18–yard pass from Jeff Rowe (Damon Fine kick)NEV 13–10
311:24SMUJerad Romo 13–yard run (Chris McMurtray kick)SMU 17–13
309:56SMUFoy Munlin 1–yard run (Chris McMurtray kick)SMU 24–13
309:46SMU Alvin Nnabuife 17–yard fumble recovery (Chris McMurtray kick)SMU 31–13
303:20NEVTalib Wise 40–yard pass from Jeff Rowe (Damon Fine kick)SMU 31–20
301:28SMUAlvin Nnabuife 95–yard fumble recovery (Chris McMurtray kick)SMU 38–20

At Fresno State

Nevada at Fresno State
Team1234Total
Wolf Pack737017
•Bulldogs132014754
  • Date: November 20, 2004
  • Location: Bulldog Stadium
    Fresno, CA
  • Game start: 6:15 p.m. PST
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 9 minutes
  • Game attendance: 39,256
  • Game weather: Temperature: 54 °F (12 °C) • Weather: Mostly Cloudy • Wind: Calm
  • Referee: Bill Athan
  • TV announcers (Charter): N/A
Scoring summary
107:09FSWendell Mathis 35–yard run (Brett Visintainer kick)FS 7–0
101:24NEVDrew Robinson 7–yard run (Damon Fine kick)TIE 7–7
100:44FSWendell Mathis 4–yard run (Tyler Clutts rush fumbled)FS 13–7
211:49FSBrett Visintainer 42–yard field goalFS 16–7
209:09FSRoshon Vercher 1–yard run (Brett Visintainer kick)FS 23–7
206:52NEVDamon Fine 32–yard field goalFS 23–10
202:09FSBryson Sumlin 18–yard run (Brett Visintainer kick)FS 30–10
200:00FSBrett Visintainer 32–yard field goalFS 33–10
313:14FSJaron Fairman 54–yard pass from Paul Pinegar (Brett Visintainer kick)FS 40–10
303:05NEVTalib Wise 1–yard run (Damon Fine kick)FS 40–17
301:39FSMark Wood 24–yard pass from Paul Pinegar (Clint Stitser kick)FS 47–17
408:30FSWendell Mathis 9–yard run (Clint Stitser kick)FS 54–17

Boise State

Boise State at Nevada
(rivalry)
Team1234Total
•No. 10 Broncos1414201058
Wolf Pack077721
  • Date: November 27, 2004
  • Location: Mackay Stadium
    Reno, NV
  • Game start: 4:47 p.m. PST
  • Elapsed time: 3 hours and 19 minutes
  • Game attendance: 21,799
  • Game weather: Temperature: 34 °F (1 °C) • Weather: Clearing and Icy • Wind: N 7 MPH
  • Referee: Rich Kollen
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Eric Collins, Andre Ware and Jimmy Dykes (sideline)
Scoring summary
105:16BSULawrence Bady 25–yard pass from Jared Zabransky (Tyler Jones kick)BSU 7–0
104:26BSU T. J. Acree 11–yard pass from Jared Zabransky (Tyler Jones kick)BSU 14–0
210:57BSUJeff Carpenter 5–yard run (Tyler Jones kick)BSU 21–0
204:51NEVNick Hawthrone 40–yard interception (Damon Fine kick)BSU 21–7
200:33BSUJason Murray 15–yard pass from Jared Zabransky (Tyler Jones kick)BSU 28–7
312:38NEVAdam Bishop 10–yard pass from Jeff Rowe (Damon Fine kick)BSU 28–14
308:42BSUJon Helmandollar 5–yard run (Tyler Jones kick)BSU 35–14
307:08BSU Cam Hall 52–yard interception (Tyler Jones kick)BSU 42–14
304:18BSUTyler Jones 26–yard field goalBSU 45–14
300:50BSUTyler Jones 20–yard field goalBSU 48–14
411:42BSUJon Helmandollar 4–yard run (Tyler Jones kick)BSU 55–14
405:55BSUTyler Jones 32–yard field goalBSU 58–14
402:32NEVTalib Wise 5–yard run (Damon Fine kick)BSU 58–21

References

  1. ↑ "Nevada Wolf Pack Schedule 2004". ESPN . Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  2. ↑ "2004 Nevada Wolf Pack Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  3. ↑ "2004 Football Schedule". Nevada Wolf Pack Athletics. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  4. ↑ "2025 Nevada Football Record Book" (PDF). Nevada Wolf Pack Athletics. p. 35. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
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