2004 North Dakota State Bison football team

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2004 North Dakota State Bison football
Bison 2005-11.png
Conference Great West Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 23
Record8–3 (2–3 Great West)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Tim Albin (1st season)
Offensive scheme Pro spread
Defensive coordinator Jim Burrow (2nd season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Fargodome
Seasons
←  2003
2005  →
2004 Great West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 16 Cal Poly $  4 –1   9 –2  
UC Davis  3 –2   6 –4  
No. 23 North Dakota State  2 –3   8 –3  
South Dakota State  2 –3   6 –5  
Southern Utah  2 –3   6 –5  
Northern Colorado  2 –3   2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2004 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the program's first season competing at the NCAA Division I-AA level. The Bison were led by second-year head coach Craig Bohl and played their home games at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota. They finished the season with an overall record of 8–3 and tied for third in the Great West Conference with a 2–3 mark. [1] North Dakota State was ineligible for the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs per NCAA rules, during their first four seasons at the NCAA Division I-AA/FCS level.

During the regular season, the Bison were never ranked in The Sports Network poll, but beat two of the three top-25 teams they played. After the playoffs, the Bison were ranked #24 in the final rankings. During their first four years in Division I-AA (2004–2007), NDSU had a record of 35–9 (.795) and were ranked in the top-25 32 out of 44 weeks.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 286:00 pm Valparaiso *
W 52–018,665 [2]
September 42:10 pmat Northern Colorado *
L 13–155,311 [3]
September 116:00 pm Montana Tech *
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
W 56–311,030 [4]
September 186:00 pm Carson–Newman *
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
W 49–1911,523 [5]
October 24:00 pmat Nicholls State *
W 24–145,421 [6]
October 96:40 pmat South Dakota State
L 21–2412,323 [7]
October 161:00 pm Southern Utah
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
W 27–2115,449 [8]
October 231:00 pmNo. 6 Cal Poly
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
L 10–1311,834 [9]
October 301:00 pmNo. 15 Northwestern State
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
W 30–1711,113 [10]
November 61:00 pm Weber State
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
W 31–174,112 [11]
November 131:05 pmNo. 21 UC Davis
W 25–76,720 [12]

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