2004 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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2004 Northwestern Wildcats football
NorthwesternWildcats.png
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record6–6 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mike Dunbar (3rd season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Greg Colby (3rd season)
Base defense 4–3
Captains
  • John Pickens [1]
  • Luis Castillo
  • Noah Herron
  • Matt Ulrich
Home stadium Ryan Field
Seasons
  2003
2005  
2004 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker. Despite concluding the season bowl eligible and securing third place in the conference standings, the team did not receive an invitation to a bowl game.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 28:30 pmat TCU * ESPN2 L 45–48 OT26,843
September 1111:00 am Arizona State *ESPN2L 21–3021,939
September 181:00 pm Kansas *
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
W 20–1724,817
September 2511:00 amat No. 19 Minnesota ESPN2L 17–4344,657
October 28:00 pmNo. 7 Ohio State
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN2W 33–27 OT47,130
October 911:00 am Indiana
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN+ W 31–24 2OT22,688
October 2311:00 amat No. 6 Wisconsin ESPN L 12–2482,468
October 3011:00 amNo. 21 Purdue Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPNW 13–1030,312
November 611:00 amat Penn State ESPN+W 14–7100,353
November 1311:00 amat No. 7 Michigan ABC L 20–42111,347
November 2011:00 am Illinois
ESPN+W 28–21 OT23,563
November 2711:00 pmat Hawaii * FSN L 41–4933,846

Roster

2004 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 14 Brett Basanez Jr
OL 76 Trai Essex Sr
RB 33 Noah Herron Sr
OL 60 Ikechuku Ndukwe Sr
OL 63 Zach Strief Jr
OL 64 Matt Ulrich Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 94 Luis Castillo Sr
DT 67 Barry Cofield Jr
S 20 Marquice Cole So
LB 41 Tim McGarigle Jr
LB 38 Nick Roach So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

Ohio State

1234OTTotal
No. 7 Ohio State37710027
Northwestern31077633

Purdue

1234Total
No. 21 Purdue1000010
Northwestern700613

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