2004 San Jose State Spartans football team

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2004 San Jose State Spartans football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Record2–9 (1–7 WAC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinator Barry Lunney Jr. (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Keith Burns (1st season)
Home stadium Spartan 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 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They participated as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They were coached by head coach Fitz Hill, who resigned after the end of the season to become a "Visiting Scholar" position at the University of Central Florida’s DeVos Sports Business Management Program. [1]

Contents

The Spartans' 70-63 win over Rice on October 2 set an NCAA record for overall points scored by both teams in regulation. [2]

Attendance issues and possible cancellation of football

The San Jose Mercury News reported in March 2004 that budget cuts led some faculty members at San Jose State to advocate removing the SJSU football program from Division IA athletics. [3] Locally there was much speculation that San Jose State would drop football due to poor attendance and student-athlete graduation rates. [4]

Read-2-Lead Classic

The "Read-2-Lead Classic" was an attempt to help the football team achieve average attendance of 15,000 to retain NCAA Division I-A status. With an emphasis on literacy, the university hosted a series of events in September 2004, including a conversation with comedian Bill Cosby and a concert by Boyz II Men. [5] [6] [7] [8] The game sold just 11,360 tickets. In contrast, the 2003 Read-2-Lead Classic had an official attendance of over 31,000. [9] [10]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 47:00 pmat Stanford *
 KRON L 3–4339,750
September 182:00 pm Morgan State *
 CSN W 47–2810,411
September 255:00 pmat SMU
L 13–3617,841
October 26:00 pm Rice
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 70–634,467
October 912:30 pmat Washington *
L 6–2165,816
October 239:05 pmat Hawaii
L 28–4636,264
October 302:00 pmNo. 24 UTEP
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
KRONL 20–385,968
November 66:05 pmat Nevada
KRONL 24–4215,902
November 139:00 amNo. 10 Boise State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
 ESPN2 L 49–56 2OT5,028
November 2012:00 pmat Tulsa
L 24–3415,784
November 272:00 pm Fresno State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA (rivalry)
KRON, ESPN GamePlan L 28–626,521
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[11] [12]

Game summaries

At Stanford

1234Total
Spartans00033
Cardinal7821743

Morgan State

1234Total
Bears7701428
Spartans71716747

At SMU

1234Total
Spartans060713
Mustangs1487736

Rice

1234Total
Owls2113151463
Spartans721142870

At Washington

1234Total
Spartans03036
Huskies707721

At Hawaii

1234Total
Spartans7701428
Warriors024101246

No. 24 UTEP

1234Total
No. 24 Miners140101438
Spartans7001320

At Nevada

1234Total
Spartans00101424
Wolf Pack77141442

No. 10 Boise State (2OT)

1234OTTotal
No. 10 Broncos7211401456
Spartans147147749

At Tulsa

1234Total
Spartans0213024
Golden Hurricane10143734

Fresno State

1234Total
Bulldogs142771462
Spartans777728

References

  1. ↑ "Fitz Hill to join the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida". San Jose State Athletics. November 22, 2004. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Rice vs. San Jose State - Game Recap - October 2, 2004 - ESPN". Archived from the original on July 22, 2012.
  3. ↑ Bartindale, Becky (March 29, 2004). "SJSU football targeted". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on December 5, 2004.
  4. ↑ Kawakami, Tim (October 26, 2004). "Still searching for reason to keep program alive". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on October 28, 2004.
  5. ↑ Hamm, Andrew F. (September 14, 2004). "More entertainment stars support San Jose's football classic". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  6. ↑ McGrane, Mick (September 23, 2005). "Losing links Spartans, Aztecs". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  7. ↑ Hamm, Andrew F. (September 13, 2004). "SJSU football gets help from comedian". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  8. ↑ Gomez, Mark (September 15, 2004). "SJSU makes a good read with classic". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on October 9, 2004.
  9. ↑ Curtis, Jake (September 17, 2004). "Extra fan revenue is music to SJSU's ears". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  10. ↑ Curtis, Jake (September 19, 2004). "Spartans top Morgan State / Hill, though, still not thrilled". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  11. ↑ "San José State Spartans Schedule 2004". ESPN . Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  12. ↑ "2004 San Jose State Football" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
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