2004 Sports Network Cup

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2004 Sports Network Cup
Champions Monmouth Hawks
Runners-up Drake Bulldogs
2003
2005

The 2004 Sports Network Cup was a college football postseason NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major Championship Series. The Monmouth Hawks finished ahead of the Drake Bulldogs 19-5 in first places votes to be named the NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major Football National Champions.

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The Monmouth Hawks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Monmouth University located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a member of the Big South Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1993. The team plays its home games at the 3,200 seat Kessler Field. They are coached by Kevin Callahan.

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Team (First place votes)Record (W-L)Points
Monmouth (19)10-1235
Drake (5)10-2220
Central Connecticut State8-2185
San Diego7-4157
Duquesne7-3150
Dayton7-3132
Sacred Heart6-492
Robert Morris6-559
Morehead State6-648
Wagner6-539

Note: Voting was conducted by a panel of 91 FCS media members and media relations professionals. A first-place vote is worth five points, a second- place vote is worth four points, a third-place vote is worth three points, a fourth-place vote is worth two points, and a fifth-place vote is worth one point. Votes were due by Wednesday, November 26, 2004, following the final week of the regular season. Postseason play has no effect on the outcome of the awards.

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The NCAA Division I FCS Mid Major National Football Championship was a label that began in 2001 and ended after the 2007 season. Prior to 2001, mid-major National Champions were named by various polls like Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette and the Dopke collegesportsreport.com polls, but no "consensus" champion was named. Beginning with the 2008 season, the Sports Network ceased the mid-major poll and began including the teams previously ranked in the mid-major poll into more serious consideration for the full Division I FCS poll.

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