2004 Stanford Cardinal football team

American college football season

2004 Stanford Cardinal football

Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	4–7 (2–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Buddy Teevens (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Cubit (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	A. J. Christoff (2nd season)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium
Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 USC † $		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 9 California		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 19 Arizona State		5	–	3					9	–	3
Oregon State		5	–	3					7	–	5
UCLA		4	–	4					6	–	6
Oregon		4	–	4					5	–	6
Washington State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Stanford		2	–	6					4	–	7
Arizona		2	–	6					3	–	8
Washington		0	–	8					1	–	10

$ – Conference champion † – USC later vacated 2 wins (1 in conference), as well as the BCS and Pac-10 Championships, due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by head coach Buddy Teevens.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	7:00 p.m.	San Jose State*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	KRON	W 43–3	39,750
September 17	7:00 p.m.	BYU*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	CSTV	W 37–10	31,500
September 25	4:00 p.m.	No. 1 USC	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	TBS	L 28–31	55,750
October 2	2:00 p.m.	Washington	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 27–13	27,550
October 9	11:30 a.m.	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Legends Trophy)	NBC	L 15–23	80,795
October 16	7:15 p.m.	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FSN	W 23–17	34,963
October 23	2:00 p.m.	Oregon	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 13–16	33,250
October 30	12:30 p.m.	at UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSN	L 0–21	54,021
November 6	3:30 p.m.	at No. 23 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSN	L 31–34	59,002
November 13	2:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 19–24	27,850
November 20	12:30 p.m.	at No. 4 California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (107th Big Game)	FSN	L 6–41	72,981
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Coaching staff

Buddy Teevens – Head coach
Bill Cubit – Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks
Jay Boulware – Running backs
Ken Margerum – Wide receivers
George McDonald – Tight ends
Steve Morton – Offensive line
A.J. Christoff – Defensive coordinator
Dave Tipton – Defensive tackles
Peter McCarty – Defensive ends
Tom Williams – Inside linebackers and associate head coach
Tom Quinn – Outside linebackers and special teams coordinator

Game summaries

BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
BYU	10	0	0	0	10
• Stanford	7	10	7	13	37

Date: September 11
Location: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA
Game start: 7:00 p.m. PDT
TV announcers (CSTV): Tom McCarthy (Play-by-play), Tony McGee (Color) & Jenny Cavnar

Scoring summary

1	7:52	BYU	Naufahu Tahi 3 yard run (Matt Payne kick)	BYU 7–0

1	2:20	BYU	Matt Payne 40 yard field goal	BYU 10–0

1	2:08	STAN	T.J. Rushing 99 yard kickoff return (Michael Sgroi kick)	BYU 10–7

2	11:17	STAN	Alex Smith 1 yard pass from Trent Edwards (Michael Sgroi kick)	Stanford 14–10

2	:00	STAN	Michael Sgroi 19 yard field goal	Stanford 17–10

3	5:42	STAN	Justin McCollum 21 yard pass from Trent Edwards (Michael Sgroi kick)	Stanford 24–10

4	14:21	STAN	Evan Moore 24 yard pass from Trent Edwards (Michael Sgroi kick)	Stanford 31–10

4	11:46	STAN	Michael Sgroi 29 yard field goal	Stanford 34–10

4	9:51	STAN	Michael Sgroi 41 yard field goal	Stanford 37–10

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Stanford	10	3	7	3	23
Washington State	3	0	0	14	17

Date: October 16
Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, WA
Game start: 7:15 p.m. PDT
TV announcers (FSN): Barry Tompkins (Play-by-play) & Petros Papadakis (Color)

Scoring summary

1	10:39	WSU	Loren Langley 27 yard field goal	Wash St 3–0

1	4:57	STAN	Michael Sgroi 39 yard field goal	Tie 3–3

1	2:49	STAN	J.R. Lemon 2 yard run (Michael Sgroi kick)	Stanford 10–3

2	10:33	STAN	Michael Sgroi 20 yard field goal	Stanford 13–3

3	14:44	STAN	Evan Moore 67 yard pass from Trent Edwards (Michael Sgroi kick)	Stanford 20–3

4	14:23	WSU	Jerome Harrison 10 yard run (Loren Langley kick)	Stanford 20–10

4	12:09	WSU	Jason Hill 30 yard pass from Josh Swogger (Loren Langley kick)	Stanford 20–17

4	8:16	STAN	Michael Sgroi 47 yard field goal	Stanford 23–17

References

^ "Stanford University's Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on September 21, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
^ "Stanford 37, BYU 10". ESPN. September 11, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
^ "Stanford 23, Washington State 17". ESPN. October 16, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2014.

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