2004 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2004 Northwestern Wildcats football
2004 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	6–6 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Randy Walker (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Dunbar (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Greg Colby (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	John Pickens; Luis Castillo; Noah Herron; Matt Ulrich;
Home stadium	Ryan Field
	Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

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.

2004 Big Ten Conference football standings
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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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	8:30 pm	at TCU*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	ESPN2	L 45–48 ^OT	26,843
September 11	11:00 am	Arizona State*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN2	L 21–30	21,939
September 18	1:00 pm	Kansas*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL		W 20–17	24,817
September 25	11:00 am	at No. 19 Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	ESPN2	L 17–43	44,657
October 2	8:00 pm	No. 7 Ohio State	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN2	W 33–27 ^OT	47,130
October 9	11:00 am	Indiana	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN+	W 31–24 ^2OT	22,688
October 23	11:00 am	at No. 6 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN	L 12–24	82,468
October 30	11:00 am	No. 21 Purdue	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN	W 13–10	30,312
November 6	11:00 am	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ESPN+	W 14–7	100,353
November 13	11:00 am	at No. 7 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ABC	L 20–42	111,347
November 20	11:00 am	Illinois	Ryan Field Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	ESPN+	W 28–21 ^OT	23,563
November 27	11:00 pm	at Hawaii*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	FSN	L 41–49	33,846
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from BCS Poll or AP Poll if BCS not available All times are in Central time

Roster

2004 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
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.	#	Name	Class
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.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Randy Walker

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Game summaries

Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
No. 7 Ohio State	3	7	7	10	0	27
• Northwestern	3	10	7	7	6	33

Date: October 2
Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, IL
Game start: 8:00 p.m. CST
Game attendance: 47,130
TV announcers (ESPN2): Eric Collins (Play-by-play), Andre Ware (Color) & Jimmy Dykes (Sideline)

Source: ESPN

Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 21 Purdue	10	0	0	0	10
• Northwestern	7	0	0	6	13

Date: October 30
Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, IL
Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST
Game attendance: 30,312
TV announcers (ESPN): Mark Jones (Play-by-play), Bob Davie (Color) & Holly Rowe (Sideline)

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References

External links

NU Athletics 2004 Team Statistics

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