2004 Colorado State Rams football team

2004 Mountain West Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria; Rankings from AP Poll

2004 Colorado State Rams football
2004 Colorado State Rams football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
2004 record	4—7 (3—4 MW)
Head coach	Sonny Lubick (12th season);
Offensive coordinator	Dan Hammerschmidt (4th as OC, 9th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Steve Stanard (2nd season)
Home stadium	Hughes Stadium; (Capacity: 30,000)
	Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, CO and were led by head coach Sonny Lubick.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	6:00 pm	at Colorado*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	FSN	L 24–27	54,954
September 11	6:00 pm	at No. 1 USC*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	ABC	L 0–49	85,521
September 18	8:00 pm	No. 22 Minnesota*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	ESPN2	L 16–34	33,501
September 25	1:00 pm	No. 21 (I-AA) Montana State*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO		W 39–14	28,207	^[1]
October 2	8:00 pm	BYU	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	SPW	L 21–31	32,511
October 16	5:00 pm	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	ABC	W 21–17	31,129
October 22	7:30 pm	Wyoming	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 30–7	30,108
October 30	1:00 pm	New Mexico	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	ESPN+	L 17–26	24,573
November 6	7:30 pm	at No. 7 Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN2	L 31–63	44,222
November 13	10:00 am	UNLV	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	SPW	W 45–10	14,876
November 20	1:00 pm	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium USAFA, CO (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 17–47	34,441
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

^ Tony Phifer (September 26, 2004). "Rams take step forward". Fort Collins Coloradoan. pp. D1, D4 – via Newspapers.com.

v t Colorado State Rams football
Venues	Durkee Field (1899–1911) Colorado Field (1912–1967) Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium (1968–2016) Canvas Stadium (2017–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Air Force (Ram–Falcon Trophy) Colorado (Rocky Mountain Showdown) Wyoming (Border War)
Culture & lore	CAM the Ram Fight Song
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders School records Consensus All-Americans Hall of Fame inductees
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

2004 Mountain West Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 4 Utah $		7	–	0		12	–	0
New Mexico		5	–	2		7	–	5
BYU		4	–	3		5	–	6
Wyoming		3	–	4		7	–	5
Air Force		3	–	4		5	–	6
Colorado State		3	–	4		4	–	7
San Diego State		2	–	5		4	–	7
UNLV		1	–	6		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria Rankings from AP Poll