American college football season
2004 Michigan State Spartans football Conference Big Ten Conference 2004 record 5–7 (4–4 Big Ten) Head coach John L. Smith (2nd season)Offensive coordinator Dave Baldwin (2nd season)Defensive coordinator Chris Smeland (2nd season) Home stadium Spartan Stadium (c. 72,027 natural grass)Seasons
The 2004 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season . Michigan State competed as a member of the Big Ten Conference , and played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan . The Spartans were led by second-year head coach John L. Smith .
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 4 3:30 p.m. at Rutgers * Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ ABC L 14–1942,612 September 11 12:00 p.m. Central Michigan * Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI ESPN+ W 24–772,908 September 18 7:00 p.m. Notre Dame * Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy ) ESPN L 24–3174,962 September 25 12:00 p.m. at Indiana Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon )ESPN+ W 30–2024,471 October 2 12:00 p.m. at Iowa ESPN+ L 16–3870,397 October 9 12:00 p.m. Illinois Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI ESPN+ W 38–2572,441 October 16 12:00 p.m. No. 19 Minnesota Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI ESPN W 51–1772,383 October 30 3:30 p.m. at No. 14 Michigan ABC L 37–45 3OT 111,609 November 6 12:00 p.m. Ohio State Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI ESPN L 19–3272,222 November 13 3:30 p.m. No. 5 Wisconsin Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI ABC W 49–1476,697 November 20 12:00 p.m. at Penn State Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (Land Grant Trophy )ESPN2 L 13–37101,486 December 4 11:05 p.m. at Hawaii * ESPN2 L 38–4141,654 *Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Roster [ ]
2004 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
Game summaries [ ] Indiana [ ]
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2 3 4 Total
• Michigan State
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7 10 13
30
Indiana
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17 0 0
20
Date: September 25Location: Memorial Stadium , Bloomington, Indiana Game start: 12:00 p.m. EST TV announcers (ESPN+ ): Craig Coshun (Play-by-play) & Charles Arbuckle (Color) Scoring summary 1 4:42 IND Bryan Robertson 23-yard field goal Indiana 3–0 2 14:17 MSU Drew Stanton 2-yard run (Dave Rayner kick)Michigan St 7–3 2 10:18 IND Chris Rudanovic 12-yard pass from Matt LoVecchio (Bryan Robertson kick) Indiana 10–7 2 4:25 IND Lance Bennett 94-yard punt return (Bryan Robertson kick) Indiana 17–7 2 2:43 IND Bryan Robertson 31-yard field goal Indiana 20–7 3 6:24 MSU Drew Stanton 1-yard run (Dave Rayner kick) Indiana 20–14 3 2:58 MSU Dave Rayner 44-yard field goal Indiana 20–17 4 9:45 MSU Jason Teague 1-yard run (Dave Rayner kick) Michigan St 24–20 4 5:56 MSU Dave Rayner 22-yard field goal Michigan St 27–20 4 2:36 MSU Dave Rayner 39-yard field goal Michigan St 30-20
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Coaching staff [ ] John L. Smith – Head Coach Jim McElwain – Assistant Head Coach/Wide receivers coach/Special Teams coordinator Dave Baldwin – Offensive Coordinator/Tight end coach Doug Nussmeier – Quarterbacks coach Reggie Mitchell – Running backs coach/Recruiting coordinator
Jeff Stoutland – Offensive line coach Chris Smeland – Defensive Coordinator
Steve Stripling – Defensive line coach Mike Cox – Linebackers coach Paul Haynes – Defensive backs coach 2005 NFL Draft [ ] The following players were selected in the 2005 NFL Draft .
References [ ]
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