The 2004 NAIA football season was the component of the 2004 college football season organized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the United States. The season's playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, culminated with the championship game on December 18, at Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tennessee. The Carroll Fighting Saints defeated the Saint Francis Cougars, 15–13, in the title game to win the program's third consecutive NAIA championship.[1][2]
Conference standings[]
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2004 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
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Conf |
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Overall
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Team |
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L |
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W |
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L |
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No. 5 Sioux Falls $^
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10
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0
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11
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1
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No. 8 Hastings ^
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8
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2
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9
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3
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No. 15 Morningside ^
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8
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2
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8
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3
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No. 17 Northwestern (IA)
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7
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3
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7
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3
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Nebraska Wesleyan
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6
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4
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6
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4
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Concordia (NE)
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5
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5
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5
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5
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Midland Lutheran
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4
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6
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5
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6
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Briar Cliff
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3
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7
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3
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7
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Doane
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2
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8
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2
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8
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Dana
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1
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9
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2
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9
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Dakota Wesleyan
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1
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9
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1
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10
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- $ – Conference champion
- ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
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2004 Mid-States Football Association standings
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Overall
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Team |
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W |
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L |
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W |
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L |
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Mideast League
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No. 2 St. Francis (IN) x^
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7
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0
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13
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1
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No. 21 Walsh
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6
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1
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8
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3
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Urbana
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5
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2
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5
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6
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Geneva
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4
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3
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5
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5
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Malone
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2
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5
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4
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6
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Quincy
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2
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5
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4
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7
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Taylor
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2
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5
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2
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8
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Ohio Dominican
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0
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7
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0
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10
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Midwest League
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No. 12 McKendree x^
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7
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0
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9
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2
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No. 14 Trinity International ^
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5
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2
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8
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3
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No. 22 Saint Xavier
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5
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2
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7
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4
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No. 19 St. Ambrose
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4
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3
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7
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3
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Olivet Nazarene
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4
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3
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7
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5
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William Penn
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2
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5
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3
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8
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Iowa Wesleyan
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1
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6
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2
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9
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St. Francis (IL)
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0
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7
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1
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10
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- x – League champion/co-champions
^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
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Postseason[]
Rankings[]
References[]
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Championships | | Division I |
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- 1987
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Division II |
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- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
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- 1975
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- 1979
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- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
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