2004 Navy Midshipmen football team

2004 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

2004 Navy Midshipmen football
2004 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
AP	No. 24
2004 record	10–2
Head coach	Paul Johnson (3rd season);
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Buddy Green (3rd season)
MVP	Aaron Polanco
Captains	Aaron Polanco; Josh Smith;
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Paul Johnson. The Midshipmen finished the regular season with a 9–2 record, the first time since the 1963 season that Navy had won nine or more games in a season. Wins over Army and the Air Force Falcons secured Navy's second consecutive Commander-in-Chief's Trophy.^[1] Navy secured a berth in the 2004 Emerald Bowl when the Pacific-10 Conference did not have enough teams to fill its bowl obligations. The other tie-in was with the Mountain West Conference (MWC), and the Midshipmen ended up playing the New Mexico Lobos. They won the game with a score of 34–19, finishing with a 14-minute, 26-play drive that set the record for the longest drive in a college football game.^[2] The win gave the Midshipmen a final record of 10–2, the first time since the 1905 season that the Midshipmen finished with ten or more wins.^[3]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	6:00 p.m.	Duke		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	HDNet	W 27–12	29,027
September 11		Northeastern		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CN8	W 28–24
September 18	7:00 p.m.	at Tulsa		Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK		W 29–0	23,658
September 25	1:30 p.m.	Vanderbilt		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	HDNet	W 29–26	32,809
September 30	7:45 p.m.	at Air Force		Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	ESPN	W 24–21	44,279
October 16	12:00 p.m.	vs. Notre Dame		Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (rivalry)	CBS	L 9–27	76,166
October 23	1:30 p.m.	Rice		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	HDNet	W 14–13	31,117
October 30	1:30 p.m.	No. 3 (I-AA) Delaware		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CN8	W 34–20	34,416
November 6	7:00 p.m.	at Tulane		Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA		L 10–42	21,484
November 20	1:30 p.m.	Rutgers		Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CSTV	W 54–21	33,615
December 4		vs. Army		Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	CBS	W 42–13
December 30	4:30 p.m.	vs. New Mexico	No. 24	SBC Park San Francisco, CA (Emerald Bowl)	ESPN2	W 34–19	30,563
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References[]

^ "Navy 27, Air Force 24". Military.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
^ Flynn, Tom (2009-12-30). "College Football's Longest Drive". The Wall Street Journal. New York. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
^ "Navy, 99 Years Later, Matches 10-Victory Season". The New York Times. 2004-12-30. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
^ "2004 Navy Midshipmen Schedule and Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 2, 2012.

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[coc-1] "Navy 27, Air Force 24". Military.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 2012-10-26.

[revisiting-2] Flynn, Tom (2009-12-30). "College Football's Longest Drive". The Wall Street Journal. New York. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2012-10-14.

[nytimes-3] "Navy, 99 Years Later, Matches 10-Victory Season". The New York Times. 2004-12-30. Retrieved 2012-10-20.

[4] "2004 Navy Midshipmen Schedule and Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 2, 2012.

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v t Navy Midshipmen football
Venues	Worden Field (1890–1923) Thompson Stadium (1924–1958) Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (1959–present) Memorial Stadium (alternate)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Army: Army–Navy Game (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Air Force (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Johns Hopkins Maryland: Crab Bowl Classic Notre Dame (Rip Miller Trophy) SMU (Gansz Trophy)
Culture & lore	Bill the Goat "Anchors Aweigh" "I believe that we will win!" Marching band "Navy ends the drought" 2007 North Texas game Salute That Navy Spirit Navy Blue and Gold
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 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
National championship seasons in bold

2004 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 24 Navy			–			10	–	2
Notre Dame			–			6	–	6

Rankings from AP Poll