American college football season
2004 Nebraska Cornhuskers football Conference Big 12 Conference Division North Division 2004 record 5–6 (3–5 Big 12) Head coach Bill Callahan (1st season)Offensive coordinator Jay Norvell (1st season)Offensive scheme West Coast offense Defensive coordinator (1st season) Home stadium Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 73,918)Seasons
The 2004 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team was coached by Bill Callahan and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska .
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance Source September 4 6:00 pm No. 12 (I-AA ) Western Illinois * Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE PPV W 56–1777,471 [1]
September 11 11:00 am Southern Miss * Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE ABC L 17–2177,887
September 18 11:00 am at Pittsburgh * Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA ABC W 24–1740,133
October 2 6:10 pm Kansas Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE PPV W 14–877,637
October 9 6:10 pm at Texas Tech TBS L 10–7052,954
October 16 1:05 pm Baylor Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 59–2777,881
October 23 1:10 pm at Kansas State L 21–4552,234
October 30 11:00 am Missouri Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) FSN W 24–377,616
November 6 1:00 pm at Iowa State L 27–3445,022
November 13 6:00 pm at No. 2 Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry )FSN L 3–3084,916
November 26 11:00 am Colorado Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) ABC L 20–2677,661
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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Roster and coaching staff [ ]
2004 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
QB
7
Jordan Adams
So
WR
27
Willie Amos
Sr
OG
71
Jake Andersen
Sr
OL
65
Greg Austin
So
WR
38
Brandon Biodrowski
Sr
WR
19
Andy Birkel
So
OL
59
Brett Byford
RFr
OL
62
Andy Christensen
Fr
QB
12
Joe Dailey (C)
So
QB
15
Beau Davis
Fr
OT
67
Darren DeLone
Sr
WR
26
Dan Erickson
RFr
OL
78
Mike Erickson
Sr
OT
77
Seppo Evwaraye
Jr
WR
28
Isaiah Fluellen
So
OL
79
Cornealius Fuamatu-Thomas
Jr
QB
13
Joe Ganz
Fr
QB
17
Garth Glissman
Jr
QB
6
Ryan Goodman
Fr
IB
30
Tierre Green
RFr
OL
73
Jared Helming
Jr
TE
11
Matt Herian
Jr
TE
42
Sean Hill
RFr
IB
9
David Horne
Jr
OL
61
Mike Huff
Fr
RB
32
Brandon Jackson
Fr
WR
31
Joel Jackson
Sr
TE
47
Dusty Keiser
Sr
WR
89
Tyler Kenney
So
OG
75
Brandon Koch
Jr
FB
45
Steve Kriewald
Sr
IB
36
Thomas Lawson
Fr
WR
10
Mark LeFlore
Jr
OL
74
Newton Lingenfelter
So
OL
Chris Loos
OL
64
Kurt Mann
So
WR
5
Shamus McKoy
Jr
WR
18
Mike McLaughlin
Jr
FB
33
Grant Miller
So
QB
8
Zach Miller
RFr
TE
81
Josh Mueller
RFr
WR
84
Grant Mulkey
So
OL
76
Lydon Murtha
Fr
WR
83
Terrence Nunn
Fr
WR
24
Jack O'Holleran
Sr
WR
80
Santino Panico
Fr
OL
54
Chris Patrick
RFr
WR
21
Todd Peterson
Fr
TE
85
J.B. Phillips
RFr
OL
56
Gary Pike
Jr
WR
2
Ross Pilkington (C)
Jr
IB
25
Kade Pittman
RFr
OL
69
Nick Povendo
Sr
IB
4
Cory Ross
Jr
IB
37
Mike Sampogna
Fr
TE
48
Andy Sand
RFr
WR
14
Matt Schroeder
Jr
TE
83
Chris Septak
Sr
TE
88
Clayton Sievers
Fr
QB
16
Mike Stuntz
Jr
WR
87
Nate Swift
Fr
OL
57
Cory Timm
So
FB
41
Dane Todd
So
WR
20
Kiffin Wigert
Sr
WR
3
Ben Zajicek
Sr
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
DT
96
Titus Adams
Jr
CB
16
Cole Biodrowski
Jr
DE
48
Adam Blankenship
Fr
SLB
34
Stewart Bradley
So
LB
40
Lance Brandenburgh
Fr
CB
21
Titus Brothers
RFr
DT
65
Chris Bryant
So
SS
14
Daniel Bullocks
Jr
FS
20
Josh Bullocks (C)
Jr
FS
36
Dan Burrow
Sr
DE
90
Adam Carriker
So
LB
11
Ira Cooper
Sr
CB
6
Donald DeFrand
Jr
SS
46
Ben Eisenhart
RFr
FS
15
Tyler Fisher
Jr
SS
18
Travis Gingery
RFr
DT
99
Brandon Greeson
So
DB
26
Fr
CB
29
Kellen Huston
Sr
LB
49
Adam Ickes
Jr
DT
95
Nathan Krug
Jr
CB
35
Chris LeFlore
RFr
LB
52
Tyler Lueck
Fr
DE
89
Kevin Luhrs
RFr
DT
50
Jeff McBride
Sr
LB
13
Corey McKeon
RFr
CB
1
Lornell McPherson
Sr
DE
44
Jay Moore
So
DE
55
Wali Muhammad
Jr
DT
58
Danny Muy
Fr
DE
56
Trevor Neemann
RFr
DT
63
Matt O'Shea
Jr
DE
86
Andy Poulosky
RFr
LB
53
Mitch Reeves
So
DE
85
Thomas Rice
RFr
SS
24
Brandon Rigoni
So
CB
30
Joey Robison
Jr
LB
51
Bo Ruud
RFr
LB
38
Barrett Ruud (C)
Sr
FS
8
Andrew Shanle
So
SS
23
Shane Siegel
Jr
LB
54
Chad Sievers
Sr
DT
66
Le Kevin Smith
Jr
DE
43
Ty Steinkuhler
Fr
DT
74
Brandon Teamer
So
DE
5
Benard Thomas
Sr
SS
25
Blake Tiedtke
Jr
CB
3
Fabian Washington
Jr
LB
91
Tyler Wortman
Fr
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
PK
22
Sandro DeAngelis
Sr
PK
27
David Dyches
So
P
90
Tyler Kester
RFr
P
37
Sam Koch
Jr
PK
91
Eric Lueshen
RFr
PK
92
Jared Nielsen
RFr
LS
94
Jake Peetz
RFr
P
97
Dan Titchener
Fr
PK
98
Jake Wesch
Fr
Head coach
Bill Callahan 1st season 1st year at Nebraska Alma mater: Benedictine
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Jay Norvell 1st season as OC/QB coach 1st year at Nebraska Alma mater: Iowa
1st season as DC/LB coach 1st year at Nebraska Alma mater: UW-Oshkosh
John Blake 1st season as DL coach 1st year at Nebraska Alma mater: Oklahoma
Bill Busch 1st season as OLB coach 5th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska Wesleyan
Scott Downing 2nd season as TE/ST coach 5th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Sterling
Phil Elmassian 1st season as Sec coach 1st year at Nebraska Alma mater: William & Mary
Turner Gill 1st season as WR coach 13th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
Randy Jordan 1st season as RB coach 1st year at Nebraska Alma mater: North Carolina
Dennis Wagner 1st season as OL coach 1st year at Nebraska Alma mater: Utah
Michael Christianson 1st season as Special Assistant coach 1st year at Nebraska Alma mater: Western Oregon
Dave Kennedy 1st season as S&C coach 8th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
Aaron Stamn 1st season as GA coach 1st year at Nebraska Alma mater: Minnesota Mankato
Dan McLaughlin 1st season as GA coach 1st year at Nebraska Alma mater: Bellevue College
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster Last update: January 16, 2011
Defense
FS
Josh Bullocks
Shane Siegel Andrew Shanle
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WILL
MIKE
SAM
Chad Sievers
Barrett Ruud
Stewart Bradley
Mark Brungardt
Ira Cooper
Bo Ruud
⋅
⋅
⋅
SS
Daniel Bullocks
Blake Tiedtke
⋅
CB
Fabian Washigntion
Cortney Grixby
⋅
DE
DT
DT
DE
Benard Thomas
Le Kevin Smith
Titus Adams
Adam Carriker
Jay Moore
Jeff McBride
Brandon Teamer
Wali Muhammad
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
CB
Lornell McPherson
Kellen Huston
⋅
Offense
WR
Ross Pilkington
Mark LeFlore Isiah Fluellen
⋅
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
Mike Erickson
Jake Anderson
Kurt Mann
Brandon Koch
Seppo Evwarye
Cornealius Thomas
Greg Austin
Gary Pike
Jared Helming
Nick Povendo
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
TE
Matt Herian Dusty Keiser
J.B Phillips
⋅
WR
Terrence Nunn
Grant Mulkey
⋅
QB
Joe Dailey
Ryan Goodman
⋅
RB
Cory Ross
Brandon Jackson
Tierre Green
FB
Steve Kriewald
Dana Todd
⋅
Game summaries [ ]
Western Illinois [ ]
Western Illinois at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Western Illinois
0
3 14 0
17
• Nebraska
14
28 7 7
56
Date: September 4Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST Game attendance: 77,471TV announcers (PPV ): Dave Armstrong (Play-by-Play), J. C. Pearson (Color) & Steve Taylor (Sideline)
Southern Miss [ ]
Southern Miss at Nebraska [box score]
Date: September 11Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 11:10 a.m. CST Game attendance: 77,887TV announcers (ABC ): Gary Gerould (Play-by-Play), Ray Bentley (Color) & Vince Welch (Sideline)
Pittsburgh [ ]
Nebraska at Pittsburgh [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
10
14 0 0
24
Pittsburgh
7
3 0 7
17
Date: September 18Location: Heinz Field , Pittsburgh Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Game attendance: 40,133TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-Play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)
Kansas [ ]
Kansas at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Kansas
2
3 3 0
8
• Nebraska
0
7 7 0
14
Date: October 2Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 6:10 p.m. CST Game attendance: 77,637TV announcers (PPV): Dave Armstrong (Play-by-Play), J. C. Pearson (Color) & John Kelly (Sideline)
Texas Tech [ ]
Nebraska at Texas Tech [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Nebraska
0
3 7 0
10
• Texas Tech
7
14 21 28
70
Date: October 9Location: Jones SBC Stadium , Lubbock, Texas Game start: 6:10 p.m. CST Game attendance: 52,954TV announcers (TBS ): Ron Thulin (Play-by-Play), Charles Davis (Color) & Craig Sager (Sideline)
Baylor [ ]
Baylor at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Baylor
3
0 21 3
27
• Nebraska
7
24 7 21
59
Date: October 16Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 1:05 p.m. CST Game attendance: 77,881
Kansas State [ ]
Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]
Date: October 23Location: KSU Stadium , Manhattan, Kansas Game start: 1:10 p.m. CST Game attendance: 52,234
Missouri [ ]
Missouri at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Missouri
0
3 0 0
3
• Nebraska
3
7 7 7
24
Date: October 30Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Game attendance: 77,616TV announcers (FSN ): Joel Meyers (Play-by-Play), Dave Lapham (Color) & (Sideline)
Scoring summary 1 11:14 NEB Sandro DeAngelis 41 yard field goal NEB 3-0
2 14:46 MIZZ Joe Tantarelli 39 yard field goal Tied 3-3
2 9:42 NEB Adam Ickes 16 yard blocked punt return (Sandro DeAngelis kick) NEB 10-3
3 1:34 NEB Cory Ross 15 yard run (Sandro DeAngelis kick) NEB 17-3
4 2:56 NEB Cory Ross 86 yard run (Sandro DeAngelis kick) NEB 24-3
Iowa State [ ]
Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Nebraska
0
7 13 7
27
• Iowa State
10
14 10 0
34
Date: November 6Location: Jack Trice Stadium , Ames, Iowa Game start: 1:00 p.m. CST Game attendance: 45,022
Oklahoma [ ]
Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Nebraska
0
0 0 3
3
• Oklahoma
3
20 7 0
30
Date: November 13Location: Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium , Norman, Oklahoma Game start: 6:10 p.m. CST Game attendance: 84,916TV announcers (FSN): Kevin Eschenfelder (Play-by-Play), Gary Reasons (Color) & (Sideline)
Colorado [ ]
Colorado at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Colorado
10
10 6 0
26
Nebraska
0
7 0 13
20
Date: November 26Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 11:10 a.m. CST Game attendance: 77,661TV announcers (ABC): Terry Gannon (Play-by-Play), Terry Bowden (Color), Tim Brant (Color) & Suzy Shuster (Sideline)
Rankings [ ]
Ranking Movement
Poll
Pre
Wk 1
Wk 2
Wk 3
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Wk 7
Wk 8
Wk 9
Wk 10
Wk 11
Wk 12
Wk 13
Wk 14
Final
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Not released
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
N/A
Not released
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
N/A
After the season [ ]
Nebraska finished tied for 3rd place in the Big 12 North Division and tied for 7th conference-wide, with a final record of 5-6 (3-5), its first losing season since 1961 . Head Coach Bill Callahan's overall career record was established at 5-6 (.455) and 3-5 (.375) in conference. Nebraska did not play in a bowl game for the first time since 1968 , ending their consecutive bowl streak at 35.
Awards [ ]
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NFL and pro players [ ]
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 2004 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.[4]
References [ ]
Venues
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