2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

The 2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Turner, who was in his eighth season with the Illini and was fired at the conclusion of the season. Illinois had a record of 3–8.

2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–8 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ron Turner (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dan Roushar (1st as OC, 4th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Mallory (1st season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 69,249)
Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 14 Michigan $+		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 8 Iowa +		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 17 Wisconsin		6	–	2					9	–	3
Northwestern		5	–	3					6	–	6
No. 20 Ohio State		4	–	4					8	–	4
Purdue		4	–	4					7	–	5
Michigan State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Minnesota		3	–	5					7	–	5
Penn State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Illinois		1	–	7					3	–	8
Indiana		1	–	7					3	–	8
$ – BCS representative as conference champion + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	5:00 pm	Florida A&M*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN+	W 52–13	46,106
September 11	11:00 am	UCLA*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ABC	L 17–35	47,457
September 18	1:00 pm	Western Michigan*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		W 30–27	51,452
September 25	11:00 am	No. 15 Purdue	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN+	L 31–42	50,532
October 2	1:00 pm	at No. 20 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		L 7–24	82,306
October 9	11:00 am	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN+	L 25–38	72,441
October 16	11:00 am	No. 14 Michigan	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ABC	L 19–30	55,725
October 23	1:00 pm	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		L 0–45	46,526
October 30	11:00 am	No. 23 Iowa	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN+	L 13–23	47,651
November 6	1:00 pm	Indiana	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		W 26–22	41,458
November 20	11:00 am	at Northwestern	Ryan Field Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	ESPN+	L 21–28 ^OT	23,563
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 7 Jon Beutjer Sr RB 33 Brock Bolen Fr FB 34 Jason Davis Jr WR 84 Kendrick Jones Jr RB 23 Marcus Mason So C 60 Ryan McDonald Fr RB 3 Walter Mendenhall Fr QB 16 Chris Pazan So C 75 Duke Preston Sr RB 30 Pierre Thomas So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 18 Alan Ball So DL 59 Kam Buckner   Fr DL 98 Xavier Fulton Fr CB 6 Kelvin Hayden Sr LB 47 Jeremy Leman   Fr S 42 Kevin Mitchell   Fr DE 66 Brian Schaefering Jr LB 44 Matt Sinclair Sr DE 91 Derek Walker Fr LB 48 Remond Willis Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 13 Jason Reda Fr P 37 Steve Weatherford Jr	Head coach Ron Turner Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt

References

1. . University of Illinois–Urbana/Champaign Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on February 10, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2012.