2004 Navy Midshipmen football team
| 2004 Navy Midshipmen football | |
|---|---|
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Emerald Bowl, W 34–19 vs. New Mexico | |
| Conference | Independent |
| 2004 record | 10–2 |
| Head coach | Paul Johnson |
| Offensive scheme | Triple option |
| Defensive coordinator | Buddy Green |
| Home stadium | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
The 2004 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation.
The team was led by third-year head coach Paul Johnson. The Midshipmen finished the regular season with an 9–2, the first time since the 1963 college football 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 | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 4 | Duke | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | HDNet | W 27–12 | |||||
| September 11 | Northeastern | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | CN8 | W 28–24 | |||||
| September 18 | at Tulsa | Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK | W 29–0 | ||||||
| September 25 | Vanderbilt | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | HDNet | W 29–26 | |||||
| September 30 | at Air Force | Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO | ESPN | W 24–21 | |||||
| October 16 | vs. Notre Dame | Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ | CBS | L 9–27 | |||||
| October 23 | Rice | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | HDNet | W 14–13 | |||||
| October 30 | #3 (FCS) Delaware | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | CN8 | W 34–20 | |||||
| November 6 | at Tulane | Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA | L 10–42 | ||||||
| November 20 | Rutgers | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | CSTV | W 54–21 | |||||
| December 4 | vs. Army | Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA | CBS | W 42–13 | |||||
| December 30 | vs. New Mexico | SBC Park • San Francisco, CA (Emerald Bowl) | ESPN2 | W 34–19 | |||||
 Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ Associated Press. "Navy 27, Air Force 24". Military.com. 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 2012-11-02.