2004 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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. This was Nebraska's first losing season since 1961.

2004 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Logo of the Nebraska athletic teams 2004–present
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Record5–6 (3–5 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJay Norvell (1st season)
Offensive schemeWest Coast
Defensive coordinatorKevin Cosgrove (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 2003
2005 →
2004 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
Colorado xy   4 4     8 5  
Iowa State x   4 4     7 5  
Nebraska   3 5     5 6  
Missouri   3 5     5 6  
Kansas   2 6     4 7  
Kansas State   2 6     4 7  
South Division
No. 3 Oklahoma xy$   8 0     12 1  
No. 5 Texas  %   7 1     11 1  
Texas A&M   5 3     7 5  
No. 18 Texas Tech   5 3     8 4  
Oklahoma State   4 4     7 5  
Baylor   1 7     3 8  
Championship: Oklahoma 42, Colorado 3
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 46:00 pmNo. 12 (I-AA) Western Illinois*PPVW 56–1777,471[1]
September 1111:00 amSouthern Miss*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE
ABCL 17–2177,887
September 1811:00 amat Pittsburgh*ABCW 24–1740,133
October 26:10 pmKansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
PPVW 14–877,637
October 96:10 pmat Texas TechTBSL 10–7052,954
October 161:05 pmBaylor
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE
W 59–2777,881
October 231:10 pmat Kansas StateL 21–4552,234
October 3011:00 amMissouri 
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
FSNW 24–377,616
November 61:00 pmat Iowa StateL 27–3445,022
November 136:00 pmat No. 2 OklahomaFSNL 3–3084,916
November 2611:00 amColorado
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
ABCL 20–2677,661
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster and coaching staff

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2004 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 7 Jordan Adams So
WR 27 Willie Amos Sr
G 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
G 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 Cortney Grixby 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
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Jay Norvell
       1st season as OC/QB coach
       1st year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Iowa
  • Kevin Cosgrove
       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

Depth chart

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Game summaries

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Western Illinois

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Western Illinois at Nebraska [box score]
1 234Total
Western Illinois 0 3140 17
Nebraska 14 2877 56

Southern Miss

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Southern Miss at Nebraska [box score]
1 234Total
Southern Miss 6 366 21
Nebraska 0 3140 17

Pittsburgh

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Nebraska at Pittsburgh [box score]
1 234Total
Nebraska 10 1400 24
Pittsburgh 7 307 17

Kansas

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Kansas at Nebraska [box score]
1 234Total
Kansas 2 330 8
Nebraska 0 770 14

Texas Tech

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Nebraska at Texas Tech [box score]
1 234Total
Nebraska 0 370 10
Texas Tech 7 142128 70

Baylor

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Baylor at Nebraska [box score]
1 234Total
Baylor 3 0213 27
Nebraska 7 24721 59

Kansas State

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Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]
1 234Total
Nebraska 7 770 21
Kansas State 14 10147 45

Missouri

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Missouri at Nebraska [box score]
1 234Total
Missouri 0 300 3
Nebraska 3 777 24

Iowa State

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Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]
1 234Total
Nebraska 0 7137 27
Iowa State 10 14100 34

Oklahoma

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Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score]
1 234Total
Nebraska 0 003 3
Oklahoma 3 2070 30

Colorado

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Colorado at Nebraska [box score]
1 234Total
Colorado 10 1060 26
Nebraska 0 7013 20

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP
Coaches
HarrisNot releasedNot released
BCSNot releasedNot released

After the season

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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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Award Name(s)
All-America 3rd team Barrett Ruud
All-Big 12 1st team Barrett Ruud
All-Big 12 2nd team Josh Bullocks
All-Big 12 honorable mention Daniel Bullocks, Mike Erickson, Matt Herian, Kurt Mann, Cory Ross, Le Kevin Smith, Fabian Washington

NFL and pro players

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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]

Name Team
Titus Adams New York Jets
Stewart Bradley Philadelphia Eagles
Daniel Bullocks Detroit Lions
Josh Bullocks New Orleans Saints
Adam Carriker St. Louis Rams
Sandro DeAngelis Calgary Stampeders
Mike Erickson Berlin Thunder
Seppo Evwaraye Carolina Panthers
Joe Ganz Washington Redskins
Cortney Grixby Carolina Panthers
Brandon Jackson Green Bay Packers
Sam Koch Baltimore Ravens
Jay Moore San Francisco 49ers
Lydon Murtha Detroit Lions
Terrence Nunn New England Patriots
Chris Patrick New York Giants
Todd Peterson Jacksonville Jaguars
Andy Poulosky Sioux City Bandits
Cory Ross Baltimore Ravens
Barrett Ruud Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Bo Ruud New England Patriots
Andrew Shanle Chicago Bears
Le Kevin Smith New England Patriots
Ty Steinkuhler New York Jets
Nate Swift Denver Broncos
Fabian Washington Oakland Raiders

References

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  1. ^ Sipple, Steven M. (September 5, 2004). "A Passing Grade". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 1F. Retrieved January 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Football - 2004 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Athletics. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
  3. ^ 2004 Husker Honors
  4. ^ "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2009.