2004 LSU Tigers football team

2004 LSU Tigers football
Capital One Bowl, L 25–30 vs. Iowa
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 16
2004 record	9–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach	Nick Saban (5th year)
Offensive coordinator	Jimbo Fisher (5th year)
Defensive coordinator	Will Muschamp (3rd as coordinator, 4th overall year)
Home stadium	Tiger Stadium (Capacity: 91,600)

2004 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#13 Tennessee x		7	–	1		10	–	3
#7 Georgia		6	–	2		10	–	2
Florida		4	–	4		7	–	5
South Carolina		4	–	4		6	–	5
Kentucky		1	–	7		2	–	9
Vanderbilt		1	–	7		2	–	9
Western Division
#2 Auburn x$		8	–	0		13	–	0
#16 LSU		6	–	2		9	–	3
Alabama		3	–	5		6	–	6
Arkansas		3	–	5		5	–	6
Ole Miss		3	–	5		4	–	7
Mississippi State		2	–	6		3	–	8
Championship: Auburn 38, Tennessee 28
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Nick Saban in his last season at LSU, the Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The team finished with a 9–3 record and an appearance in the Capital One Bowl against Iowa. Iowa won the bowl game on a last second hail mary pass for a touchdown.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	5:00 PM	Oregon State*	No. 4	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	ESPN	W 22–21	91,828
September 11	7:00 PM	Arkansas State*	No. 6	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	PPV	W 53–3	91,611
September 18	2:30 PM	at No. 14 Auburn	No. 5	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Tiger Bowl)	CBS	L 9–10	87,451
September 25	11:30 AM	Mississippi State	No. 13	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry)	JPS	W 51–0	91,431
October 2	2:30 PM	at No. 3 Georgia	No. 13	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	CBS	L 16–45	92,746
October 9	6:45 PM	at No. 12 Florida	No. 24	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (Rivalry)	ESPN	W 24–21	90,377
October 23	7:00 PM	Troy*	No. 18	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	PPV	W 24–20	89,493
October 30	7:00 PM	Vanderbilt	No. 19	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	PPV	W 24–7	90,825
November 13	6:45 PM	Alabama	No. 17	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry)	ESPN	W 26–10	91,861
November 20	7:00 PM	Ole Miss	No. 14	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Magnolia Bowl)	PPV	W 27–24	91,413
November 26	1:30 PM	at Arkansas	No. 14	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR (Battle for the Golden Boot)	CBS	W 43–14	55,829
January 1	12:00 PM	vs. No. 11 Iowa*	No. 12	Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL (Capital One Bowl)	ABC	L 25–30	70,229
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Oregon St	6	3	6	0	6	21
• LSU	0	0	7	8	7	22

Scoring summary

Q1	12:08	ORST	Gillett 6 yard pass from Anderson (kick failed)	ORST 6–0

Q2	1:35	ORST	Serna 40 yard field goal	ORST 9–0

Q3	5:41	LSU	Green 16 yard pass from Russell (Jackson kick)	ORST 9–7

Q3	0:48	ORST	Wheat-Brown 4 yard pass from Anderson (Serna kick)	ORST 15–7

Q4	1:05	LSU	Bowe 38 yard pass from Randall (Russell run)	Tie 15–15

OT		LSU	Randall 5 yard run (Jackson kick)	LSU 22–15

OT		ORST	Newton 19 yard pass from Anderson (kick failed)	LSU 22–21

LSU Tigers football

Venues	State Field (1893–1924) Tiger Stadium (1924–present) Charles McClendon Practice Facility LSU Football Operations Center LSU Indoor Practice Facility LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Mississippi State Ole Miss: Magnolia Bowl Texas A&M Tulane: Battle for the Rag

Culture & lore	History Traditions Mike the Tiger LSU Tiger Marching Band Songs of LSU Chinese Bandits Cannon's Halloween Run Earthquake Game Bluegrass Miracle 2011 "Game of the Century"

People	Head coaches All-Americans LSU Hall of Fame inductees College Football Hall of Fame inductees NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	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

National championship seasons in bold

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