2004 Stanford Cardinal football team

2004 Stanford Cardinal football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	4–7 (2–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Buddy Teevens (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Cubit (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	A. J. Christoff (2nd season)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium

2004 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 USC † $		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 9 California		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 19 Arizona State		5	–	3					9	–	3
Oregon State		5	–	3					7	–	5
UCLA		4	–	4					6	–	6
Oregon		4	–	4					5	–	6
Washington State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Stanford		2	–	6					4	–	7
Arizona		2	–	6					3	–	8
Washington		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion † – USC later vacated 2 wins (1 in conference), as well as the BCS and Pac-10 Championships, due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by head coach Buddy Teevens.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	7:00 p.m.	San Jose State*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	KRON	W 43–3	39,750
September 17	7:00 p.m.	BYU*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	CSTV	W 37–10	31,500
September 25	4:00 p.m.	No. 1 USC	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	TBS	L 28–31	55,750
October 2	2:00 p.m.	Washington	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 27–13	27,550
October 9	11:30 a.m.	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Legends Trophy)	NBC	L 15–23	80,795
October 16	7:15 p.m.	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FSN	W 23–17	34,963
October 23	2:00 p.m.	Oregon	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 13–16	33,250
October 30	12:30 p.m.	at UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSN	L 0–21	54,021
November 6	3:30 p.m.	at No. 23 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSN	L 31–34	59,002
November 13	2:00 p.m.	Oregon State	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 19–24	27,850
November 20	12:30 p.m.	at No. 4 California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (107th Big Game)	FSN	L 6–41	72,981
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Coaching staff

• Buddy Teevens – Head coach
• Bill Cubit – Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks
• Jay Boulware – Running backs
• Ken Margerum – Wide receivers
• George McDonald – Tight ends
• Steve Morton – Offensive line
• A.J. Christoff – Defensive coordinator
• Dave Tipton – Defensive tackles
• Peter McCarty – Defensive ends
• Tom Williams – Inside linebackers and associate head coach
• Tom Quinn – Outside linebackers and special teams coordinator

Game summaries

BYU

1 2 3 4 Total BYU 10 0 0 0 10 • Stanford 7 10 7 13 37 Date: September 11 Location: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA Game start: 7:00 p.m. PDT TV announcers (CSTV): Tom McCarthy (Play-by-play), Tony McGee (Color) & Jenny Cavnar

Scoring summary 1 7:52 BYU Naufahu Tahi 3 yard run (Matt Payne kick) BYU 7–0 1 2:20 BYU Matt Payne 40 yard field goal BYU 10–0 1 2:08 STAN T.J. Rushing 99 yard kickoff return (Michael Sgroi kick) BYU 10–7 2 11:17 STAN Alex Smith 1 yard pass from Trent Edwards (Michael Sgroi kick) Stanford 14–10 2 :00 STAN Michael Sgroi 19 yard field goal Stanford 17–10 3 5:42 STAN Justin McCollum 21 yard pass from Trent Edwards (Michael Sgroi kick) Stanford 24–10 4 14:21 STAN Evan Moore 24 yard pass from Trent Edwards (Michael Sgroi kick) Stanford 31–10 4 11:46 STAN Michael Sgroi 29 yard field goal Stanford 34–10 4 9:51 STAN Michael Sgroi 41 yard field goal Stanford 37–10

Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total • Stanford 10 3 7 3 23 Washington State 3 0 0 14 17 Date: October 16 Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, WA Game start: 7:15 p.m. PDT TV announcers (FSN): Barry Tompkins (Play-by-play) & Petros Papadakis (Color)

Scoring summary 1 10:39 WSU Loren Langley 27 yard field goal Wash St 3–0 1 4:57 STAN Michael Sgroi 39 yard field goal Tie 3–3 1 2:49 STAN J.R. Lemon 2 yard run (Michael Sgroi kick) Stanford 10–3 2 10:33 STAN Michael Sgroi 20 yard field goal Stanford 13–3 3 14:44 STAN Evan Moore 67 yard pass from Trent Edwards (Michael Sgroi kick) Stanford 20–3 4 14:23 WSU Jerome Harrison 10 yard run (Loren Langley kick) Stanford 20–10 4 12:09 WSU Jason Hill 30 yard pass from Josh Swogger (Loren Langley kick) Stanford 20–17 4 8:16 STAN Michael Sgroi 47 yard field goal Stanford 23–17