2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Schedule, Results & ATS Record

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The 2004 Minnesota Golden Gophers went 7-5 (4-5 in the Big Ten), finishing No. 24 in the AP poll. They scored 30.1 and allowed 22.8 points per game. SP+ rated them No. 32 nationally.

Team details

Conference: Big Ten
Record: 7-5
Conference record: 4-5
AP rank: No. 24
SP+ rank: No. 32

2004 schedule and results

Wk	Opponent	Date	Result	Score
2	Toledo	2004-09-05	W	63-21
3	Illinois State	2004-09-11	W	37-21
4	at Colorado State	2004-09-19	W	34-16
5	Northwestern	2004-09-26	W	43-17
6	Penn State	2004-10-03	W	16-7
7	at Michigan	2004-10-09	L	24-27
8	at Michigan State	2004-10-16	L	17-51
9	Illinois	2004-10-23	W	45-0
10	at Indiana	2004-10-30	L	21-30
11	at Wisconsin	2004-11-06	L	14-38
12	Iowa	2004-11-13	L	27-29
Bowl	Alabama	2004-12-31	W	20-16

Passing leaders

Player	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	INT
Bryan Cupito	12	123	261	2097	14	7
Adam Ernst	1	1	1	10	1	0

Rushing leaders

Player	G	Att	Yds	TD
Laurence Maroney	12	217	1348	12
Marion Barber III	12	231	1269	11
Gary Russell	2	24	144	0
Amir Pinnix	4	26	137	2
Justin Valentine	12	19	57	4

Receiving leaders

Player	G	Rec	Yds	TD
Ernest Wheelwright	11	30	654	7
Jared Ellerson	12	37	521	3
Jakari Wallace	10	20	341	0
Matt Spaeth	7	24	298	4
Paris Hamilton	4	4	198	2

2004 Minnesota players who reached the NFL

Player	Pos	NFL team	Drafted	College seasons
Matt Spaeth	TE	PIT	2007 R3 #77	2004–2006
Logan Payne	WR	NYJ	2007 UDFA	2004–2006
Laurence Maroney	RB	DEN	2006 R1 #21	2004–2005
Rhys Lloyd	K	CAR	2007 UDFA	2004
Gary Russell	RB	LV	2007 UDFA	2004–2005

Data provided by CollegeFootballData.com