2004 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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2004 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 14 Michigan $+		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 8 Iowa +		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 17 Wisconsin		6	–	2					9	–	3
Northwestern		5	–	3					6	–	6
No. 20 Ohio State		4	–	4					8	–	4
Purdue		4	–	4					7	–	5
Michigan State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Minnesota		3	–	5					7	–	5
Penn State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Illinois		1	–	7					3	–	8
Indiana		1	–	7					3	–	8
$ – BCS representative as conference champion + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

Schedule

September 28:30 PMat TCU*

• Amon G. Carter Stadium
• Fort Worth, TX

ESPN2L 45–48 ^OT26,843 September 1111:00 AMArizona State*

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

ESPN2L 21–30 21,939 September 181:00 PMKansas*

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

W 20–17 24,817 September 2511:00 AMat No. 19 Minnesota

• Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
• Minneapolis, MN

ESPN2L 43–17 44,657 October 28:00 PMNo. 7 Ohio State

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

ESPN2W 33–27 ^OT47,130 October 911:00 AMIndiana

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

ESPN+W 31–24 ^2OT22,688 October 2311:00 AMat No. 6 Wisconsin

• Camp Randall Stadium
• Madison, WI

ESPNL 24–12 82,468 October 3011:00 AMNo. 21 Purdue

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

ESPNW 13–10 30,312 November 611:00 AMat Penn State

• Beaver Stadium
• University Park, PA

ESPN+W 14–7 100,353 November 1311:00 AMat No. 7 Michigan

• Michigan Stadium
• Ann Arbor, MI

ABCL 42–20 111,347 November 2011:00 AMIllinois

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)

ESPN+W 28–21 ^OT23,563 November 2711:00 PMat Hawaii*

• Aloha Stadium
• Honolulu, HI

FSNL 49–41 33,846

Game summaries

Ohio State

1 2 3 4 OT Total Ohio State 3 7 7 10 0 27 • Northwestern 3 10 7 7 6 33 Date: October 2 Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, IL Game start: 8:00 p.m. CST Game attendance: 47,130 TV announcers (ESPN2): Eric Collins (Play-by-play), Andre Ware (Color) & Jimmy Dykes (Sideline) Source: ESPN

Scoring summary 1 9:24 Northwestern Brian Huffman 41 yard field goal Northwestern 3-0 1 5:09 Ohio St Mike Nugent 34 yard field goal Tie 3-3 2 13:39 Northwestern Noah Herron 14 yard pass from Brett Basanez (Brian Huffman kick) Northwestern 10-3 2 3:18 Ohio St Santonio Holmes 63 yard punt return (Mike Nugent kick) Tie 10-10 2 :00 Northwestern Brian Huffman 40 yard field goal Northwestern 13-10 3 11:35 Northwestern Mark Philmore 27 yard pass from Brett Basanez (Brian Huffman kick) Northwestern 20-10 3 3:55 Ohio St Lydell Ross 2 yard run (Mike Nugent kick) Northwestern 20-17 4 14:45 Northwestern Noah Herron 1 yard run (Brian Huffman kick) Northwestern 27-17 4 8:46 Ohio St Mike Nugent 46 yard field goal Northwestern 27-20 4 1:54 Ohio St Santonio Holmes 21 yard pass from Justin Zwick (Mike Nugent kick) Tie 27-27 OT Northwestern Noah Herron 1 yard run Northwestern 33-27

Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total Purdue 10 0 0 0 10 • Northwestern 7 0 0 6 13 Date: October 30 Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, IL Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Game attendance: 30,312 TV announcers (ESPN): Mark Jones (Play-by-play), Bob Davie (Color) & Holly Rowe (Sideline)

Scoring summary 1 9:08 NW Terrell Jordan 14 yard run (Brian Huffman kick) Northwestern 7–0 1 8:03 PUR Ben Jones 23 yard field goal Northwestern 7–3 1 1:03 PUR Dorien Bryant 12 yard pass from Kyle Orton (Ben Jones kick) Purdue 10–7 4 :38 NW Noah Herron 3 yard run (kick failed) Northwestern 13–10

External links

• NU Athletics 2004 Team Statistics