2004 UNLV Rebels football team

2004 UNLV Rebels football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	2–9 (1–6 MW)
Head coach	John Robinson (6th season)
Home stadium	Sam Boyd Stadium (Capacity: 36,800)

2004 Mountain West Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Utah $		7	–	0					12	–	0
New Mexico		5	–	2					7	–	5
BYU		4	–	3					5	–	6
Wyoming		3	–	4					7	–	5
Air Force		3	–	4					5	–	6
Colorado State		3	–	4					4	–	7
San Diego State		2	–	5					4	–	7
UNLV		1	–	6					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. UNLV competed as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW) and played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. They were coached by John Robinson, who resigned as head coach at the end of the season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	5:00 p.m.	at No. 14 Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	ESPN	L 17–42	108,625
September 11	9:00 a.m.	at No. 21 Wisconsin*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN	L 3–18	82,071
September 18	7:00 p.m.	Air Force	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV		L 10–27	23,823
September 25	7:00 p.m.	Utah State*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	SPW	L 21–31	19,116
October 2	7:00 p.m.	Nevada*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon)		W 48–13	27,596
October 8	7:00 p.m.	at BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN2	W 24–20	56,341
October 16	12:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	ESPN+	L 20–24	19,065
October 23	4:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ABC	L 28–63	40,341
November 6	4:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	SPW	L 45–53 3OT	19,752
November 13	9:00 a.m.	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	SPW	L 10–45	14,876
November 20	7:00 p.m.	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	SPW	L 3–21	25,519
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time