2004 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2004 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Boise State competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The Broncos were led by fourth-year head coach Dan Hawkins. The Broncos finished the season 11–1 and 8–0 in conference (went undefeated 11–0 in the regular season) to win their third straight WAC title and played in the Liberty Bowl, where they lost to Louisville, 44–40.
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WAC champion | |
| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 13 |
| AP | No. 12 |
| 2004 record | 11–1 (8–0 WAC) |
| Head coach | Dan Hawkins (4th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Chris Petersen (4th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Ron Collins |
| Home stadium | Bronco Stadium (Capacity: 30,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Boise State $ | 8 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTEP | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Fresno State | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 4 | 6:05 PM | Idaho* |
| W 65–7 | 30,944 | ||
| September 10 | 8:00 PM | Oregon State* |
| ESPN | W 53–34 | 30,950 | |
| September 18 | 7:05 PM | at UTEP | No. 23 |
| SPW | W 47–31 | 33,921 |
| September 25 | 8:00 PM | BYU* | No. 21 |
| ESPN | W 28–27 | 30,601 |
| October 1 | 6:05 PM | SMU | No. 23 |
| SPW | W 38–20 | 30,322 |
| October 16 | 6:00 PM | at Tulsa | No. 21 | W 45–42 | 20,817 | ||
| October 23 | 8:15 PM | Fresno State | No. 19 |
| ESPN2 | W 33–16 | 30,623 |
| October 29 | 6:00 PM | Hawaii | No. 18 |
| ESPN2 | W 69–3 | 29,591 |
| November 13 | 10:00 AM[1] | at San Jose State | No. 14 |
| ESPN2 | W 56–49 2OT | 28,867 |
| November 20 | 1:05 PM | Louisiana Tech | No. 13 |
| ESPN+ | W 55–14 | 30,462 |
| November 27 | 5:45 PM | at Nevada | No. 10 | ESPN | W 58–21 | 10,151 | |
| December 31 | 1:30 PM | No. 7 Louisville | No. 10 | ESPN | L 40–44 | 58,355 | |
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Boise State and Louisville square off in the 2004 Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee.
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