American college football season
The 2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season . They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference . Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois . The team's head coach was Ron Turner , who was in his eighth season with the Illini and was fired at the conclusion of the season. Illinois had a record of 3–8.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 4 5:00 pm Florida A&M * ESPN+ W 52–1346,106 September 11 11:00 am UCLA * Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL ABC L 17–3547,457 September 18 1:00 pm Western Michigan * Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL W 30–2751,452 September 25 11:00 am No. 15 Purdue Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry ) ESPN+ L 31–4250,532 October 2 1:00 pm at No. 20 Wisconsin L 7–2482,306 October 9 11:00 am at Michigan State ESPN+ L 25–3872,441 October 16 11:00 am No. 14 Michigan Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry ) ABC L 19–3055,725 October 23 1:00 pm at Minnesota L 0–4546,526 October 30 11:00 am No. 23 Iowa Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL ESPN+ L 13–2347,651 November 6 1:00 pm Indiana Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry ) W 26–2241,458 November 20 11:00 am at Northwestern ESPN+ L 21–28 OT 23,563 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
^ "2004 Results" . University of Illinois–Urbana/Champaign Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on February 10, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2012 .
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