American college football season
The 2004 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Jim Tressel. The Buckeyes played their home games at Ohio Stadium. The team finished the season with a record of 8–4 and a Big Ten Conference record of 4–4.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 4 | 12:00 p.m. | Cincinnati* | No. 9 | | ESPN+ | W 27–6 | 104,604 |
September 11 | 3:30 p.m. | Marshall* | No. 9 | | ABC | W 24–21 | 104,622 |
September 18 | 3:30 p.m. | at NC State* | No. 9 | | ABC | W 22–14 | 56,800 |
October 2 | 9:00 p.m. | at Northwestern | No. 7 | | ESPN2 | L 27–33 OT | 47,130 |
October 9 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 15 Wisconsin | No. 18 | | ABC | L 13–24 | 105,090 |
October 16 | 3:30 p.m. | at Iowa | No. 25 | | ABC | L 7–33 | 70,397 |
October 23 | 12:00 p.m. | Indiana | | | ESPN+ | W 30–7 | 104,538 |
October 30 | 12:00 p.m. | Penn State | | | ABC | W 21–10 | 104,947 |
November 6 | 12:00 p.m. | at Michigan State | | | ESPN | W 32–19 | 72,222 |
November 13 | 3:30 p.m. | at Purdue | | | ESPN | L 17–24 | 64,639 |
November 20 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 7 Michigan | | | ABC | W 37–21 | 105,456 |
December 29 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. Oklahoma State* | No. 24 | | ESPN | W 33–7 | 65,265 |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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2004 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured Redshirt |
- Jim Tressel – Head Coach (4th year)
- Jim Bollman – Offensive Line/OC (4th year)
- Joe Daniels – Quarterbacks / Passing Game Coordinator (4th year)
- Ryan Smith- Co-Quarterbacks (1st year)
- Luke Fickell – Defensive Linebackers (4th year)
- Darrell Hazell – Wide Receivers (1st year)
- Jim Heacock – Defensive Line (9th year)
- Mark Snyder – Defensive Coordinator (4th year)
- Dick Tressel – Running Backs (4th year)
- Mel Tucker – Co-Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Backs (4th year)
- Bob Tucker – Director of Football Operations (10th year)
- Todd Goebbel - Defensive Quality Control Coach (1st Year)
Defense | FS | 21 Nate Salley | 32 Brandon Mitchell | | | SS | 6 Tyler Everett | 9 Donte Whitner | | CB | 37 Dustin Fox | 13 Harlen Jacobs | | | DE | DT | DT | DE | 57 Mike Kudla | 90 Quinn Pitcock | 94 Marcus Green | 75 Simon Fraser | 84 Marcel Frost | 98 Joel Penton | 97 David Patterson | 99 Jay Richardson | | | CB | 26 Ashton Youboty | 2 E.J. Underwood | | Offense | | | LT | LG | C | RG | RT | 77 Rob Sims | 50 Doug Datish | 55 Nick Mangold | 64 Mike Knee | 74 Kirk Barton | ⋅ | 72 T.J. Downing | 73 Steve Winner | 66 R.J. Coleman | ⋅ | | TE | 80 Ryan Hamby | 88 Rory Nicol | | | | | | Key reserves | 25 Antonio Pittman (TB) | 3 Bam Childress (WR) | 30 Sirjo Welch (FS)
| | | FB | 38 Branden Joe | 36 Brandon Schnittker | | | | | RB | 30 Lydell Ross | 28 Maurice Hall | | | |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Cincinnati | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | • Ohio State | 0 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 27 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 2 | 14:54 | CIN | Kevin Lovell 27-yard field goal | Cincinnati 3–0 | | 2 | 10:15 | OHST | Mike Nugent 27-yard field goal | Tie 3–3 | | 2 | 1:11 | OHST | Ryan Hamby 17-yard pass from Justin Zwick (Mike Nugent kick) | Ohio State 10–3 | | 3 | 6:16 | CIN | Kevin Lovell 25-yard field goal | Ohio State 10–6 | | 3 | 2:27 | OHST | Lydell Ross 1-yard run (Mike Nugent kick) | Ohio State 17–6 | | 4 | 5:54 | OHST | Santonio Holmes 23-yard pass from Troy Smith (Mike Nugent kick) | Ohio State 24–6 | | 4 | 1:51 | OHST | Mike Nugent 23-yard field goal | Ohio State 27–6 | |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Marshall | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 | • Ohio State | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | 9:52 | OHST | Santonio Holmes 80-yard pass from Justin Zwick (Mike Nugent kick) | Ohio State 7–0 | | 1 | 5:31 | MRSH | Earl Charles 2-yard run (Ian O'Connor kick) | Tie 7–7 | | 1 | :18 | OHST | Santonio Holmes 47-yard pass from Justin Zwick (Mike Nugent kick) | Ohio State 14–7 | | 2 | 5:36 | MRSH | Jonathan Goddard 27-yard fumble return (Ian O'Connor kick) | Tie 14–14 | | 2 | 3:13 | OHST | Roy Hall 20-yard pass from Justin Zwick (Mike Nugent kick) | Ohio State 21–14 | | 4 | 8:40 | MRSH | Brad Bates 23-yard pass from Stan Hill (Ian O'Connor kick) | Tie 21–21 | | 4 | :00 | OHST | Mike Nugent 55-yard field goal | Ohio State 24–21 | |
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Michigan at Ohio State | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Michigan | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | • Ohio State | 7 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 37 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | 13:47 | OSU | Anthony Gonzalez 68-yard pass from Troy Smith (Mike Nugent kick) | OSU 7–0 | | 1 | 10:25 | MICH | Jason Avant 4-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick) | Tied 7–7 | | 1 | 6:03 | MICH | Mike Hart 1-yard run (Garrett Rivas kick) | MICH 14–7 | | 2 | 13:16 | OSU | Troy Smith 2-yard run (Mike Nugent kick) | Tied 14–14 | | 2 | 2:16 | OSU | Mike Nugent 21-yard field goal | OSU 17–14 | | 2 | 0:00 | OSU | Mike Nugent 42-yard field goal | OSU 20–14 | | 3 | 9:56 | OSU | Ted Ginn Jr. 82-yard punt return (Mike Nugent kick) | OSU 27–14 | | 3 | 1:53 | OSU | Santonio Holmes 12-yard pass from Troy Smith (Mike Nugent kick) | OSU 34–14 | | 4 | 10:56 | MICH | Braylon Edwards 38-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick) | OSU 34–21 | | 4 | 7:15 | OSU | Mike Nugent 48-yard field goal | OSU 37–21 | |
Ohio State vs. Oklahoma State | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Oklahoma State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | • Ohio State | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 33 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | 12:02 | OHST | Anthony Gonzalez 23-yard pass from Justin Zwick (Mike Nugent kick) | OHST 7–0 | | 1 | 9:53 | OHST | Mike Nugent 37-yard field goal | OHST 10–0 | | 1 | 5:55 | OHST | Mike Nugent 35-yard field goal | OHST 13–0 | | 2 | 10:26 | OHST | Lydell Ross 1-yard run (Mike Nugent kick) | OHST 20–0 | | 2 | 4:19 | OHST | Mike Nugent 41-yard field goal | OHST 23–0 | | 3 | 8:13 | OHST | Ted Ginn Jr. 5-yard run (Mike Nugent kick) | OHST 30–0 | | 4 | 10:44 | OHST | Mike Nugent 36-yard field goal | OHST 33–0 | | 4 | 7:29 | OKST | Shawn Willis 4-yard run (Jason Ricks kick) | OHST 33–7 | |
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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AP | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 24 | 20 |
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Coaches Poll | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 22 | 19 |
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BCS | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 25 | Not released |
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