2004 Michigan State Spartans football team

2004 Michigan State Spartans football
2004 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–7 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	John L. Smith (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Dave Baldwin (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Chris Smeland (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium (c. 72,027 natural grass)
	Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Michigan State competed as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans were led by second-year head coach John L. Smith.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	3:30 p.m.	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ABC	L 14–19	42,612
September 11	12:00 p.m.	Central Michigan*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN+	W 24–7	72,908
September 18	7:00 p.m.	Notre Dame*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)	ESPN	L 24–31	74,962
September 25	12:00 p.m.	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)	ESPN+	W 30–20	24,471
October 2	12:00 p.m.	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN+	L 16–38	70,397
October 9	12:00 p.m.	Illinois	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN+	W 38–25	72,441
October 16	12:00 p.m.	No. 19 Minnesota	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN	W 51–17	72,383
October 30	3:30 p.m.	at No. 14 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	ABC	L 37–45 ^3OT	111,609
November 6	12:00 p.m.	Ohio State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN	L 19–32	72,222
November 13	3:30 p.m.	No. 5 Wisconsin	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ABC	W 49–14	76,697
November 20	12:00 p.m.	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (Land Grant Trophy)	ESPN2	L 13–37	101,486
December 4	11:05 p.m.	at Hawaii*	Aloha Stadium Aiea, HI	ESPN2	L 38–41	41,654
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan State	0	7	10	13	30
Indiana	3	17	0	0	20


1	4:42	IND	Bryan Robertson 23-yard field goal	Indiana 3–0

2	14:17	MSU	Drew Stanton 2-yard run (Dave Rayner kick)	Michigan St 7–3

2	10:18	IND	Chris Rudanovic 12-yard pass from Matt LoVecchio (Bryan Robertson kick)	Indiana 10–7

2	4:25	IND	Lance Bennett 94-yard punt return (Bryan Robertson kick)	Indiana 17–7

2	2:43	IND	Bryan Robertson 31-yard field goal	Indiana 20–7

3	6:24	MSU	Drew Stanton 1-yard run (Dave Rayner kick)	Indiana 20–14

3	2:58	MSU	Dave Rayner 44-yard field goal	Indiana 20–17

4	9:45	MSU	Jason Teague 1-yard run (Dave Rayner kick)	Michigan St 24–20

4	5:56	MSU	Dave Rayner 22-yard field goal	Michigan St 27–20

4	2:36	MSU	Dave Rayner 39-yard field goal	Michigan St 30-20

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL team
DeAndra' Cobb	6	201	Running back	Atlanta Falcons
Dave Rayner	6	202	Kicker	Indianapolis Colts
Kevin Vickerson	7	216	Defensive tackle	Miami Dolphins
Will Whitticker	7	246	Guard	Green Bay Packers

Schedule

2004 Big Ten Conference football standings
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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