2004 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

The 2004 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University as a member of the Western Division of the Southern Conference (SEC) during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Sylvester Croom, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the SEC's Western Division for the fourth consecutive season.^[1] Mississippi State played home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.

2004 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Record	3–8 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach	Sylvester Croom (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Woody McCorvey (1st season)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Ellis Johnson (1st season)
Home stadium	Davis Wade Stadium
Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 13 Tennessee x		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 7 Georgia		6	–	2					10	–	2
Florida		4	–	4					7	–	5
South Carolina		4	–	4					6	–	5
Kentucky		1	–	7					2	–	9
Vanderbilt		1	–	7					2	–	9
Western Division
No. 2 Auburn x$		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 16 LSU		6	–	2					9	–	3
Alabama		3	–	5					6	–	6
Arkansas		3	–	5					5	–	6
Ole Miss		3	–	5					4	–	7
Mississippi State		2	–	6					3	–	8
Championship: Auburn 38, Tennessee 28
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	5:00 pm	Tulane*	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	ESPN2	W 28–7	52,114
September 11	11:30 am	No. 18 Auburn	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	JPS	L 14–43	51,021
September 18	6:00 pm	No. 15 (I-AA) Maine*	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS		L 7–9	43,486
September 25	11:30 am	at No. 13 LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	JPS	L 0–51	91,431
October 2	6:00 pm	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville TN		L 13–31	27,292
October 9	1:30 pm	UAB*	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS		L 13–27	32,310
October 23	11:30 am	No. 20 Florida	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	JPS	W 38–31	43,170
October 30	1:30 pm	Kentucky	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS		W 22–7	40,810
November 6	5:30 pm	at Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 14–30	82,617
November 20	1:30 pm	Arkansas	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	PPV	L 21–24	43,634
November 27	1:00 pm	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)		L 3–20	55,810
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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