2004 Missouri Tigers football team

The 2004 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. They were members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. The team was coached by head coach Gary Pinkel.

2004 Missouri Tigers football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Record	5–6 (3–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Gary Pinkel (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Christensen (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Matt Eberflus (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Faurot Field (Capacity: 68,349)
Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Big 12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
Colorado xy		4	–	4					8	–	5
Iowa State x		4	–	4					7	–	5
Nebraska		3	–	5					5	–	6
Missouri		3	–	5					5	–	6
Kansas		2	–	6					4	–	7
Kansas State		2	–	6					4	–	7
South Division
No. 3 Oklahoma xy$		8	–	0					12	–	1
No. 5 Texas  %		7	–	1					11	–	1
Texas A&M		5	–	3					7	–	5
No. 18 Texas Tech		5	–	3					8	–	4
Oklahoma State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Baylor		1	–	7					3	–	8
Championship: Oklahoma 42, Colorado 3
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	6:00 pm	Arkansas State*	No. 17	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		W 52–20	57,012
September 9	6:00 pm	at Troy*	No. 17	Movie Gallery Stadium Troy, Alabama	ESPN2	L 14–24	26,574
September 18	1:00 pm	Ball State*		Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		W 48–0	57,279
October 2	2:30 pm	Colorado		Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri	ABC	W 17–9	60,108
October 9	9:00 pm	at Baylor		Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas	FSN	W 30–10	22,652
October 16	2:30 pm	at No. 11 Texas	No. 24	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas	ABC	L 20–28	82,981
October 23	2:30 pm	No. 21 Oklahoma State		Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri	ABC	L 17–20	66,133
October 30	11:00 am	at Nebraska		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)	FSN	L 3–24	77,616
November 6	11:30 am	Kansas State		Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri	FSN	L 24–35	63,412
November 20	1:00 pm	Kansas		Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri (Border War)		L 14–31	53,480
November 27	12:00 pm	at Iowa State		Jack Trice Stadium Ames, Iowa (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)	ABC	W 17–14 OT	40,626
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time