2004 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 2004 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its sixth year under head coach Sean McDonnell, the team compiled a 10–3 record (6–2 against conference opponents), finished fourth out of twelve teams in the Atlantic 10 Conference, and lost to Montana in the quarterfinal of the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs.^[1]

2004 New Hampshire Wildcats football
A-10 North Division champion
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 17–37 at Montana
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Division	North Division
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 6
Record	10–3 (6–2 A-10)
Head coach	Sean McDonnell (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Chip Kelly (6th season)
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium
Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 6 New Hampshire x^		6	–	2					11	–	3
UMass		4	–	4					6	–	5
Northeastern		4	–	4					5	–	6
Hofstra		3	–	5					5	–	6
Maine		3	–	5					5	–	6
Rhode Island		2	–	6					4	–	7
South Division
No. 1 James Madison x^		7	–	1					13	–	2
No. 3 William & Mary x^		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 7 Delaware x^		7	–	1					9	–	4
Villanova		3	–	5					6	–	5
Richmond		2	–	6					3	–	8
Towson		0	–	8					3	–	8
x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	at No. 1 Delaware*		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 24–21	22,727
September 11	at Rutgers*	No. 19	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 35–24	31,615
September 18	William & Mary	No. 10	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 7–9	3,512
September 25	at Dartmouth*	No. 14	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	W 45–24	4,925	[2]
October 2	at No. 10 Villanova	No. 12	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	W 51–40	7,119
October 16	UMass	No. 7	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	L 21–38	7,630
October 23	Hofstra	No. 15	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 33–27
October 30	at Northeastern	No. 10	Brookline, MA	W 27–23
November 6	at Rhode Island	No. 8	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 27–3
November 13	Towson	No. 7	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 62–24
November 20	at Maine	No. 5	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME (Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket)	W 50–36
November 27	at No. 4 Georgia Southern*	No. 5	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	W 27–23	6,053	[3]
December 4	at No. 7 Montana*	No. 5	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	L 17–47	20,919	[4]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game