2004 Oregon State Beavers football team

2004 Oregon State Beavers football
2004 Oregon State Beavers football
Insight Bowl champion
Insight Bowl, W 38–21 vs. Notre Dame
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	7–5 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Riley (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Paul Chryst (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Mark Banker (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Reser Stadium
	Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Mike Riley, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, tying for third place the Pac-10. Oregon State was invited to the Insight Bowl, where the Beavers defeated Notre Dame. The team played home games at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	3:00 pm	at No. 3 LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (College GameDay)	ESPN	L 21–22 ^OT	91,828
September 10	7:00 pm	at Boise State*	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	ESPN	L 34–55	30,950
September 18	1:00 pm	New Mexico*	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 17–7	35,950
September 25	7:15 pm	at No. 22 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSNNW	L 14–27	63,312
October 2	1:00 pm	No. 10 California	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	L 7–49	36,003
October 16	12:30 pm	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 29–14	65,351
October 23	1:00 pm	Washington State	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 38–19	36,265
October 30	4:00 pm	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FSNNW	W 28–14	47,245
November 6	7:00 pm	No. 1 USC	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	L 20–28	36,412
November 13	2:00 pm	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 24–19	27,850
November 20	4:00 pm	Oregon	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	FSN	W 50–21	37,042
December 28	6:30 pm	vs. Notre Dame*	Bank One Ballpark Phoenix, AZ (Insight Bowl)	ESPN	W 38–21	45,917
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Beavers	6	3	6	0	6	21
• Tigers	0	0	7	8	7	22


Q1	12:08	ORST	Gillett 6 yard pass from Anderson (kick failed)	ORST 6–0

Q2	1:35	ORST	Serna 40 yard field goal	ORST 9–0

Q3	5:41	LSU	Green 16 yard pass from Russell (Jackson kick)	ORST 9–7

Q3	0:48	ORST	Wheat-Brown 4 yard pass from Anderson (kick failed)	ORST 15–7

Q4	1:05	LSU	Bowe 38 yard pass from Randall (Russell run)	Tie 15–15

OT		LSU	Randall 5 yard run (Jackson kick)	LSU 22–15

OT		ORST	Newton 19 yard pass from Anderson (kick failed)	LSU 22–21

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Irish	0	7	7	7	21
• Beavers	14	7	3	14	38


1	9:24	ORST	George Gillett 12 yard pass from Derek Anderson (Alexis Serna kick)	Oregon State 7–0

1	5:41	ORST	Joe Newton 11 yard pass from Derek Anderson (Alexis Serna kick)	Oregon State 14–0

2	7:49	ORST	Dan Haines 11 yard pass from Derek Anderson (Alexis Serna kick)	Oregon State 21–0

2	:56	ND	Anthony Fasano 13 yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick)	Oregon State 21–7

3	9:16	ORST	Alexis Serna 38 yard field goal	Oregon State 24–7

3	2:40	ND	Darius Walker 5 yard run (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick)	Oregon State 24–14

4	12:17	ORST	Joe Newton 1 yard pass from Derek Anderson (Alexis Serna kick)	Oregon State 31–14

4	4:52	ND	Rhema McKnight 18 yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick)	Oregon State 31–21

4	3:19	ORST	Dwight Wright Jr. 2 yard run (Alexis Serna kick)	Oregon State 38–21

Schedule

2004 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 USC † $	8	–	0	13	–	0
No. 9 California	7	–	1	10	–	2
No. 19 Arizona State	5	–	3	9	–	3
Oregon State	5	–	3	7	–	5
UCLA	4	–	4	6	–	6
Oregon	4	–	4	5	–	6
Washington State	3	–	5	5	–	6
Stanford	2	–	6	4	–	7
Arizona	2	–	6	3	–	8
Washington	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion † – USC later vacated 2 wins (1 in conference), as well as the BCS and Pac-10 championships, due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll