2004 Syracuse Orange football team

The 2004 Syracuse Orange football team represented Syracuse University as a member of the Big East Conference during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Paul Pasqualoni in his 14th and final season as head coach, the Orange compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, sharing the Big East title with Boston College, Pittsburgh, and West Virginia. Syracuse was invited to the Georgia Tech, where the Orange lost to Georgia Tech. The team played home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York.

2004 Syracuse Orange football
Big East co-champion
Champs Sports Bowl, L 14–51 vs. Georgia Tech
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	0–6, 6 wins vacated (0–2 Big East, 4 wins vacated)
Head coach	Paul Pasqualoni (14th season)
Offensive coordinator	George DeLeone (16th season)
Defensive coordinator	Steve Dunlap (1st season)
Captains	Julian Pollard Walter Reyes Matt Tarullo[1]
Home stadium	Carrier Dome
Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Big East Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 21 Boston College +		4	–	2					9	–	3
No. 25 Pittsburgh $+		4	–	2					8	–	4
West Virginia +		4	–	2					8	–	4
Syracuse +		4	–	2					6	–	6
Connecticut		3	–	3					8	–	4
Rutgers		1	–	5					4	–	7
Temple		1	–	5					2	–	9
$ – BCS representative as conference champion + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

This was the first season in which Syracuse used the nickname of Orange. Previously, Syracuse had respectively used "Orangemen" for men's sports, including football, and "Orangewomen" for women's sports.

In 2015, Syracuse vacated the six wins from this season among others from the 2005 and 2006 seasons following an eight-year investigation, as the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) found that some players who committed academic fraud participated in the wins.^[2][3]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	1:30 pm	at No. 25 Purdue*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ABC	L 0–51	56,827
September 11	6:00 pm	at Buffalo*	University at Buffalo Stadium Amherst, NY		W 37–17 (vacated)	29,013
September 18	12:00 pm	Cincinnati*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN Plus	W 19–7 (vacated)	32,893
September 25	3:30 pm	at No. 12 Virginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		L 10–31	59,699
October 2	12:00 pm	Rutgers	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN Plus	W 41–31 (vacated)	40,153
October 9	7:00 pm	No. 8 Florida State*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN2	L 13–17	40,359
October 21	7:30 pm	at No. 15 West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	ESPN	L 6–27	52,909
October 30	1:30 pm	Connecticut	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY (rivalry)		W 42–30 (vacated)	34,545
November 6	12:00 pm	Pittsburgh	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	ESPN Plus	W 38–31 (vacated)	37,211
November 13	12:00 pm	at Temple	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN Plus	L 24–34	15,564
November 27	1:00 pm	at No. 17 Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ABC	W 43–17 (vacated)	44,500
December 21	7:45 pm	vs. Georgia Tech*	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Champs Sports Bowl)	ESPN	L 14–51	28,237	[4]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time