2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season

American college football season December 2025 November 2025 August 2023 2004 NCAA logo.svg 122 August 28–November November 27–December 17 December 17, 2004 Finley StadiumChattanooga, Tennessee James Madison QB Lang Campbell, William & Mary LB Jordan Beck, Cal Poly The 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began on August 28, 2004,November 2025 and concluded with the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 17, 2004, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. James Madison won its first I-AA championship, defeating Montana by a final score of 31−21.2004 I-AA Champion Football Team (Inducted 2024) https://jmusports.com/honors/jmu-athletics-hall-of-fame/-iaa-champion-football-team/1150 JMU Athletics Hall of Fame 21 November 2025 enJames Madison vs Montana (Dec 17, 2004) http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2004/d1aa/iaafinal.htm NCAA 21 November 2025 Conference changes and new programs Prior to the season, the Great West Conference was formed as a football-only conference for six unaffiliated teams from California, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Utah.WebDev I. E. T. 2004-03-05 Campus joins rivals to found Great West football conference https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/campus-joins-rivals-found-great-west-football-conference 2025-12-16 UC Davis en A seventh prospective member, St. Mary's (CA), dropped their football program before the start of the season.Jake Curtis March 4, 2004 Gaels' football program sacked / St. Mary's officials cite cost as main factor https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/Gaels-football-program-sacked-St-Mary-s-2814074.php December 16, 2025 School 2003 Conference 2004 Conference Cal Poly I-AA Independent Great West East Tennessee State Southern Dropped Program North Dakota State North Central (D-II) Great West (I-AA) Northern Colorado D-II Independent Great West (I-AA) Siena MAAC Dropped Program St. Mary's (CA) I-AA Independent Dropped Program Southern Utah I-AA Independent Great West South Dakota State North Central (D-II) Great West (I-AA) Towson Patriot Atlantic 10 UC Davis D-II Independent Great West (I-AA) I-AA team wins over I-A teams List of I-AA/FCS victories from the NCAA:FCS wins vs. FBS teams: All-time victories, upsets, wins vs. ranked teams NCAA.com https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/fcs-wins-vs-fbs-teams-all-time-victories-upsets NCAA 21 November 2025 en September 4 – Florida Atlantic 35, Hawaii 28 OT September 11 – Florida Atlantic 20, North Texas 13 September 11 – New Hampshire 35, Rutgers 24 September 18 – Florida Atlantic 27, Middle Tennessee 20 September 18 – Maine 9, Mississippi State 7 September 25 – Eastern Illinois 31, Eastern Michigan 28Eastern Illinois 31-28 Eastern Michigan (Sep 25, 2004) Game Stats https://www.espn.com/college-football/matchup/_/gameId/242692199 ESPN 21 November 2025 en Conference standings Postseason NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket First RoundNovember 27Campus sites QuarterfinalsDecember 4Campus sites SemifinalsDecember 10 and December 11Campus sites National Championship Game December 17Finley StadiumChattanooga, Tennessee 1 Southern Illinois* (10–1) 31 Eastern Washington (8–3) 35 Sam Houston State* (9–2) 54 Western Kentucky (9–2) 24 Montana* (9–2) 56 Northwestern State (8–3) 7 New Hampshire (9–2) 27 4 Georgia Southern* (9–2) 3 3 William & Mary* (9–2) 42 Hampton (10–1) 35 Delaware* (8–3) 28 Lafayette (8–3) 14 James Madison (9–2) 14 Lehigh* (9–2) 13 Jacksonville State (9–1) 7 2 Furman* (9–2) 49 Eastern Washington* 34 Sam Houston State 35 Montana* 47 New Hampshire 17 3 William & Mary* 44 Delaware 38 James Madison 14 2 Furman* 13 Sam Houston State 13 Montana* 34 3 William & Mary* 34 James Madison 48 7 Montana 21 8 James Madison 31 * Denotes host institution References