2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football Big East Conference Big East 25 8–4 4–2 Walt Harris 8th West Coast Paul Rhoads 5th Multiple 8-man front Heinz Field Big East co-champion Fiesta Bowl L 7–35 vs. Utah The 2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Pittsburgh won a share of The Big East Conference championship and were awarded with a BCS berth to the 2005 Fiesta Bowl. Schedule 2004 AP Eastern September 11 7:00 p.m. w y Ohio Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA 24–3 46,401 September 18 12:00 p.m. l y Nebraska Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA ABC 17–24 40,133 September 25 1:00 p.m. w y Furman 2 (I-AA) Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA 41–38 OT 35,121 September 30 7:00 p.m. l y Connecticut Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT ESPN2 17–29 40,000 October 9 12:00 p.m. w y Temple Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA ESPN+ 27–22 19,517 October 16 12:00 p.m. w Boston College Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA ESPN2 20–17 OT 34,071 October 23 12:00 p.m. w y Rutgers Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA ESPN+ 41–17 41,232 November 6 12:00 p.m. l y Syracuse Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY rivalry ESPN+ 31–38 2OT 37,211 November 13 2:30 p.m. w y y Notre Dame 24 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN rivalry NBC 41–38 80,795 November 25 8:00 p.m. w West Virginia 21 Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA Backyard Brawl ESPN 16–13 52,641 December 4 11:00 a.m. w y y 19 South Florida Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL ESPN2 43–14 23,417 January 1 8:30 p.m. l y y 19 Utah 5 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ Fiesta Bowl ABC 7–35 73,519 Personnel 2004 Pittsburgh Panthers y 49 Jr Justin Acierno RB 84 So Steve Buches TE 38 Fr Kellen Campbell RB Fr Kelvin Chandler WR Fr Steven Brana WR 4 Fr Joe DelSardo WR Fr Joe Flacco QB y 2 Jr Marcus Furman RB 45 Jr Erik Gill TE 81 Fr Derek Kinder WR 43 Jr Raymond Kirkley RB 86 So Greg Lee WR Matt Maiers OL Fr Brandon Mason RB 26 Jr Darren McCray RB 75 Fr Mike McGlynn OL 40 So Tom Mikula RB 23 Jr Tim Murphy RB 3 So Tyler Palko QB y 78 Sr Rob Petitti OL 41 Fr John Pettiford RB 7 Fr Allen Richardson WR 60 So John Simonitis OL 56 Jr Charles Spencer OL y Charles Spencer (American football) 14 Fr Darrell Strong QB 68 Fr Joe Villani C Dale Williams OL 41 So Azzie Beagnyam DL 44 So Brian Bennett LB 51 So H.B. Blades LB y H. B. Blades 98 Fr Vernon Botts DL 24 Fr Jameel Brady LB 46 So Sam Bryant DB 21 So Reggie Carter DB 58 Fr Joe Clermond DL 5 Fr Kennard Cox DB y 96 Sr Vince Crochunis DL 31 Sr Tyler Gilliard DB 95 Jr Keith Hill DL 93 Sr Jake Holthaus DL 9 Jr J.J. Horne LB 52 Fr Ron Idoko DL 12 Jr Bernard Lay DB y Josh Lay 19 Fr Keith Malley LB 41 Fr Chris McKillop DL 20 Jr Tez Morris DB 10 Fr Mike Phillips DB 6 Sr Malcolm Postell LB Allen Richardson DB 25 Fr Darrelle Revis DB y 30 Fr Doug Roseberry LB 54 So Charles Sallett DL 17 So Clint Session LB y 88 Fr Kyle Smith DL 55 Jr Thomas Smith DL 94 Sr Dan Stephens DL 91 Fr Phil Tillman DL 22 Jr Josh Cummings PK 18 So Adam Graessle P 8 Fr Nick Krut P 43 Fr Michael Toomalatai LB http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/pittsburgh-panthers-team-roster?season=2004 2015-12-20 Walt Harris Jeff Ambrosie Mike Antonoplos Bill Bleil Curtis Bray Pete Carmichael Bryan Deal Tom Freeman Darren Honeycutt Bob Junko Mike Kent Scott McCurley Wayne Moses Charlie Partridge Paul Rhoads Team players drafted into the NFL thumb|right|January 1, 2005 Fiesta Bowl Player Position Round Pick NFL club Rob Pettiti Tackle 6 209 Dallas Cowboyshttps://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2005.htm 2005 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com Pro-Football-Reference.com 2009-10-07 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100125053200/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2005.htm 2010-01-25 References Pittsburgh Category:Pittsburgh Panthers football seasons Category:Big East Conference football champion seasons Pittsburgh Panthers football