2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Big East co-champion
Fiesta Bowl, L 7–35 vs. Utah
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 25
2004 record	8–4 (4–2 Big East)
Head coach	Walt Harris (8th year)
Offensive coordinator	Walt Harris (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Paul Rhoads (5th year)
Base defense	Multiple 8-man front
Home stadium	Heinz Field (Capacity: 64,450)

2004 Big East football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#25 Pittsburgh $+		4	–	2					8	–	4
#21 Boston College +		4	–	2					9	–	3
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

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

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Sat. Sep. 11	7:00 p.m.	Ohio*		Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA		W 24–3	46,401
Sat. Sep. 18	12:00 p.m.	Nebraska*		Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ABC	L 17–24	40,133
Sat. Sep. 25	1:00 p.m.	Furman*		Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA		W 41–38 ^OT	35,121
Thu. Sep. 30	7:00 p.m.	at Connecticut		Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ESPN2	L 17–29	40,000
Sat. Oct. 9	12:00 p.m.	at Temple		Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	W 27–22	19,517
Sat. Oct. 16	12:00 p.m.	Boston College		Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN2	W 20–17 ^OT	34,071
Sat. Oct. 23	12:00 p.m.	Rutgers		Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN+	W 41–17	41,232
Sat. Nov. 6	12:00 p.m.	at Syracuse		Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY (Rivalry)	ESPN+	L 31–38 ^2OT	37,211
Sat. Nov. 13	2:30 p.m.	at No. 24 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)	NBC	W 41–38	80,795
Thu. Nov. 25	8:00 p.m.	No. 21 West Virginia		Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA (Backyard Brawl)	ESPN	W 16–13	52,641
Sat. Dec. 4	11:00 a.m.	at South Florida*	No. 19	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN2	W 43–14	23,417
Sat. Jan. 1	8:30 p.m.	vs. No. 5 Utah*	No. 19	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	ABC	L 7–35	73,519
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Personnel

2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 49 Acierno, JustinJustin Acierno Jr TE 84 Buches, SteveSteve Buches So RB 38 Campbell, KellenKellen Campbell Fr WR Chandler, KelvinKelvin Chandler Fr WR Brana, StevenSteven Brana Fr WR 4 DelSardo, JoeJoe DelSardo Fr QB Flacco, JoeJoe Flacco Fr RB 2 Furman, MarcusMarcus Furman Jr TE 45 Gill, ErikErik Gill Jr WR 81 Kinder, DerekDerek Kinder Fr RB 43 Kirkley, RaymondRaymond Kirkley Jr WR 86 Lee, GregGreg Lee So OL Maiers, MattMatt Maiers RB Mason, BrandonBrandon Mason Fr RB 26 McCray, DarrenDarren McCray Jr OL 75 McGlynn, MikeMike McGlynn Fr RB 40 Mikula, TomTom Mikula So RB 23 Murphy, TimTim Murphy Jr QB 3 Palko, TylerTyler Palko So OL 78 Petitti, RobRob Petitti Sr RB 41 Pettiford, JohnJohn Pettiford Fr WR 7 Richardson, AllenAllen Richardson Fr OL 60 Simonitis, JohnJohn Simonitis So OL 56 Spencer, CharlesCharles Spencer Jr QB 14 Strong, DarrellDarrell Strong Fr C 68 Villani, JoeJoe Villani Fr OL Williams, DaleDale Williams	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 41 Beagnyam, AzzieAzzie Beagnyam So LB 44 Bennett, BrianBrian Bennett So LB 51 Blades, H.B.H.B. Blades So DL 98 Botts, VernonVernon Botts Fr LB 24 Brady, JameelJameel Brady Fr DB 46 Bryant, SamSam Bryant So DB 21 Carter, ReggieReggie Carter So DL 58 Clermond, JoeJoe Clermond Fr DB 5 Cox, KennardKennard Cox Fr DL 96 Crochunis, VinceVince Crochunis Sr DB 31 Gilliard, TylerTyler Gilliard Sr DL 95 Hill, KeithKeith Hill Jr DL 93 Holthaus, JakeJake Holthaus Sr LB 9 Horne, J.J.J.J. Horne Jr DL 52 Idoko, RonRon Idoko Fr DB 12 Lay, BernardBernard Lay Jr LB 19 Malley, KeithKeith Malley Fr DL 41 McKillop, ChrisChris McKillop Fr DB 20 Morris, TezTez Morris Jr DB 10 Phillips, MikeMike Phillips Fr LB 6 Postell, MalcolmMalcolm Postell Sr DB Richardson, AllenAllen Richardson DB 25 Revis, DarrelleDarrelle Revis Fr LB 30 Roseberry, DougDoug Roseberry Fr DL 54 Sallett, CharlesCharles Sallett So LB 17 Session, ClintClint Session So DL 88 Smith, KyleKyle Smith Fr DL 55 Smith, ThomasThomas Smith Jr DL 94 Stephens, DanDan Stephens Sr DL 91 Tillman, PhilPhil Tillman Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 22 Cummings, JoshJosh Cummings Jr P 18 Graessle, AdamAdam Graessle So P 8 Krut, NickNick Krut Fr	Head coach Walt Harris Coordinators/assistant coaches 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 Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2015-12-20

Team players drafted into the NFL

January 1, 2005 Fiesta Bowl

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Rob Pettiti	Tackle	6	209	Dallas Cowboys

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References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-07.