The 2004 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Paul Johnson. The Midshipmen finished the regular season with a 9–2 record, the first time since the 1963 season that Navy had won nine or more games in a season. Wins over Army and the Air Force Falcons secured Navy's second consecutive Commander-in-Chief's Trophy.[1] Navy secured a berth in the 2004 Emerald Bowl when the Pacific-10 Conference did not have enough teams to fill its bowl obligations. The other tie-in was with the Mountain West Conference (MWC), and the Midshipmen ended up playing the New Mexico Lobos. They won the game with a score of 34–19, finishing with a 14-minute, 26-play drive that set the record for the longest drive in a college football game.[2] The win gave the Midshipmen a final record of 10–2, the first time since the 1905 season that the Midshipmen finished with ten or more wins.[3]
| 2004 Navy Midshipmen football | |
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Emerald Bowl champion | |
Emerald Bowl, W 34–19 vs. New Mexico | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 24 |
| AP | No. 24 |
| Record | 10–2 |
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| Offensive scheme | Triple option |
| Defensive coordinator | Buddy Green (3rd season) |
| Base defense | Multiple |
| MVP | Aaron Polanco |
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| Home stadium | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
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| No. 24 Navy | – | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | – | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 4 | 6:00 p.m. | Duke | HDNet | W 27–12 | 29,027 | |
| September 11 | Northeastern |
| CN8 | W 28–24 | ||
| September 18 | 7:00 p.m. | at Tulsa | W 29–0 | 23,658 | ||
| September 25 | 1:30 p.m. | Vanderbilt |
| HDNet | W 29–26 | 32,809 |
| September 30 | 7:45 p.m. | at Air Force | ESPN | W 24–21 | 44,279 | |
| October 16 | 12:00 p.m. | vs. Notre Dame | CBS | L 9–27 | 76,166 | |
| October 23 | 1:30 p.m. | Rice |
| HDNet | W 14–13 | 31,117 |
| October 30 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 3 (I-AA) Delaware |
| CN8 | W 34–20 | 34,416 |
| November 6 | 7:00 p.m. | at Tulane | L 10–42 | 21,484 | ||
| November 20 | 1:30 p.m. | Rutgers |
| CSTV | W 54–21 | 33,615 |
| December 4 | vs. Army | CBS | W 42–13 | |||
| December 30 | 4:30 p.m. | vs. New Mexico | ESPN2 | W 34–19 | 30,563 | |
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References
edit- ^ "Navy 27, Air Force 24". Military.com. Associated Press. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
- ^ Flynn, Tom (December 30, 2009). "College Football's Longest Drive". The Wall Street Journal. New York. Archived from the original on February 10, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
- ^ "Navy, 99 Years Later, Matches 10-Victory Season". The New York Times. December 30, 2004. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ "2004 Navy Midshipmen Schedule and Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
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