2004 Miami Hurricanes football team

American college football season

2004 Miami Hurricanes football

Peach Bowl champion Florida Cup champion
Peach Bowl, W 27–10 vs. Florida
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 11
Record	9–3 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Larry Coker (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dan Werner (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Randy Shannon (4th season)
Base defense	4–3 Cover 2
Home stadium	Miami Orange Bowl
Seasons← 2003 2005 →

2004 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 10 Virginia Tech $	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 15 Florida State	6	–	2	9	–	3
No. 11 Miami (FL)	5	–	3	9	–	3
No. 23 Virginia	5	–	3	8	–	4
North Carolina	5	–	3	6	–	6
Georgia Tech	4	–	4	7	–	5
Clemson	4	–	4	6	–	5
NC State	3	–	5	5	–	6
Maryland	3	–	5	5	–	6
Wake Forest	1	–	7	4	–	7
Duke	1	–	7	2	–	9

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 79th season of football and 1st as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hurricanes were led by fourth-year head coach Larry Coker and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 9–3 overall and 5–3 in the ACC to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They were invited to the Peach Bowl where they defeated Florida, 27–10.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	8:00 pm	No. 4 Florida State	No. 5	Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	ABC	W 16–10	78,622
September 18	1:00 pm	Louisiana Tech*	No. 4	Orange Bowl Miami, FL	CSS	W 48–0	53,721
September 23	6:45 pm	at Houston*	No. 4	Reliant Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN	W 38–13	36,698
October 2	3:30 pm	at Georgia Tech	No. 4	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	W 27–3	55,000
October 14	7:45 pm	No. 20 Louisville*	No. 3	Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	W 41–38	63,715
October 23	7:45 pm	at NC State	No. 4	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (College GameDay)	ESPN	W 45–31	55,600
October 30	7:00 pm	at North Carolina	No. 4	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN2	L 28–31	58,000
November 6	7:45 pm	Clemson	No. 11	Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN	L 17–24	55,225
November 13	3:30 pm	at No. 10 Virginia	No. 18	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	W 31–21	63,701
November 20	12:00 pm	Wake Forest	No. 12	Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN	W 52–7	41,315
December 4	1:00 pm	No. 10 Virginia Tech	No. 9	Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 10–16	62,205
December 31	7:30 pm	vs. No. 20 Florida*	No. 14	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl) (rivalry)	ESPN	W 27–10	69,332
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Notable games such as Rivalry and Ranked Games are listed below:

Miami opened the season ranked #5.

Florida State

Florida State was ranked #4 heading into the Friday night ABC televised game, Miami ranked #5 won 16 to 10 in Overtime upsetting FSU.

Louisville

Louisville was ranked #20 heading into the game, Miami ranked #3 won 41 to 38 in the Thursday Night ESPN televised game.

#18 Louisville at #3 Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Louisville	7	17	7	7	38
• Miami (FL)	7	0	14	20	41

Date: October 14
Location: Orange Bowl
Game start: 7:30 p.m. EST

Source: ESPN

Scoring summary

1	5:22	MIA	Greg Olsen 9-yard pass from Brock Berlin (Jon Peattie kick)	MIA 7-0

1	1:53	LOU	Lionel Gates 1-yard run (Arthur Carmody kick)	Tied 7-7

2	14:56	LOU	Arthur Carmody 31-yard field goal	LOU 10-7

2	10:03	LOU	Tiger Jones 12-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Arthur Carmody kick)	LOU 17-7

2	1:29	LOU	Lionel Gates 17-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Arthur Carmody kick)	LOU 24-7

3	9:51	MIA	Roscoe Parrish 14-yard pass from Brock Berlin (Jon Peattie kick)	LOU 24-14

3	6:42	LOU	Tiger Jones 22-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Arthur Carmody kick)	LOU 31-14

3	4:08	MIA	Akieem Jolla 11-yard pass from Brock Berlin (Jon Peattie kick)	LOU 31-21

4	14:53	MIA	Jon Peattie 24-yard field goal	LOU 31-24

4	12:03	MIA	Jon Peattie 32-yard field goal	LOU 31-27

4	8:11	MIA	Devin Hester 78-yard punt return (Jon Peattie kick)	MIA 34-31

4	4:30	LOU	Lionel Gates 1-yard run (Arthur Carmody kick)	LOU 38-34

4	0:49	MIA	Frank Gore 1-yard run (Jon Peattie kick)	MIA 41-38

Virginia

Virginia was ranked #10 heading into this game, Miami ranked #18 won 31 to 21 in the ABC televised game.

Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech was ranked #10 heading into this game, Miami ranked #9 lost 10 to 16 in the ABC televised game.

Peach Bowl vs Florida

Florida was ranked #20 heading into this rivalry game at the Peach Bowl, Miami ranked #14 won 27 to 10. This led to a #11 ranking to close the season.

References

v t e Miami Hurricanes football
Venues	Miami Orange Bowl (1937–2007) Hard Rock Stadium (2008–present)
Bowls and rivalries	Bowl games Florida Cup Florida Florida State Louisville Nebraska Virginia Tech
Culture and lore	1998 UCLA game 2011 athletics scandal Band of the Hour Catholics vs. Convicts FIU–Miami brawl Hail Flutie Miami 4–3 defense Quarterback U Sebastian the Ibis Whammy in Miami Wide Right I Wide Right II Confusion Bowl
Documentaries	Catholics vs. Convicts The U
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Early years (1926 to 1978)	Miami Hurricanes football (1926 to 1978)
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