American college football season
The 2004 Syracuse Orange football team represented Syracuse University as a member of the Big East Conference during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season . Led by Paul Pasqualoni in his 14th and final season as head coach, the Orange compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, sharing the Big East title with Boston College , Pittsburgh , and West Virginia . Syracuse was invited to the Georgia Tech , where the Orange lost to Georgia Tech . The team played home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York .
This was the first season in which Syracuse used the nickname of Orange . Previously, Syracuse had respectively used "Orangemen" for men's sports, including football, and "Orangewomen" for women's sports.
In 2015, Syracuse vacated the six wins from this season among others from the 2005 and 2006 seasons following an eight-year investigation, as the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) found that some players who committed academic fraud participated in the wins.[ 2] [ 3]
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance Source September 5 1:30 pm at No. 25 Purdue * ABC L 0–5156,827 September 11 6:00 pm at Buffalo * W 37–17 (vacated)29,013 September 18 12:00 pm Cincinnati * ESPN Plus W 19–7 (vacated)32,893 September 25 3:30 pm at No. 12 Virginia * L 10–3159,699 October 2 12:00 pm Rutgers ESPN Plus W 41–31 (vacated)40,153 October 9 7:00 pm No. 8 Florida State * ESPN2 L 13–1740,359 October 21 7:30 pm at No. 15 West Virginia ESPN L 6–2752,909 October 30 1:30 pm Connecticut W 42–30 (vacated)34,545 November 6 12:00 pm Pittsburgh ESPN Plus W 38–31 (vacated)37,211 November 13 12:00 pm at Temple ESPN Plus L 24–3415,564 November 27 1:00 pm at No. 17 Boston College ABC W 43–17 (vacated)44,500 December 21 7:45 pm vs. Georgia Tech * ESPN L 14–5128,237 [ 4] *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
References
^ 2017 Syracuse football media guide Archived January 25, 2018, at the Wayback Machine pg. 152^ Mink, Nate (March 7, 2015). "NCAA report: Syracuse football placed on 5-year probation, self-vacates 11 wins" . Syracuse Post-Standard . Archived from the original on March 9, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015 . ^ O'Brien, John (March 7, 2015). "Summary: What did Syracuse do wrong? NCAA cites academic fraud, extra benefits, drug policy" . Syracuse Post-Standard . Archived from the original on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015 . ^ "Champs Sports Bowl Box Score" .
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