Notre Dame at BYU

Saturday, September 4, 2004

BYU beat Notre Dame 20–⁠17. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 3–⁠2 as played.

AwayNotre Dame6–⁠6 in 2004
17
HomeBYU5–⁠6 in 2004
20

Final at LaVell Edwards Stadium, ProvoAttendance 65,251

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Notre Dame037717
BYU1037020

Standouts

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Player stats

Notre Dame

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Brady Quinn26/4726510
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Travis Thomas6203
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Rhema McKnight892154
Anthony Fasano460027
Marcus Freeman328015
Travis Thomas228015
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Preston Jackson1381

BYU

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Matt Berry15/2316711
John Beck7/109600
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Naufahu Tahi1231111
Curtis Brown121506
John Beck312011
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Todd Watkins5115050
Austin Collie354142
Daniel Coats232016
Naufahu Tahi331014

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

Notre DameBYU
276Total yards285
287Passing yards299
11Rushing yards22
5.6Yards per pass8.0
0.5Yards per rush0.6
15First downs12
3–⁠16Third downs7–⁠19
1–⁠2Fourth downs0–⁠0
1Turnovers2
0–⁠0Penalties0–⁠0
16:19Possession20:36

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Notre Dame 53% to win. BYU won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Notre Dame leads 5–⁠3; as played, 7–⁠3 in 10 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
2026BYU 28, Notre Dame 24
2022Notre Dame 28, BYU 20
2013Notre Dame 23, BYU 13
2012Notre Dame 17, BYU 14
2005Notre Dame 49, BYU 23
2004BYU 20, Notre Dame 17

Around this game

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