2004: Week 14

38 games. Seven ranked teams lost, five to unranked teams. Two games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Nov 27, 200411Virginia Tech 24, 16Virginia 10Box score
Nov 26, 20046Texas 26, 22Texas A&M 13Box score

Upsets

Nov 27, 2004Syracuse 43, 17Boston College 17upsetBox score
Nov 26, 2004Arizona 34, 18Arizona State 27upsetBox score
Nov 25, 2004Pittsburgh 16, 21West Virginia 13upsetBox score
Nov 27, 2004Texas Tech 31, 23Oklahoma State 15upsetBox score
Nov 27, 2004Tulsa 37, 24UTEP 35upsetBox score

A ranked team beaten as the betting favorite, or, where no line is on file, by an unranked or lower-ranked team.

Big days

Passing

  1. Omar Jacobs Bowling Green36 of 60, 415 yards, 4 TD
  2. Joshua Cribbs Kent State28 of 38, 389 yards, 5 TD

Rushing

  1. Robert Merrill TCU34 carries, 143 yards, 3 TD
  2. Lance Martin San José State23 carries, 162 yards, 2 TD

Receiving

  1. Chad Owens Hawai’i9 catches, 155 yards, 4 TD
  2. Tres Moses Rutgers7 catches, 168 yards, 2 TD
Ranked by a points score for each kind of game (yards, touchdowns, tackles, sacks).
How we rankRanked by yards plus 20 for each touchdown (passing: less 20 for each interception); defense (from 2016, when the box scores carry tackles) by points: 8 a tackle, 12 a tackle for loss, 30 a sack (a sack is also a tackle for loss, so 42 in all), 40 an interception, 60 a touchdown.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

The week’s biggest individual games by FBS players, from CollegeFootballData box scores.

FBS vs. FBS

Nov 23, 2004Kent State 41, UCF 24Box score
Nov 23, 2004Toledo 49, Bowling Green 41Box score
Nov 25, 2004UConn 41, Rutgers 35Box score
Nov 25, 2004Pittsburgh 16, 21West Virginia 13upsetBox score
Nov 26, 2004Colorado 26, Nebraska 20Box score
Nov 26, 200414LSU 43, Arkansas 14Box score
Nov 26, 2004Arizona 34, 18Arizona State 27upsetBox score
Nov 26, 20046Texas 26, 22Texas A&M 13Box score
Nov 27, 2004Memphis 31, South Florida 15Box score
Nov 27, 2004Maryland 13, Wake Forest 7Box score
Nov 27, 200415Tennessee 37, Kentucky 31Box score
Nov 27, 2004Missouri 17, Iowa State 14Box score
Nov 27, 2004Syracuse 43, 17Boston College 17upsetBox score
Nov 27, 2004NC State 52, East Carolina 14Box score
Nov 27, 200411Virginia Tech 24, 16Virginia 10Box score
Nov 27, 2004Ole Miss 20, Mississippi State 3Box score
Nov 27, 20047Louisville 70, Cincinnati 7Box score
Nov 27, 2004Tulsa 37, 24UTEP 35upsetBox score
Nov 27, 2004Southern Miss 26, UAB 21Box score
Nov 27, 2004Tulane 35, TCU 31upsetBox score
Nov 27, 20048Georgia 19, Georgia Tech 13Box score
Nov 27, 2004Texas Tech 31, 23Oklahoma State 15upsetBox score
Nov 27, 2004Fresno State 62, San José State 28Box score
Nov 27, 200410Boise State 58, Nevada 21Box score
Nov 27, 20041USC 41, Notre Dame 10Box score
Nov 27, 2004Hawai’i 49, Northwestern 41Box score
Nov 29, 2004Louisiana Tech 51, Rice 14Box score

Everyone else

Nov 27, 2004Florida Atlantic 49, Edward Waters 15Box score
Nov 27, 2004Furman 49, Jacksonville State 7Box score
Nov 27, 2004William & Mary 42, Hampton 35Box score
Nov 27, 2004James Madison 14, Lehigh 13Box score
Nov 27, 2004Florida International 40, Florida A&M 23Box score
Nov 27, 2004Sam Houston 54, Western Kentucky 24Box score
Nov 27, 2004Montana 56, Northwestern State 7Box score
Nov 27, 2004Eastern Washington 35, Southern Illinois 31Box score
Nov 27, 2004Delaware 28, Lafayette 14Box score
Nov 27, 2004Florida Atlantic 49, Edward Waters 15Box score
Nov 27, 2004New Hampshire 27, Georgia Southern 23Box score