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2004 Florida Atlantic

10–⁠3, coached by Howard Schnellenberger. The season’s Wikipedia article records 9–⁠3, over 12 games to the 13 on file here.

Schedule and results

Florida Atlantic in 2004, game by game: won at Hawai’i 35–28; won at North Texas 20–13; won at Middle Tennessee 27–20; won at Texas State 20–13; won at Northern Colorado 39–24; lost vs. UL Monroe 13–17; won at Florida A&M 38–8; lost at Troy 6–24; lost vs. New Mexico State 7–35; won vs. Illinois State 28–0; won vs. Edward Waters 49–15; won vs. Edward Waters 49–15; won vs. Florida International 17–10+34−28Won 35–28 at Hawai’i+7Hawai’iWon 20–13 at North Texas+7North TexasWon 27–20 at Middle Tennessee+7Middle TennesseeWon 20–13 at Texas State+7Texas StateWon 39–24 at Northern Colorado+15Northern Colora…Lost 13–17 vs. UL Monroe-4UL MonroeWon 38–8 at Florida A&M+30Florida A&MLost 6–24 at Troy-18TroyLost 7–35 vs. New Mexico State-28New Mexico StateWon 28–0 vs. Illinois State+28Illinois StateWon 49–15 vs. Edward Waters+34Edward WatersWon 49–15 vs. Edward Waters+34Edward WatersWon 17–10 vs. Florida International+7Florida Interna…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atHawai’iW 35–⁠2824%
Sep 11atNorth TexasW 20–⁠1331%
Sep 18atMiddle TennesseeW 27–⁠2043%
Oct 9atTexas StateW 20–⁠1371%
Oct 16atNorthern ColoradoW 39–⁠2479%
Oct 23vsUL MonroeL 13–⁠1783%
Oct 30atFlorida A&MW 38–⁠869%
Nov 6atTroyL 6–⁠2443%
Nov 13vsNew Mexico StateL 7–⁠3567%
Nov 20vsIllinois StateW 28–⁠075%
Nov 27vsEdward WatersW 49–⁠1584%
Nov 27vsEdward WatersW 49–⁠1584%
Dec 4vsFlorida InternationalW 17–⁠1084%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Florida International 17–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 25 on file).

Record
10–⁠3
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
348–⁠222
Coach
Howard Schnellenberger
Elo
1456 +70 this season
SP+ rating
-11.7 No. 94 of 120; offense No. 118, defense No. 48
SRS
−6.9 No. 82 of 119 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 117
Offensive coordinator
Larry Seiple
Defensive coordinator
Kirk Hoza
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2004 class

Andre Swavy OLB★★No. 1993

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2004 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Linebackers12.00.722

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.