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2004 Furman

10–⁠2 (6–⁠1 Southern Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 10–⁠3, over 13 games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

Furman in 2004, game by game: won vs. Presbyterian 52–7; won vs. Samford 45–10; won vs. Gardner-Webb 38–6; lost at Pittsburgh 38–41; won vs. Western Carolina 31–10; lost at App State 29–30; won vs. The Citadel 33–14; won at Elon 10–0; won vs. Georgia Southern 29–22; won at Wofford 31–24; won vs. Chattanooga 51–31; won vs. Jacksonville State 49–7+45−3Won 52–7 vs. Presbyterian+45PresbyterianWon 45–10 vs. Samford+35SamfordWon 38–6 vs. Gardner-Webb+32Gardner-WebbLost 38–41 at Pittsburgh-3PittsburghWon 31–10 vs. Western Carolina+21Western CarolinaLost 29–30 at App State-1App StateWon 33–14 vs. The Citadel+19The CitadelWon 10–0 at Elon+10ElonWon 29–22 vs. Georgia Southern+7Georgia SouthernWon 31–24 at Wofford+7WoffordWon 51–31 vs. Chattanooga+20ChattanoogaWon 49–7 vs. Jacksonville State+42Jacksonville St…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsPresbyterianW 52–⁠776%
Sep 11vsSamfordW 45–⁠1055%
Sep 18vsGardner-WebbW 38–⁠661%
Sep 25atPittsburghL 38–⁠4124%
Oct 2vsWestern CarolinaW 31–⁠1073%
Oct 9atApp StateL 29–⁠3052%
Oct 16vsThe CitadelW 33–⁠1477%
Oct 23atElonW 10–⁠080%
Nov 6vsGeorgia SouthernW 29–⁠2252%
Nov 13atWoffordW 31–⁠2450%
Nov 20vsChattanoogaW 51–⁠3192%
Nov 27vsJacksonville StateIaa PlayoffsW 49–⁠759%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Jacksonville State 49–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list one game of Furman’s 2004 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 4vsJames MadisonL 13–⁠14Furman’s article, James Madison’s article

Southern Conference champions6–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Georgia Southern

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1 shared first in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
436–⁠202
Coach
—
Elo
1513 +174 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.6 No. 9 of 118 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Mike Killian, Cam Newton, Brian Bratton and Ben Bainbridge

2004 Southern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Furman6–⁠110–⁠2
Georgia Southern6–⁠19–⁠3
Wofford4–⁠38–⁠3
App State4–⁠36–⁠5
Western Carolina2–⁠54–⁠7
The Citadel2–⁠53–⁠7
Elon2–⁠53–⁠8
Chattanooga2–⁠52–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.