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2004 Illinois State

4–⁠7 (1–⁠4 Gateway Football Conference).

Schedule and results

Illinois State in 2004, game by game: won vs. Saint Xavier 44–14; lost at No. 22 Minnesota 21–37; won vs. Eastern Illinois 35–31; lost at Indiana State 38–41; won vs. Missouri State 34–31; lost at Western Illinois 31–40; won vs. Youngstown State 30–24; lost at Western Kentucky 21–24; lost vs. Southern Illinois 14–41; lost at Northern Iowa 14–41; lost at Florida Atlantic 0–28+30−28Won 44–14 vs. Saint Xavier+30Saint XavierLost 21–37 at No. 22 Minnesota-16No. 22 MinnesotaWon 35–31 vs. Eastern Illinois+4Eastern IllinoisLost 38–41 at Indiana State-3Indiana StateWon 34–31 vs. Missouri State+3Missouri StateLost 31–40 at Western Illinois-9Western IllinoisWon 30–24 vs. Youngstown State+6Youngstown StateLost 21–24 at Western Kentucky-3Western KentuckyLost 14–41 vs. Southern Illinois-27Southern Illino…Lost 14–41 at Northern Iowa-27Northern IowaLost 0–28 at Florida Atlantic-28Florida Atlantic
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsSaint XavierW 44–⁠1471%
Sep 11at22MinnesotaL 21–⁠3713%
Sep 18vsEastern IllinoisW 35–⁠3170%
Oct 2atIndiana StateL 38–⁠4152%
Oct 9vsMissouri StateW 34–⁠3157%
Oct 16atWestern IllinoisL 31–⁠4039%
Oct 23vsYoungstown StateW 30–⁠2468%
Oct 30atWestern KentuckyL 21–⁠2427%
Nov 6vsSouthern IllinoisL 14–⁠4125%
Nov 13atNorthern IowaL 14–⁠4126%
Nov 20atFlorida AtlanticL 0–⁠2825%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida Atlantic 28–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Gateway Football Conference.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 57 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠4 tied for 5th in Gateway Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
282–⁠352
Coach
—
Elo
1261 −41 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−30.3 No. 71 of 118 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Justin Fuente
Captains
Josh Chrestman, Boomer Grigsby, Mike Larson, Jeremy Melville and Antwan Oliver
Most valuable player
Boomer Grigsby and Brian Thompson

Drafted in 2005

The 2005 draft
Rd 5James Grigsby LBKansas City Chiefs

2004 Gateway Football Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Southern Illinois5–⁠010–⁠2
Northern Iowa4–⁠17–⁠4
Youngstown State2–⁠34–⁠7
Western Illinois2–⁠34–⁠7
Illinois State1–⁠44–⁠7
Indiana State1–⁠44–⁠7

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