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2004 Missouri

5–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Big 12), coached by Gary Pinkel.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 2004, game by game: won vs. Arkansas State 52–20; lost at Troy 14–24; won vs. Ball State 48–0; won vs. Colorado 17–9; won at Baylor 30–10; lost at No. 9 Texas 20–28; lost vs. No. 22 Oklahoma State 17–20; lost at Nebraska 3–24; lost vs. Kansas State 24–35; lost vs. Kansas 14–31; won at Iowa State 17–14+48−21Won 52–20 vs. Arkansas State+32Arkansas StateLost 14–24 at Troy-10TroyWon 48–0 vs. Ball State+48Ball StateWon 17–9 vs. Colorado+8ColoradoWon 30–10 at Baylor+20BaylorLost 20–28 at No. 9 Texas-8No. 9 TexasLost 17–20 vs. No. 22 Oklahoma State-3No. 22 Oklahoma StateLost 3–24 at Nebraska-21NebraskaLost 24–35 vs. Kansas State-11Kansas StateLost 14–31 vs. Kansas-17KansasWon 17–14 at Iowa State+3Iowa State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsArkansas StateW 52–⁠2079%
Sep 9atTroyL 14–⁠2452%
Sep 18vsBall StateW 48–⁠075%
Oct 2vsColoradoW 17–⁠952%
Oct 9atBaylorW 30–⁠1066%
Oct 16at9TexasL 20–⁠2829%
Oct 23vs22Oklahoma StateL 17–⁠2052%
Oct 30atNebraskaL 3–⁠2441%
Nov 6vsKansas StateL 24–⁠3552%
Nov 20vsKansasL 14–⁠3167%
Nov 27atIowa StateW 17–⁠1438%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Iowa State 17–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 86th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 3: 19
Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 8th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
256–⁠215
Coach
Gary Pinkel
Elo
1483 −54 this season
SP+ rating
0.8 No. 64 of 120; offense No. 95, defense No. 37
SRS
1.1 No. 59 of 119 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 19
Offensive coordinator
Dave Christensen
Defensive coordinator
Matt Eberflus
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

How good, play by play

  • Offense54th of 118
  • Defense18th of 118
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense-0.0633%1.0954th of 118
Defense-0.1231%0.9918th of 118
How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense0.0own 312% allowed
Defense-0.1own 342% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2004 class

Chase Patton DUAL★★★★No. 72
Tony Temple RB★★★★No. 83
Kyle Riggs OT★★★★No. 96
Brian Barmann TE★★No. 831
Chris Wade SDE★★No. 831

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

The 2004 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks14.00.973
Running backs14.00.969
Receivers22.00.772
Offensive line23.00.854
Defensive line22.00.767
Defensive backs12.00.700
Whole class92.70.825

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.

Drafted in 2005

The 2005 draft
Rd 3Atiyyah Ellison DTCarolina Panthers
Rd 5Damien Nash RBTennessee Titans
Rd 6C.J. Mosley DTMinnesota Vikings

All-Big 12

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Atiyyah EllisonDLCoaches-1
  • C.J. MosleyDLMedia-1
  • James KinneyLBCoaches-2; Media-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2004 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2004 Big 12 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma8–⁠012–⁠13
Texas7–⁠111–⁠15
Texas Tech5–⁠38–⁠418
Texas A&M5–⁠37–⁠5
Colorado4–⁠48–⁠5
Oklahoma State4–⁠47–⁠5
Iowa State4–⁠47–⁠5
Nebraska3–⁠55–⁠6
Missouri3–⁠55–⁠6
Kansas State2–⁠64–⁠7
Kansas2–⁠64–⁠7
Baylor1–⁠73–⁠8

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