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2004 Sam Houston

10–⁠2 (4–⁠1 Southland Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 11–⁠3, over 14 games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

Sam Houston in 2004, game by game: won vs. Ouachita Baptist 60–7; lost vs. Missouri State 31–33; won vs. Montana 41–29; won at SE Louisiana 45–17; won vs. Tarleton State 44–14; won vs. Nicholls 38–10; won vs. Northern Colorado 20–7; won at Stephen F. Austin 31–28; won vs. McNeese 52–47; lost at Northwestern State 27–45; won vs. Texas State 27–9; won vs. Western Kentucky 54–24+53−18Won 60–7 vs. Ouachita Baptist+53Ouachita BaptistLost 31–33 vs. Missouri State-2Missouri StateWon 41–29 vs. Montana+12MontanaWon 45–17 at SE Louisiana+28SE LouisianaWon 44–14 vs. Tarleton State+30Tarleton StateWon 38–10 vs. Nicholls+28NichollsWon 20–7 vs. Northern Colorado+13Northern Colora…Won 31–28 at Stephen F. Austin+3Stephen F. Aust…Won 52–47 vs. McNeese+5McNeeseLost 27–45 at Northwestern State-18Northwestern St…Won 27–9 vs. Texas State+18Texas StateWon 54–24 vs. Western Kentucky+30Western Kentucky
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsOuachita BaptistW 60–⁠757%
Sep 11vsMissouri StateL 31–⁠3342%
Sep 18vsMontanaW 41–⁠2934%
Sep 25atSE LouisianaW 45–⁠1731%
Oct 7vsTarleton StateW 44–⁠1473%
Oct 16vsNichollsW 38–⁠1059%
Oct 23vsNorthern ColoradoW 20–⁠777%
Oct 30atStephen F. AustinW 31–⁠2841%
Nov 6vsMcNeeseW 52–⁠4774%
Nov 13atNorthwestern StateL 27–⁠4548%
Nov 20vsTexas StateW 27–⁠963%
Nov 27vsWestern KentuckyIaa PlayoffsW 54–⁠2444%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Western Kentucky 54–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; Southland Conference champions.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 57 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of Sam Houston’s 2004 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 4atEastern WashingtonW 35–⁠34Eastern Washington’s article
Dec 11atMontanaL 13–⁠34Montana’s article

Southland Conference champions4–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Northwestern State

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠1 shared first in Southland Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
470–⁠270
Coach
—
Elo
1416 +223 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−11.0 No. 18 of 118 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Mike Lucas

2004 Southland Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Sam Houston4–⁠110–⁠2
Northwestern State4–⁠18–⁠4
Texas State3–⁠25–⁠6
Nicholls2–⁠35–⁠5
Stephen F. Austin1–⁠46–⁠5
McNeese1–⁠44–⁠7

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