2004 South Dakota State

1–⁠4 (1–⁠2 Great West Conference).

Schedule and results

South Dakota State in 2004, game by game: lost at Cal Poly 7–14; lost at Montana State 24–27; lost at Georgia Southern 7–63; lost at Southern Utah 17–23; won at Northern Colorado 14–7+7−56Lost 7–14 at Cal Poly-7Cal PolyLost 24–27 at Montana State-3Montana StateLost 7–63 at Georgia Southern-56Georgia SouthernLost 17–23 at Southern Utah-6Southern UtahWon 14–7 at Northern Colorado+7Northern Colora…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Northern Colorado 14–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Great West Conference.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 57 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list three games of South Dakota State’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
Sep 4atUC DavisL 0–⁠52UC Davis’s article
Sep 25atSouthernW 31–⁠24Southern’s article
Oct 9vsNorth Dakota StateW 24–⁠21North Dakota State’s article
Record
1–⁠4
Conference
1–⁠2 tied for 5th in Great West Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
69–⁠134
Coach
—
Elo
1161 +2 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−22.3 No. 47 of 118 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—

2004 Great West Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Cal Poly4–⁠19–⁠2
UC Davis2–⁠14–⁠3
Southern Utah2–⁠36–⁠5
Northern Colorado2–⁠32–⁠9
North Dakota State1–⁠24–⁠2
South Dakota State1–⁠21–⁠4

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